Scuba!

Last night Arthur and I visited East Coast Diving company (conveniently located next door to Mercedes' vet) and signed up for scuba diving lessons.  We also purchased our own set of fins, masks, snorkels, and booties.  We have 2 classes, 5 pool sessions, and 6 open water dives until we are PADI certified open water divers!   I can't say I'm looking forward to diving in the northern Atlantic in May, but it will be so worth it when we can scuba dive in French Polynesia!!

Wedding Bands

Last week I got my wedding band and I absolutely adore it.  I was pretty certain I did not want the band that matches my engagement ring so it took a bit of time to pick out a sparkly ring that went nicely with the beautiful ring Arthur gave me.  I also knew that I wanted a band with a little bit of substance, should I want to wear it without my engagement ring, but I also didn't want something that would overwhelm the delicate band on my e-ring.  The ring arrived last Wednesday and is perfect. 

Arthur has also been looking at wedding bands, and has decided he wants something with a lot of substance that coordinates with mine.  We've checked out quite a few and I think he's picked out the style he wants.  Now we just need to order it!

*Please note-the above rings are not ours.  Just a nice picture :)

Presents!

Yesterday Part 2 of my bridesmaids' presents arrived!  Part 1 arrived way back in October, and now that part 2 is here the presents are complete!  I am so excited about what I found for my girls and I can't wait to give it to them in June.

In addition, part 2 of my gift to Arthur also arrived this week (I am now on a first name basis with the mail delivery man at Deloitte...)   I think he is going to be very happy with the gifts I've found for him (especially when he hears about what great deals I got! hehe)

I've really enjoyed spreading the gift shopping out over so many months.  It has allowed me to find real great items with zero stress about running out of time.  Only a few more presents to find! 

Honeymoon updates

As I am very behind on my blogging, then next few posts will cover events over the last few weeks...

So honeymoon!  Last week we finished booking the first leg of our trip: LA.  We will fly out early Monday morning (direct flight - yay) and arrive in LA around lunch time.  Arthur found us a wonderful hotel right on the water in Marina del Rey, so we will have a nice relaxing break before our Tuesday afternoon flight from LA to Tahiti.  I'm so happy we decided to leave a day early and spend some time in LA.  We both decided early on that we wanted our honeymoon to be very relaxing and I think by taking the extra day in LA we will eliminate any potential stress of possibly missing our flight to Tahiti.  Plus who wouldn't want an extra beach day?

The honeymoon is now completed booked!

Wedding Dress!

After nearly 7 months, my wedding dress has finally arrived!!  I scheduled all three fittings today.  Unfortunately, the first one isn't until April 18, which I'm a little sad about because it means I have to wait another month to see the dress, but it's also 1 more month to get in better shape too :)

Can't wait!!

100 Days!

Tax Season :(

It's that time of year again...

This week was the first 80 hour work week of the season which means I did zero wedding planning.  To make up for the lack of wedding planning I thought I would give a quick update of the things that happened back when I was only working 55 hours a week.

Invitation wording is done!  Design has been started - we've picked out the paper & colors, so now we need to decide on fonts and layout.  I think I've mentioned this before, but I love nice stationary, so this has been a really fun process for me.

I hired Laurie from Everyday Details to be my weekend coordinator.  Yay!

Both moms have picked out their dresses.  MOB and I went dress shopping last fall and she's decided to go with the one we both liked.  It's so pretty and I'm super excited for her!  I haven't seen Mrs. A's dress yet, but it sounds beautiful too!

I ordered wedding shoes #5, but have decided pair #4 is still my favorite, so #5 went back to the good people of Piperlime.  Love free shipping both ways :)

Lots of guests have booked their hotel rooms in Portsmouth!

MOH and I picked a tentative date for the bachelorette party.

So that about recaps January & early February.  My bridal shower is only 2 weeks away and I am getting really excited for that.  It looks like all my bridesmaids will most likely be able to make it, which is really unexpected and wonderful.  Lots of out of town family will be joining as well.  Can't wait to see everyone (and spend a Saturday out of the office!)

Happy Valentine's Day weekend!! xo