An update of my life
First of all, thanks for the congrats guys! I know i dont update nearly as often as I used to, but i still read your journal entries when i get the chance and I appreciate the well wishes.
Wedding planning is going swimmingly, thought thats probably bc we havent done much of it yet LOL We are interviewing DJ's and I am calling one of them this afternoon to tell them that we will be picking them and to see if they can give us a better price. I hate calling vendors, so naturally, I am dreading this. When thats all said and done, we will be speaking with photographers. I have a list of about 7 photogs that have been referred, but I am obviously not going to all 7, so I need to narrow it down. I would say of all the recommendations I have gotten from people, photogs have been the most popular...everyone keeps giving me names telling me how much they love them.
I sent out all the engagement party invites (Auguts 9th), so Im just waiting for responses. So far, I have 6 people as no's, which is actually okay bc we invited way more poeple that I wanted to invite, but they are all people we want there, so there was no cutting the list. I know August is a big time for vacations, so Im expecting poeple to have other plans. We tried to pick a date that was more accomodating, but it just got to the point where this was the only week we could do it (Johns bro is getting married in Oct and we didnt want it too close..not to mention theres about 5 weekends blocked off where we cant do anything bc of them...bridal shower, bachelorette, bachelor, rehearsal dinner and wedding).
We just got back from Toronto. We went for a long weekend to watch 2 Yankee games. It was John, Joe and Anthony and of course me, the only girl. We had a good time, but I wasnt impressed with the town at all. We all kind of felt the same way...we went there, experienced it, and will likely not go back again. Plus, the Dollar is so weak, that everything was expensive. Its still more than Canadian money, but only by 8 cents per dollar.
My birthday is this monday (Ill be 26...woohoo...its just another year, whatever). B/c John and I are on a tight budget (not so much, but we're trying), I told him we can get a nice dinner and I odnt want any gifts. I odnt need anything, and I'd rather put the $$$ towards a house. Friday we have the Billy Joel concert and Saturday is the Austin block party, so I wont be going out this week for my birthday..maybe next weekend...probably friday since I have Stacie's "Meet and Greet" for her bridal party on saturday.
So back to the whole "tight budget" situation, I have opened up a joint savings account and checking account with John. We have about 15 months left to save, so i am having us put in a minimum of $1000 each into the savings acct a month. Sounds like a great idea right? Hmmm except that its the summer and we have 2 vacas. One was Toronto, so thats over, but we are going to the Cayman islands in August. I'm hoping, we wont be spending toooo much money there and that we are able to get some cheap food some days. Hopefully there's a supermarket around so we can buy alcohol cheap and keep it in the room. Anyway, I digress...
I am trying to save up by not shopping, but I cant think of any other way to save money than i already do. I dont pay rent, I bring my lunch to work everyday (I used to buy lunch once a week, but now i dont even do that). Im trying not to go out to eat, or if I do go out its a cheap place. I also need to find out what my parents will be contributing, but everytime something is mentioned, by mom says "I still have to talk to your father about what we're paying for". I wish she would just tell me already. Either way, we are paying for the bulk of it, so I just want to make sure we have enough for the wedding and have enough for a down payment on a house. A lot of stuff to think about in a small amount of time. i know once work picks up, I'll be able to get more overtime hours which will help out, bc right now its slow and Im making hardly more than my base salary.
So thats that in a nutshell. I start an Ad class at work tonight from 5:30 til 7. Im not looking forward to it and wish it would be over already. Then tomorrow I have our "white hot party" at work, which I will probably be at for a few hours and then go home.
Wedding planning is going swimmingly, thought thats probably bc we havent done much of it yet LOL We are interviewing DJ's and I am calling one of them this afternoon to tell them that we will be picking them and to see if they can give us a better price. I hate calling vendors, so naturally, I am dreading this. When thats all said and done, we will be speaking with photographers. I have a list of about 7 photogs that have been referred, but I am obviously not going to all 7, so I need to narrow it down. I would say of all the recommendations I have gotten from people, photogs have been the most popular...everyone keeps giving me names telling me how much they love them.
I sent out all the engagement party invites (Auguts 9th), so Im just waiting for responses. So far, I have 6 people as no's, which is actually okay bc we invited way more poeple that I wanted to invite, but they are all people we want there, so there was no cutting the list. I know August is a big time for vacations, so Im expecting poeple to have other plans. We tried to pick a date that was more accomodating, but it just got to the point where this was the only week we could do it (Johns bro is getting married in Oct and we didnt want it too close..not to mention theres about 5 weekends blocked off where we cant do anything bc of them...bridal shower, bachelorette, bachelor, rehearsal dinner and wedding).
We just got back from Toronto. We went for a long weekend to watch 2 Yankee games. It was John, Joe and Anthony and of course me, the only girl. We had a good time, but I wasnt impressed with the town at all. We all kind of felt the same way...we went there, experienced it, and will likely not go back again. Plus, the Dollar is so weak, that everything was expensive. Its still more than Canadian money, but only by 8 cents per dollar.
My birthday is this monday (Ill be 26...woohoo...its just another year, whatever). B/c John and I are on a tight budget (not so much, but we're trying), I told him we can get a nice dinner and I odnt want any gifts. I odnt need anything, and I'd rather put the $$$ towards a house. Friday we have the Billy Joel concert and Saturday is the Austin block party, so I wont be going out this week for my birthday..maybe next weekend...probably friday since I have Stacie's "Meet and Greet" for her bridal party on saturday.
So back to the whole "tight budget" situation, I have opened up a joint savings account and checking account with John. We have about 15 months left to save, so i am having us put in a minimum of $1000 each into the savings acct a month. Sounds like a great idea right? Hmmm except that its the summer and we have 2 vacas. One was Toronto, so thats over, but we are going to the Cayman islands in August. I'm hoping, we wont be spending toooo much money there and that we are able to get some cheap food some days. Hopefully there's a supermarket around so we can buy alcohol cheap and keep it in the room. Anyway, I digress...
I am trying to save up by not shopping, but I cant think of any other way to save money than i already do. I dont pay rent, I bring my lunch to work everyday (I used to buy lunch once a week, but now i dont even do that). Im trying not to go out to eat, or if I do go out its a cheap place. I also need to find out what my parents will be contributing, but everytime something is mentioned, by mom says "I still have to talk to your father about what we're paying for". I wish she would just tell me already. Either way, we are paying for the bulk of it, so I just want to make sure we have enough for the wedding and have enough for a down payment on a house. A lot of stuff to think about in a small amount of time. i know once work picks up, I'll be able to get more overtime hours which will help out, bc right now its slow and Im making hardly more than my base salary.
So thats that in a nutshell. I start an Ad class at work tonight from 5:30 til 7. Im not looking forward to it and wish it would be over already. Then tomorrow I have our "white hot party" at work, which I will probably be at for a few hours and then go home.