Aside from some hectic times with the client, it just hasn’t been my day! GR. I went downstairs for a chocolate malt and I came upstairs only to discover it had FRAPPACINO in it. I dislike coffee so I gave it to my supervisor. Gr.
Why you gotta be angry all the time??
Being that pre-menstrual time of month, I am just angry today. No reason, really. But seriously, the next person that walks in will either get popped in the nose or will find me a sobbing mess. What is my deal!? I hate this. I always conveniently forget about my period for 2 weeks out of the month. But then, BAM, it hits me. And I ALWAYS wonder what it is. “Wow, why I am an emotional mess!?”
Once someone told me that there was no such thing as PMS. Give me 5 minutes alone with this person and they will be well educated in the ways of PMS.
Wedding Updates
I have my tiara–cuz I’m a princess!! And I have my veil and shoes, too! This weekend, Mom and I are doing the invitations marathon. It’s going to be an all day Saturday kinda thing.
Other Updates
There aren’t any, really. I’ll write more later!
Updates!
Well, I tried to get all this updated stuff together on Friday of last week, but no luck. Blogger freaked out and lost my stuff. So here we go.
Wednesday, June 4–Frank and I had the day off of work and were very productive considering that we were both not feeling very well. The night before we picked up our kitchen table (WE own furniture now!). Then Wednesday morning we shuffled off to Midway to drop off his resume. Then we went to the jewelers to look at wedding rings. That wasn’t as productive as we hoped, but oh well. After a quick Oberweis lunch, we headed to Naperville to begin our apartment search. The first place we looked at smelled soooo awful that I was worried that *I* smelled after we left. Thankfully I smelled no more than usual 🙂 The second place was better than the first, but not necessarily inspiring. The third and final apartment was on a golf course by an excellent train station and I fell in love! That is where we are hoping to rent.
Thursday, June 5–I was feeling better and went to work. Not much exciting.
Friday, June 6–After work we all went to Tammy’s house where we had a fabulous time eating pizza and playing games. One of the best evenings I’ve had in a while!
Saturday, June 7–I went to Frank’s office to get some work done. Unfortunately a student crashed his plane and I couldn’t’ get anything done. I gave Dor a ring and we went to the mall and window shopped for a while. Good times! Then we had a birthday party to attend for one of Frank’s students. It’s funny that Frank’s students are turning 50 in some cases.
Sunday, June 8–We had a premarital seminar. Good times. Then we went to Corner Bakery for dinner and saw the movie Bruce Almighty.
I think that’s it!
Shoppy Shoppy…
Well, last night I did a good job. I got 3 very cute shirts for the bargain price of $28. Rock. I also got to spend some quality time with my girl, Kimmie Wimmie.
Why Kim is SOOO Cool:
Kim is so cool because she shops with me. We pick through piles of clothes and offer eachother our professional advice on items. “That makes you look busty (This is a compliment, by the way)” and other good advice is offered through out the shopping adventure. She also makes me laugh. And she eats McDonald’s with me, even though we both know that I have to be able to fit into a wedding dress in, oh, 108 days.
Which brings me to:
WEDDING UPDATES!
Yes, folks, we here at the R-K Wedding Company have 108 days to go. That’s like 3.5 months. Tomorrow is a big day for us as we will be:
*Getting our wedding bands (as in rings, not musicians)
*Finding an apartment
*Visiting with our pastor
This weekend I will also be finalizing a few things on our wedding registries, selecting my veil and tiara (I am a princess, you know) and possibly purchasing some kick-butt dinnerware.
After that, June 13th will be engagement photo day. July 11th is tentatively scheduled as florist day, but I believe that will be moved.
T-108 days… YAY!
Holy Cow–Whata Weekend!
Friday: Came home from work, changed into my Hawaiian attire and headed straight for Holy Family with Frank in tow. The reason? Andrea and Dave G’s wedding rehearsal. Loads of fun were had by all, especially when the tornado sirens started to scream. We later went to Famous Dave’s for some yummy BBQ.
Saturday: I got myself out of bed early and headed for Lombard to pick up Frank. I brought him some OJ and some donuts for the road. I like to make sure that everyone is well fed on road trips. 🙂 We then headed for Roanoke, IL, birthplace of my father. I showed Frank the small town–no stop lights, even–and then surprised my Aunt Ruth Ann, Uncle Mark and my Aunt Renae with a little visit. We chatted for a bit and then had some lunch. After our visit, we hopped back into the car and cruised into Bloomington for Smess and Andy B’s wedding. (Frank’s friends)
The wedding was beautiful! It was in a small church, but it was so packed with meaning and love and happiness that I just about cried a few times. Smess was a BEAUTIFUL bride and you could tell that everyone was so happy for both of them. Smess made these AMAZING invitations, programs and booklets. I was very impressed. We asked her if we could steal some of her great ideas and she said we sure could!
After dinner at the reception, they had swing dance instructors! Frank and I are now world-class swing dancers… well, not really. But we’re on our way!
Sunday: We drove home Saturday night and I dragged my butt out of bed early Sunday so that I could get my hair done and put on make up for Andrea and Dave’s wedding. I had to be at the salon at 8 a.m. CRAZY! After that, we went to Andrea’s house at 11 and started pictures at noon. After pictures, we were whisked off to Holy Family for the ceremony. The ceremony was beautiful and the day turned out to be much better than the rehearsal 🙂
After the ceremony, we did more pictures. And after that, the party began! YAY!!! The best man and I toasted everything we could think of. And Frank and I made new friends–Matt and Jenna! They are getting married December 6th in Orlando. WOOHOO!! They are a very nice couple! Frank and Jenna sat together at the reception and set the bread basket on fire. 🙂
That’s it!
Dude. I'm in HERE!
Okay, so I was just going upstairs to the ad agency portion of the business and then I was JUST coming back down and that’s ALL I wanted to do! You’d think a SIMPLE task like that would be easy, but no… no it is not. I was on the 21st floor and I hit the button for 10. The digital floor counter device said “21… 20… 21” and I thought “Hm, that’s not right. I want to go down, not up.” And then I hit 10 again in case the elevator got confused. I think this pissed off Mr. Elevator Man and he said “I’m staying here!” And stay he did. For 25 minutes.
Yeah. So I was in there, pacing, crouching, thinking about my favoritest people in the whole world and how I wished I could tell them about this situation… but couldn’t. And I was in there for about 25 minutes. Yeah. So then the elevator dudes opened the doors and the elevator was about 2-3 feet over the floor.
I took the stairs back downstairs.
That’s all, folks.
What's up??
So Yeah, total slacker chick over here.
Wedding Updates (since this and work are all that is left of my life)
Saturday: Got the flowers with my mom. I will carry plum mini calla lillies (SOO pretty) and the bridesmaids will carry crystal breath mini calla lillies (also beautiful). We struck out later that day with the invitations, but then hit “gold” on Monday at Hallmark. So all we need to do is the wording and submit it (and the times) & the invitations will be taken care of!
Sunday: Went shopping for bridesmaid dresses and found a beautiful dress at Ann Taylor. It is black with a very ruffly bottom and a cowel neck and spaghetti straps. It will look lovely with an up-do and jewelry. AND it no one needs alterations AND it was on sale!! YAY!
Monday: Found the invitations and negotiated the trolley. I’m getting better at this negotiation thing. I am negotiated him down a respectable chunk of change. As long as I feel good about the negotiations–that’s all that matters, right?
Tuesday: Rested–went to bed at 9 p.m. It was my wedding day off.
Wednesday: Sending out deposit for trolley. Tonight we are going to check out tuxedos for Frank. He will look dashing, I’m sure! 😀
Thursday: Another day of rest.
Friday: FRANK’S BIRTHDAY!!! (I’m working at IAA that day in honor of his golden 23!)
TGIF!
So I bet you’re curious as to what I’ve been doing all week 😀
Wednesday: I watched the series finale of “Dawson’s Creek”. Even though I was never an avid watcher, it symbolizes the end of one part of my life and the beginning of another. It also revealed to me what a wussy I am. I cried from 8p to 9p SOLID. It was cleansing, though.
Thursday: Frank picked me up from the train in West Chicago and then proceeded to score MANY good boyfriend brownie points by going with me to the Great Indoors to look at bedding and furniture. Who’s a good boy?? Then we went back to my house so I could change and we grabbed a quick bite to eat. Then we headed off to see The Matrix. The movie was pretty good, although slightly long and it ended in one of the world’s biggest cliffhangers ever! ::Sigh:: I guess we’ll have to see Matrix 3 in November.
Friday: Tonight is my sorority’s formal!! YAY! I wonder who will win the most coveted honor our sorority has: Most Perverted!! 😀
That’s all for now!
Thank you, Jamie!
Special thanks to Jamie for trying to save me from myself 🙂 Unfortunately I still haven’t figured out what I am doing wrong and will have to spend some quality time with the code to figure it out.
Wedding Updates
I’m soooo excited–last night we booked our photographer!! I think he’s going to do a great job and we were sooo lucky he was available. He usually books as much as 3 years in advance, but since we have a Friday wedding, we were able to get him to do it!! YIPPY! His books were awesome and he’s going to do some photojournalism as well as posed photography. I can’t wait!!
This Saturday we are meeting with the florist and picking out wedding invitations and program/menu papers. Sunday we are getting the bridesmaid dresses. We still have a lot to do, but we’ve already accomplished sooo much! It’s quite exciting!! In a few weeks, Frank and I are going apartment searching, so hopefully we’ll have a happy place to live. 🙂
Help me!
I’m having trouble with this code for back blog… someone help!!
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