July Goals!

I didn't set any goals last month but with the wedding creeping up on us so quickly, I'm in crunch mode and I have a ton to get done!

Stick to my workout schedule // I tried on my wedding dress on Saturday and it's a smidge tighter than I remember it being so I've decided I need to trim up a little bit so I feel my best on the wedding day. For this month, I've decided to try out Blogilates and do the beginner's calendar to start off. If I like it and see some results, I"ll keep doing her monthly calendars!

Buy bridesmaids gifts // Some of my bridesmaids read my blog, so I can't post what I'm planning to give them until after the wedding. My mom actually just found the first little thing that I want to get for them and she's already snatched them up so we wouldn't miss them. The goal for the rest of the month is to have everything else ordered  - or at least decided on by July 31st. 

Find some time to relax // We're going to the lake this weekend for the 4th and 5th since I lucked out and got off work! So we'll spend two days just laying on the boat and stuffing our faces. But, I really want to have a day where we can just lay on the couch, eating frozen yogurt and cuddling. We'll see if it happens... I'd even take a few hours by the pool doing this: 

Register // My shower is going to be in August so we HAVE to register ASAP. Every spare second I've had has been spent doing something that isn't registering. So I'm trying to convince Christian that registering is going to be so fun and we really need to get out and do it! So hopefully next weekend (after the 4th) we'll get to it. 

Drink more water // On top of my workout goals, I'm also working on phasing out Coke. I drink a lot of Coke and I'm positive if I can cut that out, I will lose the couple inches I'm looking to lose before the wedding and Honeymoon. 

Wedding Wednesday

We are 116 days out from on of the best days of our life and I have so. much. to. do. Lucky for me, my mom is coming up this weekend to help me knock a whole bunch of it so wish us luck..

Here's some things on our list:

The boys. I think I like the khaki or lighter grey and then of course, they're wearing the red to match my bridesmaids!

All from Pinterest

Flower girl dress. We're having lunch with my flower girl and her mom before we head over to pick out her dress! We definitely should have done this earlier but with us all being so busy, my mom living in Georgia and wanting to come with us, this was the only weekend we could finally make it work!

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Invitations. So the time will be here soon enough that we have to send those babies out, so I should probably pick some out and order them. And I really have no idea how I'm wanting them to look.. Oops.

Our Save the Dates!

Shoes. I'm planning to wear red shoes and I just cannot find the shoes that I'm picturing so I'm sure Mom and I will be driving all over Charlotte trying to find the perfect shoes: perfect red, not too high, comfortable and at a good price.

Details. We plan to narrow down things I want for centerpieces, guest book, flowers, seating charts, and all those other little details I've yet to worry myself about!

Movin' On Out!

So if you remember last month (you know, when I felt like blogging semi-regularly) I announced we're buying a house! This change has left me extremely stressed with everything else we have going on and sometimes I legitimately regret the decision. This sounds bad, but the reason is because it's just so much going on and that big chunk of money that has to go out right after the wedding...

But it's all okay! 98% of the time, I'm pumped. And during that 2%, Christian always reminds me of the great things about us buying a house:

one // The lady above us. She is SO loud. I don't understand how she can be so loud. She also never sleeps. She's just stomping around all hours of the day. Then she's doing laundry late at night (we can hear her washing machine... ) and vacuuming early in the morning (usually on the weekends) and it's awful. Then to top it off, she has a yappy dog. A yappy dog that she likes to put in the kitchen and/or laundry room and let it bark...

two // Having to keep our blinds closed all the time. We live on the first floor and our living room windows back up to green space for the complex. At first glance, seems awesome. But, that's the main spot that people take their dogs out. Needless to say, if we kept our blinds open there would be people staring in all the time; so our apartment can be mighty dark sometimes.

three // There was a DJ at the pool last week. A DJ. At the pool. The music was so loud that I was under the impression it was the lady above us (see above...) playing music on her porch. It was so loud I had to turn the TV up to a ridiculous point. Once we figured out it was at the pool, we were shocked to see it was across the complex with approx. 7 people actually at the pool.

four // I park in a parking lot. Christian lucked out and he gets to park in our one car garage. With our house, we BOTH get to park in the garage! As in I get to use my garage opener to open the door, drive in, close the door and enter my home directly from the garage. I get to enter through a mudroom where I can put my shoes/jacket/scarf/purse/work bag/etc. It's a little sad how excited this makes me - but it also means my car won't get as hot in the summer or as cold in the winter!

Obviously we live in Charlotte now, not Boone, but you get it!

five // Dedicated spaces. Again, maybe a little weird to get excited about. But, right now our apartment is literally 4 rooms - bedroom, bathroom, laundry room and "living space" (kitchen, table and couches).  I'm so excited to have a dedicated dining space, dedicated living space, a bedroom upstairs, an office, and guest bedrooms (and bathrooms!). I won't be sharing our personal bathroom with our guests anymore. They won't be sleeping on our couch.

Some home office inspiration from my Pinterest!