Honeymoon!

So it is official - we have booked Hawaii! Rich and I went to AAA Travel this past Saturday and have found where we will be staying. We are going to the island of Maui! Here is where we will be staying - be jealous:)

http://www.westinmaui.com/?PS=PS_aa_Hawaii_Google_westin_maui_092808_NAD_FM

I am currently working on bridal shower guest lists. This is the not fun part of wedding planning b/c you are the one who knows the guest list. This means that everyone asks you for a list for whatever they are throwing. There will be a bridal shower in Elizabeth City on April 10th and one in Raleigh on April 24th (tentatively). Other than that, I am going to Elizabeth City March 6th to go order my wedding band!

Save the Dates!

I officially have the Save the Date magnets and am addressing the envelopes as I write this (well, I put them down to type, but you know what I mean). Rich and I also registered for gifts this weekend!! I was not as much fun as I thought it would be, but afterward it feels pretty good to have picked out most of our stuff! We haven't done any linens yet - bedding, tablecloths, placemats... - but we did almost everything else! We agreed on all the china and silverware; the only thing we had a little compromise on was the crystal! Who would have thought that I like a more simple pattern, and Rich likes more design on glasses?!? But we agreed on one and our lady at Belk was awesome! She wasn't too pushy and she said that we were very good decision makers :) We had a long day Saturday registering. We registered first at Target for 2 hours, then Belk for 3, then Pottery Barn for another 2. Of course, we both liked two very similar patterns in China and picked them both! (Sounds a lot like me, right?). One is Kate Spade with a ribbon (!!!!!) and one is Lenox with just a plain silver band. That pattern will be around forever in case any of the plates break. We registered for 8 and 8, so that they can mix and match! They look awesome mixed together. Also, for our everyday china, we picked a pattern that has I think 4 colors in it, but we mixed and matched that as well! I liked one pattern without the yellow and Rich liked the one with it. They looked so well together that we picked 2 patterns again! We also registered for sterling silver and stainless silver. Rich was actually the one who picked out most of the silverware designs. Go figure - the guy would pick out the things that you actually eat with, instead of the things the food goes on. We didn't pick out too much at pottery barn, but we did pick out some nice things :) If you want to look at everything we registered for, it is all online. You just need to go to target.com, belk.com, or potterybarn.com and click registry and then search for my name, our date, and our state! Save the Dates will be mailed this week!