The ring

So Landon bought my ring a couple of weeks go. We went to the jewelry store together to look at them and to get an idea of what I wanted. Well after looking and looking and talking with our great consultant, she finally said that I needed to go across the jewelry store so she could speak to him about something...I left and walked around for awhile, and some woman came up and sized my finger, and then they all told me that I had to leave the store! We were all laughing but I went out and decided to walk around and wait....When I cam back he had no bag, nothing in in hands except a piece of paper that showed the quality of diamonds on it. When I asked him what happened, he smiled and said that they were just talking about finances and things of that sort, but I KNEW he was lying. I looked at his pocket and saw a small box and I just smiled. Never said anything though. So a few days went by and he started giving me hints like "If you knew what I did for you, you would be nicer to me." And "If only you knew how much I love you...well, in December I guess you will.." So basically he totally gave it away, but he will NOT say that he purchased anything. So now I just have to wait until early December to get my ring :) We're having our engagement pictures made that month also by the most amazing photographer I know, Mrs. Allison Campbell. So hopefully this all works out and I get my ring before then ;)

The Honeymoon...

The view from Calton Hill in Edinburgh

So today Landon asked me to research places for our honeymoon. Weeeellll I went to google and typed in "Best honeymoon spots" and SO many tropical ones came up! Well he's not for the tropics, and I've had enough of them to last me for a little while. So I found two places that struck my interest. One is Edinburgh Scotland....I started looking at pictures they had on the travel site and OH MY GOODNESS is it ever gorgeous!!! The castles! The villages! The valleys! Its just simply beautiful there. 

  And then, I found somewhere that would be rather cheaper, and in a driving distance...Charleston South Carolina. I wasn't too thrilled at first, but after researching places and looking at pictures I think that it's probably one of the more beautiful places in the South. The houses are soooo old and gorgeous, and I love the whole Antebellum thing. And theres a beach, and tons of little Posh boutiques and outlets to shop at, and I just think it would be a very fun place to visit for our Honeymoon. They have super romantic carriage rides downtown, and very nice places to take walks, it just looks soooo romantic all over.  

Downtown Charleston SC

                                                 

Shutterfly books

  So I've decided to start a project for myself. I'm going to begin on making what is called Photobooks by Shutterfly. They're a lot like photo albums, except you don't have to past anything and its like an actual book, each page has pictures of us on it and maybe a little bit of wording and some embellishments. But it's really cool, if you haven't heard of it, I encourage you to look at it and see for yourself. BUT what we're going to be doing is a series of three books. One called a Courtship Book, one called an Engagement Book, and one called Our Wedding Book. And well, because we don't have very many pictures of us together during our Courtship phase we're going on Monday to a local park called Port Royal Sate Historic Park, and take a few pictures. THEN our Engagement photos will be taken in December at the local River Walk while it's all decorated with Christmas lights, and then eventually our Wedding photos. I'm rather excited about this little project, because you can get the sweetest little books and they aren't expensive at all. We're just going to be doing the 5 x 7 most likely with the soft cover, and then save the larger one which is 12 x 12 and a hard leather cover for our wedding photos.
  So anyway, if you'd like to check out the site here it is www.shutterfly.com . It's simply great, and I've heard nothing but good things about them and I'm just so excited!!!  As soon as we get our pictures finished on Monday I'll be sure to post a few to let you all see how they look :)

Registering

  So I went to Target today with Momma to start mine and Landon's registry. After signing up and doing every mandatory thing, I took the scanner and went to town. Momma said it would be difficult to not just scan everything I liked and she was right. I had to stick with a particular color scheme and pattern and things like that. So. I found a dinnerware set called Onyx that I loved, they're square pieces and 16 in a set, so I requested two sets so I would have enough to entertain.

The black dishes I found

Then I found some red plates and bowls to just use for every day stuff, then I looked for some decent glassware. I found the perfect wine glasses, flutes and ordinary glasses and registered for them, and then found everything I needed for baking and cooking. After that I moved to the bedroom things. We found the prettiest comforters made of silk, one was a chocolate brown and the other was a cream/caramel color one, and we found blankets to match both, a set of sheets and pillow cases. Once the bedroom was finished we moved on to the bathroom. I really didn't know what colors I wanted my bathroom to be, but I decided there on the spot, I decided to go with a country yellow, with a light blue and a dark brown...Now it may not sound very pretty, but those colors just looked perfect together, so I started scanning towels, wash cloths, soap dishes and things of that sort, and THEN we were finished. I managed to pick out a few things that I thought he would enjoy like a set of 4 really cool Beer Mugs and I plan on taking him back and letting him see anything that he likes and may want to register for. But so far I believe I've registered for everything I need with the exceptions of a few things.
  I thought that maybe starting the registry now would be the best thing to do with the date of the wedding being up in the air, and I wanted to get it done while I still had time on my hands with everything. Didn't wanna forget about it. Now I have to go to Belk to register for CRYSTAL!!! 
I'm kinda excited about that, I already have my eyes on a vase that I want and a salad bowl! :) But anyway, we're just getting that much closer to the wedding!

Up in the Air

So as of right now our wedding date is kinda up in the air. Landon found out last week that he did not receive the job he applied for at TVA, BUT he qualified for two jobs, one here, and one in Memphis. While both of them are excellent jobs, they have different deadlines. The job here is in about 10 months, which would give me PLENTY of time to plan our wedding, and the one in Memphis is in about 4-6 months we THINK, it could be longer, it could be sooner. So right now, I'm just kinda working on the planning here and there, and getting my lists all together and things of that sort. I haven't purchased anything except for my dress, but I have ordered a few samples for invitations, and picked the one I like best out.
  So basically I'm at a point of not knowing if I should plan or if I shouldn't, but I'm trying to get everything ready just in case. The cake has been picked out, the invitations have been picked out, the dress has been purchased, the suits have been picked out and the decorations....All I need to do now, is to ORDER everything, and pick out my Bridesmaid dresses, my favors, register, and find gifts for the Bridal Party and a few other people. PLUS we have to find a house, and of course everything that goes along with that....But as for the actual wedding we don't have much left to do which I'm happy about, just need to find out a date!
   I suppose I should start looking at different living places in Memphis, and places its decent to live at, and places to stay away from. I'm just kinda worried about moving to Memphis because I hear so many things about that place, and mainly bad things. Lots of gang violence and things of that sort. But I reckon we can do it :) I'll keep everyone updated while this is all going on.