Crunch Time

I know it sounds a little weird that it's crunch time with over 5 months to go still but I am returning to Clemson in 6 days and won't be back until the month before the wedding (besides a few weekends) so my planner is full of appointments this week. I have my master wedding "To do" list that seems to keep getting things added to it but nothing crossed off. Funny how that works.
I was talking to my friend today that is getting married next weekend. She was one of my roommates my first year at Clemson. I am so excited for her and the excitement is contagious. I am up to my eyeballs with lists and wedding magazines and things to do so it's nice to just sit back and get excited about it.
One of my favorite things about planning this wedding is all the time I get to spend with my mom. She is being so helpful and we have lots of fun time together. Even the guys in my life, Carson and my dad, are being very helpful and involved. What a wonderful family affair.

I could have danced all night...I mean day

Yesterday Carson and I had a wonderful time practicing our dancing skills with my parents to a song that we are going to play at our reception. It was so much fun! Carson was a little slow picking it up surprisingly, while my dad rocked the house and picked it up in a snap! This was also a lot of fun because Carson and I were able to show off what we have been learning with a friend of ours that has offered to teach us to dance in preparation for our wedding! Every bride and groom want to look like they know what they are doing on the day of their wedding. Carson and I will be dancing on our own as much as possible after we return to Clemson so that we don't forget all that we learned.
Other than feeling like I have some dancing down, I feel like I have gotten little else accomplished. Yesterday I made another list thinking that I would feel like I had more done. It backfired and made me realize all that I have to do. Planning a wedding long distance is hard so I'm doing what I can while I'm home.
I have found that it is nice to have times where wedding talk is off limits. It makes me think about what else is going on in life so that I don't get consumed or overwhelmed. I also have a wonderful fiance who keeps me sane. Whoever said that grooms don't like to be involved has never met Carson. I am a very luck woman.

Welcome

Welcome to my wedding blog. So many exciting, wonderful, and even stressful (although no bride wants to admit it) things happen during the process of planning a wedding and after blogging my recent trip to England I have found another excuse to keep up the blogging. This has been and will be such an exciting year for me. I got engaged at the end of last year so this is the year of wedding plans. In addition to that I have spent the last two months in England working and traveling around. In December I will graduate, and be married in January. So many exciting life changing experiences coming my way!
The wedding festivities have officially started with my first bridal shower this weekend. A very dear friend of mine opened her house and planned a wonderful shower that was all that a shower should be. As if all of the planning hasn't made me really believe that I'm getting married, this shower sure did. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to being referred to as "the bride". I feel like I'm playing house and pretending to be all grown up.
Friday marked the 6 month mark until the wedding. Half a year to go... and it can't come soon enough. My wonderful fiance Carson has been so supportive and helpful during this crash course time of planning what I can before I go back to school in two weeks. He even offered to go help pick out the flowers but Mom and I decided he needed a break and that "the girls" could handle that. I don't know if he was insulted or relieved.
Carson and I have been taking some dancing lessons and I think we are doing pretty well for our second session. A big thank you to Sarah for all of her help. Hopefully we will look graceful for our first dance.
I have discovered some new applications for this blog so check out the poll on the left where I will be getting different wedding opinions. To learn more about how Carson and I met visit our wedding website at the link found below. Check back for some stories as I'm sure this process will get very interesting.

Molly
http://people.clemson.edu/~snipes/Wedding/Welcome.html