It's really happening

Wow.. things are falling in to place left and right (and not because of me). My mom has taken her list very seriously and has been reducing the size of her list very quickly. She's even doing stuff that wasn't on the list! The invitations came in a couple of days ago which just really makes things real. It's official... in print! I'm hoping to get caught up on all my school stuff and have some time to focus on my list soon!
This past weekend Carson and I went to Greenville and ended up getting our wedding rings!! They are just sitting there.. waiting to be used. Carson is jealous that I have a ring to let everyone know that I'm getting married and is excited about getting to wear his.

Plans for after the wedding are changing in a very exciting way. Carson found out about a graduate assistantship that would pay for him to go to grad school here at Clemson, as well as pay him a salary for the research that he is doing. This is a very exciting opportunity because Carson has always talked about going to grad school, we just weren't able to afford it. This means I get to stay in Clemson for another two years which is great because I'm not ready to leave. I will have the best of both worlds. Being in Clemson and being married. So the job hunt will begin for me soon once things become official for his grad school stuff.

Back Burner

While mom has been blazing through her to do list mine has not even been looked at. Moving in, RA training and being a bridesmaid in a friends wedding has made for a pretty busy week. I got the proofs for the wedding invitations as well as a florist quote back today so that has kind of thrown me back into wedding mode. And once I get started, I can't stop. It's kind of addicting. I would so much rather be planning my wedding.
Being in a wedding this weekend helped bring me back to reality of what I'm really getting ready to do. The whole time I was picturing myself in the shoes of the bride. I can't believe my day is coming so soon. I also have a new respect for my bridesmaids. I know they are going to be awesome but it was humbling to be on that side of it. I have already told my matron of honor that I am handing her my phone on the wedding day because I don't want to be bothered with it and I just want to focus on the day and soak it all in. So if I don't answer a call from you on the day of the wedding, know that I still love you... I'm just a little distracted!

Passing the Reigns

Well, I left for Clemson yesterday after spending a lot of time with my mom talking about what needed to still be done while I was gone. It was hard to come back while there was still so much to do at home and I felt bad leaving the extra burden on my mom.
She took off yesterday after I left and had a very productive day (and only gave me a little bit of a hard time about it.) She spent over 2 hours with an invitations specialist getting the invitations ordered and working out some color matching. We solved the problem of the different shades of colors by purchasing a spool of ribbon in each color so that we can compare and match without having to just remember the exact shade of the color. She solved so many problems last night! What an awesome mom... who needs a wedding planner. The manager at the tux shop where we ordered the invitations even offered her a job! Dad was the all supportive husband and helped her with the very detail oriented task. Although, by the end of the night he had dubbed her "mom-zilla"! My dad helping my mom paid off when they went to the cake shop today and he got a chance to taste some of the yummy selections that we had made.

Colors

I thought deciding on my wedding colors was the hard part. I have found that finding the shade of color is even harder. It has been one of the biggest things stressing me out because it effects so much! I think I have found a solution so I am off today to look at dresses/tuxes for our bridal party. I also get to go to see my cake vendor this morning to see some wedding cakes that they are working on today! What an exciting start to the day.
Also on today's list is our final dancing lesson before we go back to Clemson. We are excited about dancing at the reception! Now it's up to us to practice very hard and not forget everything that we learned.
I leave to go back to Clemson on Monday so I'm trying to finalize whatever I can today so I can spend tomorrow packing (oops, I have forgot to do that so far) and spending time with my family!