I want to wait for a new job, but I can’t wait forever.  At some point I have to put my personal life first.  That point will be whatever our new date is — blame FI for us not having one yet, he is the one who wanted to check and see if there are any days he can’t be off.

I am trying to get a lot of my DIY projects out of the way. I want to construct my own pocketfold instead of paying for the premade ones to save money.  At this point, I can choose to make one every two days and still have them done in plenty of time to mail out!  I have purchased some sample paper from paperandmore.com so I can get a feel for what color combinations I want to use.  I should have those completed within the next couple of weeks and can be on the look out for a sale, or just ordering some of the supplies as I have extra money.

I also want to start trying to figure out how I want my programs to look.  This will come later, but since I will have the sample paper, I might as well figure out what they will look like.  Once I finish the invites, this will be my next project.  Plus I need to take advantage of the Michaels 40% off weekly coupons.  They will be tired of seeing me and my printed off or cut out coupons weekly.

I also ordered another broom so I can redo my jumping broom.  That was the first DIY project I completed, but I wanted to use my new colors.  Since I got all hot glue gun trigger happy, some of that stuff is NOT coming off without a fight and a mess, so I will just redo it and consider the first one a trial run.  That stuff should be in the mail this week.  Once I get it, off to JoAnn’s I go to find new fabric.  If I have time I may stop in and get the fabric when I am on that side of town.

Today I’m feeling a bit anxious. I’ve finished all of my DIY projects and one more thing to get for myself (brooch)…I went to Target today on my lunch break with one of the gift cards I got from the bridal shower my job threw me…I was looking for a bracelet to complete my bridal look…I was trying to be like the “cool kids” and get one from EBay or one of the trendy places brides get their stuff online, but I’m at the “eh” point with my planning…I actually found a really pretty one for $18.99…I’m so dang cheap…Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have bought it, but a $25.00 gift card was all I needed to get over myself….my cheap self…So here’s what I got:

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I’ll make sure to shave my arm hair for the photo op…lol! That’s one of my pet peeves…Arm hair…I don’t have much, but something about bracelets…They’re like a flashing light saying, “HEY look…Arm hair!!!” I know…I’m nuts…But I have to make sure my pictures look fabulous…It’s all about the pictures…Seriously…
So now that I’m at this point, I’m literally twiddling my thumbs looking for stuff to do…I’m going to have to really keep myself in check…The inner DIY diva is getting restless. I’ve done so many projects…It’s almost a sin…Martha Stewart would definitely give me the disapproval look, but I aint got Martha’s money, so she’s going to have to give me a free pass…

Planning has been a blast for me, and developing my theme and watching it come together has been so gratifying…I’m doing a Garden Tea Party and we’re getting married at sunset on a Friday night, so I chose sunset colors for my wedding (Burnt Orange, deep red, gold, and chocolate). I’ve done some fun projects like:
Fan Programs

The personalized aisle runner

The Cake Table Runner

The table numbers

The Card Box (disregard the random junk around it…)

Yeah…DIY was very necessary as our budget was insanely low ($7500). We decided to invite a few people (60) rather than a lot…I said NO…make that HELL NO to the plastic tablecloths…So DIY queen I became…
So now it’s over…No more planning or projects…(tear) So now I’m getting anxious… I’m sitting up day dreaming about the day…How it’s going to go, who I’ll probably need to choke (I think that’s going to be my fiancé’s mother or sister), who I’m definitely going to shank (my fiancé’s dad for continuing to try to invite people…I’mma roundhouse kick him before I shank him…I see that now…)…
So I have NOTHING to do…Hmmm….I love this feeling…We’ll see what happens tomorrow…I’m sure somebody is going to make me want to “windmill” them…

Ree…