We went to the mall sunday for a few minutes to glance at rings and get some ideas for chase’s band – and ended up buying a ring that afternoon. Never expected to find something so quickly! (especially considering how long it took to find mine) But, it’s bough & paid for and in the safe. I should have taken…

The engagements pics went well Sunday, outside of my being sick the entire time. We met up with Pete, our photographer, downtown, and we took photos in front of the Orpheum, on Beale Street, and on the roof of the Peabody hotel at sunset. From what I could see of them in his view-finder, they looked pretty cool. He said…

OK, I really, honestly was not trying to go for a Beauty & the Beast theme – and I’m still not. I was trying to keep it out of the wedding as much as possible, because early on, Chase told me he didn’t want to be thought of as a “beast” at the wedding, which I can understand LOL So…

So we had from Pete, our photographer – he asked if we could do the engagement pictures this weekend. The “D:” is just because I realised I’m not prepared for it, have no clue what I want to wear, etc, etc. But the timing is fine, actually better, really… I’m excited to see how they turn out. We’re going downtown……

Well our DJ double booked us, as I’m sure some of you from my regular friends list saw, LOL. He had no idea about the double booking – the agency did not contact him when they booked him to do the stupid prom same night as our wedding. He made good on it, though. He was not happy about the…

My engagement ring: I’ve got to take better pics, but there it is. It’s not what I ever thought I’d want — but I love it 😀 Chase did a good job picking it out LOL 😀

More importantly than Harry Potter, at least in my book — my engagement ring came back from being sized three days early! We ended up being late to Melissa & Josh’s friday night because we just had to go get it. i’ll try to take pics pretty soon. i love it so much, it was nice to be able to…

Normally this would have been a post in my wedding journal, but I just had to share it over here!! For those not on my friends list at , we are doing pretty well with our planning. We have our ceremony & reception site paid for (in the beautiful Iris Garden at the Memphis Botanic Gardens – reception just a…

we met with him yesterday, liked him and his style, great price, and we get ownership of the images (so we don’t have to pay him everytime we want a print, we own the full size digital photos) Chase is dropping off the contract & deposit today 🙂

The Good: Put down payment on the honeymoon!! Paid off our ceremony and reception site!! Had a cookout tonight! Chase got me a Boushh doll! 😀 The Bad: Can’t use miles my aunt and uncle were giving us for the honeymoon! Haven’t felt like sewing at all the past two days! Spent three hours looking for a decent swimsuit. Every…

We went and picked it up last night! I didn’t try it on again, but we took it out of the bag and had a good look at it – it’s actually somehow prettier than the one in the store (maybe because 1000 people haven’t tried it on!), it’s just so white! LOL. It’s now safely at my aunt’s house.…

We signed the contract and made the deposit on the ceremony site and reception hall today, so the date is finally official! Chase and I are getting married April 26, 2008! 😀