wedding fever...

so we are not "officially engaged" yet but wedding talk is in full force!
poor little unsuspecting matty had no idea what he was getting himself into yesterday.. we went to visit my sister for the day, we were going to go swimming but it was cloudy. so we went to lunch at south coast, then walked around and went to the book store.. and of course i go by the section of dozens of bridal magazines. mind you my sister does not know that matt had bought our rings.. so i just came out with it... and it was amazing to have someone so supportive. and she knows after talking with us that we are ready for it.
for starters:
were going to have a 2-3 year engagement.
in that time we are living apart, and saving, for our wedding and a nest egg for after.
we love one another unconditionally, and are working hard to make our dream a reality.
so as soon as i told her, it snow balled into, overall a 5 hour conversation about getting engaged, the wedding, our life after.. you name it, we covered it. then we went back to her house, i showed her my ring, and then that led to everything a wedding entails. we at least found an AWESOME bridesmaid dress, that on davids bridal, 55 out 55 people recommend it. we also decided that having a very very small wedding would be in the best interest for us. were talking 50 people max.. as much as matt and i want to have everyone there that we love, we just cant afford that.. and then it goes into, we didnt invite so and so, but we invited so and so. we want to avoid as much drama as possible. so were only inviting our immediate families, and our CLOSEST friends. a good solution of still having people we care about included in the wedding process is myself, having a big bridal shower. so all the girls that i would not be able to invite to the wedding would come to the bridal shower.
we also decided that we are moving to denver for about 4 years, and that moving back to cali. the money we will be saving on rent, will go into a savings that we can use when we move back and apply towards a down payment for our home. that will also be around the time we will want to have kids, and our kids have to know their grandparents and family, that is a MUST.

yup, all that figured out yesterday.. my brain is reaching maximum capacity with all this wedding stuff. but just knowing that my family is going to be their to support us through everything, is so reassuring, and makes the wedding planning process seem less stressful.

well im off to go wake up my little sleeping beauty, god i cant wait to marry hiM!!