October 6, 2014 getting closer & closer

Braxton & I at the Turkey Banquet on April 6, 2013

You can tell Braxton is super excited for pictures

April 6, 2013 - Exactly a year and a half until we're married!

I sit here thinking Braxton and I have a little less than a year and a half left before it's OUR big day! October 6, 2014 will be here before we know it.

I think that out of the both of us, I'm the most excited for the planning & yet the most anxious.

I keep looking at venues asking Braxton for his opinion and what he thinks. Does he like it? Would it fit us? Is it in our price range? What do you think about the whole thing? Do you think it fits our "theme"? And yet, all I get from him is.... "Sure" or "I don't know". Cracks me up, but does get annoying at times. I'm asking for your opinion dang it!

All Braxton really cares about is getting the day over and done with so we can finally be married, I have his last name and finally live together! That's what he's most excited about and what he's looking forward to the most. Really?! You're not excited to see me walk down the isle in my B.E.A.U.TIFUL wedding dress all done up? Although, he is excited for the wedding - just not as much as me. .... Once again, cracks me up! When I mention that to him he is very quick to answer "Well yeah, I am excited about that. But I just want it to be here & be done with". Love him.

Well, today I've been thinking about it and I really don't even know where to start. We have a few venues in mind - especially ones that will go with our theme (which I'm super excited about.) But once again, where do you start? The one thing that Braxton and I are stuck on is who do we invite? Who do we WANT to invite? How many do we actually plan for after invites are sent out? I think that once we figure it out, things will come smoothly. So I hope.

There's a lot that comes with the wedding/reception planning. When I was younger, I had the whole thing planned out - so I thought - now that it's actually happening I have realized I pretty much don't have anything planned. It's crazy to think... Oh the things you think when you're young. How simple it would/could be if it were like that.

Braxton & I went on a date on Friday, April 26, 2013 and we started talking about it. I think it has finally sunk it to the both of us that we have a little less than a year and a half until we get married. I think it finally sank in with Braxton because he just kept saying "It'll be here before we know it. It'll be here before we know it." Which is true. 

Right now it is April 28, 2013. October 6, 2013 will be here in a blink of an eye. From that point on it'll be stress, stress, stress. Make sure everything is coming together. Make sure everything is set. Make appointments. Find the necessary items. So on and so forth. Then October 6, 2014 will be here and we'll both be thinking "where did the year go?" It's kind of exciting to think about it, but then again like I have said, it's a little nerve wracking. There are days, grant it, that I wish we were getting married this year instead of prolonging the engagement, but to be honest I am so happy we are doing it this way.

The reason Braxton and I have decided to have a long engagement is because by the time we get married we should only have his truck payment and my car payment left. Everything else of ours (debt - nasty little bugger) will be paid off. If things go exactly as planned. That is the reason we are waiting. It's not because we are scared or because this is everything we want.... WAITING... It's because we would like to be as much debt free as possible. That way we can use that money we were spending on bills towards something else. Whether it be savings. Toys. Dogs. Vehicles. An apartment. Or even, a house. We'll have the extra money to do it and not have to stress so much about finances. About "can we actually afford that or are we going to be hurting for money for the next two weeks..."

Yeah, I know there will be the stress about finances throughout marriage; but that's marriage. That's why we are trying so hard to be as debt free as possible. So we can start fresh in our marriage. So our debt is OUR debt and not his debt that I have to help pay, or vise versa. It's ours. Together. That is probably the huge/main reason we are waiting. And for that, I am grateful that he is willing to wait with me. That he is willing to get the bills out of the way - like I said, majority of them so it's just our vehicles we have to pay. A fresh start to a new life and journey together. Boy oh boy, do I love him!