Battle of the Dates!

So we finally met with Father Facura to set the date. We met him at the church and he meets with each of us separately and then together. He basically went down a list of questions like was I free to marry, was I there of my own free will, etc. etc. after swearing on the Bible. When it was Ryan's turn Father Facura gave him the third degree and asked him several times if he was dating anyone else and if he had a girlfriend. His reply was, "No, no, Father, she's enough for me." LOL Well, for me the paperwork is easy since I received all my sacraments at that church all the way from baptism to confirmation. We just have to take those classes sometime between now and next August.

So we requested the date we had in mind and it was all set with him. We chose the 2 PM time. Everything should be all good then, right? Well, it turns out that there's a wedding on Ryan's side of friends that may be that month and then a cousin I never talk to whose wedding might be that month as well. AND the venue that was sorta high on our list is booked already that day! Well, over a year in advance! Their other open weekends are the 30th of September which also coincides with Va Beach's Neptune Festival and October 14 and 28th. So we can either change the date or find another venue . . . hmmmm. But the fact that it was booked really made me get into gear. Now I'm like, "What if all the venues are booked?!" I know that's unrealistic but I really would feel much better just having a place booked for ourselves already.

On another note, I took my sister with me to go dress-trying-on. Unfortunately, I can't find any pictures of the dresses online nor were we able to take pictures of me trying them on which was such BS but oh well. I'm definitely not going with a white dress. I tried on some spun gold-colored dresses and they really go well with my skin tone. And surprise! Wedding dresses are actually pretty flattering. My tummy all but disappeared under there!

On that note, the past few months I feel like I've been gaining weight. The scale says I've only gained like 2 pounds and yet my pants are tight. Sighhh . . . so I decided to try Weight Watchers for a few months. I've researched it a lot and "hmmm-haaahed" over it and decide to just try it for three months. If I've lost weight then great! Today was Day 1 and it wasn't too bad. I also have been to the gym twice this week which is another plus. So we'll see where this goes. Ryan and I are trying to incorporate more vegetables in our diet so we bought a steamer. That turned out to not go so well tonight since the directions told us a time that was too long. I just reminded Ryan that it was our first time trying it and it was an experiment.

What else is on my plate? Oh yes, I need to start studying for my CISSP certification that my coworker and I are planning on taking at the beginning of August. The exam is 6 hours long! July weekends are pretty much taken up with other weddings and bridal showers. T'is the season!

And there are other things on my plate that I just won't ever talk about here that really stress me and depress me sometimes. But this is not the place to talk of such things. This is all about my wedding and its planning . . . so there. Gotta love 'blogs!