I'm sorry to all you who have been checking in for an update and finding nothing new. August and September proved to be a slow month in our wedding planning agenda for numerous reasons. Ryan's got a big deadline next month for work so he's been working ungodly hours. I'm surprised to not find him working at 8pm when I get home from work/gym/game. I've been pretty busy at work myself and some weeks work longer hours. Plus, we were still over a year out and felt that for the most part we had booked the big things.
Now, we're 5 days till the year-mark and the weather is getting cooler and fall really seems to be here. Football has started again (Go Hokies! Go Steelers!) and we've caught glimpses of the leaves turning color. Our favorite season seems to be right around the bend even though we're officially into fall according to the calendar. It's a very sentimental time for us because we first started dating in the fall so some of our best memories are emersed in the season from camping trips to tailgates and football games. We also did a few autumn hikes as well. I am hoping that we get to do some of those this year too. So this time next year we will be at the closing stages of our wedding planning and anxiously awaiting our wedding guests from out of town. It will be wonderful!
I know I've been a Slacker Bride but not updating anything and it seems like I haven't done A THING concerning the wedding, but that's not true, I just get lazy with posting sometimes. On Labor Day weekend I worked on some potential Save the Date magnets. We ultimately have decided that we're going to redesign them or just not do them at all (saves money ;)). I was going to post them but it seems I'm having some trouble doing that so I'll have to save that for another day.
The other big thing that I've done since last posting was book a photographer like I had said I would try to do. I ended up going with a photographer that I didn't even mention on my previous post. I found this great website for wedding photojournalists,
The Wedding Photojournalists Association, and came across some great photographers for great websites. I had inquired to Corbin Harris on that list and he ended up being unavailable and referring me to the photographer I eventually chose, Srinu Regeti, at
Regeti's Photography. You can check out his blog at
http://regetisphotography.blogspot.com. He and his wife are a great team and I love his work and think he is really talented. I love how he works with natural light, that's how I work too! He is also not insanely expensive but I'm sure in a few years he will be since he is just starting out. I really had to move on him because I started thinking that if I waited I would end up paying probably twice as much for the look I like or less-than-stellar pictures for the price that I booked Srinu at. Well, it also helped that there were two other brides inquiring on my date. ;) I just couldn't let this opportunity go by and plus it really felt good to have that decision behind me. Since I really like to do creative things like scrapbooking or these blogs on my own I went with their Scrapbooking package which doesn't get me a whole lot of extras but it gets me that which I am most concerned like copyright release on all the pictures he takes of our day. He does really great work with Photoshop, I may have to ask him to teach me some of his tricks. ;) Ryan and I are still undecided on engagement photos but next year we may really want to take them. I really can't wait to work with Srinu and his wife, Amy. I spent a good hour talking to her when I booked their services. I think she's secretly a selling point. ;)
Well, it looks like I was much more ambitious tonight then I thought I was going to be with all the updating. I signed up to take my certification exam at the end of next month so I really need to buckle down and study especially since the fee was $499! Ouch!! If I pass though, I believe my company will pay for it. Wish me luck and get on me to study!!
