Two Months, Four Days and counting!!

Well, it was a fun weekend. Getting paid always makes it fun. Today Jason and I headed to the movies. I told him I wanted to see "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"-- real chick flicky. But when I went in (while he waited in the car), I decided to surprise him and get tickets to "Wolverine Origins". We did lunch and then came back to the theatre. I totally had him surprised when I handed him his ticket stub to the movie HE wanted to see (and I had refused to see before the moment I bought the tickets). Then I went to go potty really fast before the ads could end. On the way back I decided to stop and get him some of his favorite candies and soda. :) He was so thrilled. I was so happy to be able to make him happy. It was a wonderful afternoon.
My cell phone screen has been blacking out, so on Saturday Jason and I bought me a new one! Touch screen and everything. Super cool. It's called the Dare. There's one newer, but I didn't like it as much. It was fun to shop and go out to dinner. :) Very fun date night.
We also went to three receptions, Lisa Roberts', Lindsay Cook's, and Rex Colmen's. They were all perfectly lovely, but different from one another. Rex's was at Tuscany Gardens in Roy. Very pretty and expensive reception center. We stayed for the first dance and cake cutting. It made me cry. I don't mean to go to pieces at weddings, but somehow feeling like mine should have happened already makes it difficult not to. Lisa had hers in a church house, decorated. Lovely, lovely. Lindsay's was in her uncles backyard. By the time I went to those two, I was more stable. So, no tears that time. After going to all of them, Mom and I had another run in over mine in coming up in July. I came home and told her a reception center would be perfectly wonderful. Then she went off on how expensive it is, how she'd have to take out a loan to get it paid for, how she hasn't even seen the bridesmaid dress we're suppose to have ordered by this Thursday. She walked out of the house without really explaining herself, leaving me to vent at my sweet Jason. He is SOOO perfectly understanding... What would I do without him?! (Likely go crazy, by now...)
Anyway, I ended up at Jason's house that evening, trying to figure out how to make this wedding GO. His parents sat us down and talked with us about other options. They suggested canceling the reception all together, since a lot of people wouldn't be able to make it on a weeknight. I was all for that... standing in line was never really something I wanted to do for three hours. Jason seemed to accept it as well, knowing the reason he wanted to throw one was for his extended family, which again, wasn't likely to come on a Wednesday anyway. In place of a reception, his parents recommended a nice dinner. No decorations, no clean up or set up-- nice and easy. Not to mention small. (I was happy about that part.) As a matter of fact, the only suggestion his parents made that I wasn't happy with was to have the ceremony in a RS room in a church. :-P I just paid $2500 for photography... I need at least the CEREMONY of all things to look somewhat decent. Someplace to take pictures that day. So, I've been looking for a place to host that. Everyone voted Maddox in Perry for dinner. I love that place. I know they do receptions there as well, so maybe we could have the ceremony there. Less travel. They aren't open on Mondays, so I haven't had a second to find out how much that cost would be. Hopefully something reasonable!!!
Mom didn't seem pleased with this idea, but at this point, I'm not exactly sure HOW to make her pleased. This is completely about Jason and me, anyway... I still don't know what to do about bridesmaid dresses. I've loved the ones I've found, but I have no clue how to fit them in budget... Everything just seems so tight. The guest list has even been cut. Several times. So, just make it work at this point.
On a less stressful note, Bandit has done well in his classes. This week we're doing lick your lips, go to blankie, and backup. It's been fun to teach him and to have him learning new things.
Mothers Day is coming up. I wish I had special plans, but I think a card and a hug is my humble gift this year. Nothing else too exciting to report, I suppose. Another week of work is looming. Hopefully I can focus better than I have been. I know I need to keep my head straight when I'm there so my drawer will balance, but I've been struggling with that. Lots of other things on my mind at the moment...