Yo!

I'm back...finally. Long story short, Italy was good. Really cold but good. I'll give you one classic Italian pic...And there you go.

I want to get back into blogging. Work has been crazy, good, just crazy lots and I haven't had much free time. But I'm determined to get back into it.

Wedding-wise, right before I left for Italy, I finally booked my venue. It was really starting to get to me - I was stressing way too much over it. I was leaning towards Fisher Island but D and I both felt it was going to be too much over our budget and we're shooting for a house in the near future. And while we were contemplating it more, it was booked by someone else, which, frankly, I'm fine with. It just wasn't meant to be.

So I went with Red Fish Grill which is where D's mom got married five years ago. It's a restaurant in a old coral building in the middle of Matheson Hammocks Park. And it's right on the water, beautiful, and best of all, really affordable.

This is the restaurant at night. It's only open at night which is perfect for us because we're having a day wedding. Speaking of day weddings, the few times I've told strangers I'm having a day wedding on a Sunday, they always give me a weird look and ask me why. Frankly, I'm tired of explaining myself, but here are my main excuses...A. What's the point of having a wedding on the water if you can't enjoy the view because it's night time? B. $$$$ It's less expensive and C. I'm so not a night person. I don't need to be falling asleep.

So as of now, I have the photographer and venue booked. My mom just told me she really wants a videographer so I'm looking into that now. I found a great one online and some awesome packages. They even offer the packages in HD - which I'm hesitant to mention to D. He's a boy and we all know boys like to get all tech-y and go with the better things in life.

Us girls don't really care about HD.

Next up will be the wedding dress. I've decided to screw everyone's hatred towards my dress and just order it. So I made an appointment for this Saturday morning, right before the Florida Derby. The Derby? Yup, I'm going to the Derby! With my big hat and all. :)

The end!