I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Mine was kind of busy, but that's ok. We spent time with family... moved our new refrigerator into our kitchen (ALL by ourselves... yeah, fun) and did some major laundry. Tuesday is M's birthday and I have a surprise up my sleeve that I am so excited about!! Since M doesn't read my blog and really doesn't even understand what a blog is, I can share my plans with you.
I am inviting M's closest friends to a winery outing this Saturday. He knows we are going to the winery Saturday, but he thinks we are just meeting one other couple and not celebrating his birthday. M is very laid back and never wants anyone to go to any trouble for him and this includes on his birthday. So I invited his closest friends to get together and so far, 19 people are planning on attending, including 3 of his friends who live almost 2 hours away. He is going to be so surprised to see everyone. I can't wait!
In other news, our wedding plans are up in the air. Our Mexico trip is booked and we are still going... that isn't changing. We had a long talk with a few different family members and even with the family drama that has been going on, I'm having serious second thoughts about not having my family there on my wedding day. If... IF we did decide on having a ceremony here at home, it would be small and only be immediate family. My parents have a beautiful yard and several acres. If we do decide to go this route, we will have a small ceremony in their backyard. Afterwards we can have our very informal party.
Needless to say, I'm a little conflicted about this right now and M and I still have some talking to do. Bottom line is, we are both having a hard time not including our families into our wedding plans. I don't want to look back and regret it. My dad and stepmom have been against the wedding in Mexico from the beginning. Even though my mom and M's mom have kept quiet, I know it hurts them a little that they won't see us get married.
However, I have made it clear that I do want this to be simple (and M agrees)... I don't want a church wedding or a big reception. I am ALL about a very simple, laid back wedding. So there's some thinking to do on that.
Nothing to report on the weight loss front. The scale is not budging and I'm considering only weighing in twice a month.
Have a great week!!
I felt bad getting married in Vegas for all of 2 seconds once it was actually happening. Then it was a relief there weren't a bunch of people there to deal with. We came back and had a HUGE party with all of our friends and family. After seeing what my sister went through not 6 months before me, trying to plan a small ceremony and reception and having all the family drama it really made it a no-brainer for me to go away and not invite anyone but my mom & stepdad.
ReplyDeleteThe winery sounds like so much fun for a birthday outing!!