September

It's amazing to me that we are nearing the end of September, and how fast this engagement period goes. There are less than 5 months until our wedding, and I really want to soak in the joy of this chapter of my life. Planning my wedding is something I have dreamed about for years, and the only thing sad about it is how fast it flies by. I don't want to take anything for granted, and I want to have as much fun as possible during these last few months of wedding planning :) Luckily for me, there is still plenty left to do!

September 3rd, 2011 was a big day for us -- and the lovely Brianna Millett (http://briannacolleen.com/) helped us to capture all the special moments :) Here is a sneak peak of some of our engagment photos, and there will be more to come in a couple weeks!

I also had the pleasure of going dress shopping with 3 of my beautiful bridesmaids - Alicia, Allie and Rachel - last weekend. So far, all the girls like the same dress so we may choose to go with just 1 style rather than the girls wearing different styles in the same color. We've chosen the below style in the color shown - "Lapis." We liked the shorter dress styles better than the longer ones. I hope the girls aren't too cold in February!



I also thought I'd throw in a picture of this pair of shoes that I love, also in Lapis. I'm thinking I might wear these with my wedding gown :)

It's been really fun working at David's Bridal over the past month. I'm getting lots of great ideas for my own wedding and it's really fun to help other brides find a wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses! Speaking of working, I also got a new full-time job (just found out on Monday) working for the J.M. Smucker Company as a Category Development Analyst. Once again, I'll be working with the buyers at Target doing sales analysis for Smucker's product categories (peanut butter & jelly, baking mixes, oils, coffee, etc.) I start on October 3rd and I'm very excited!! I also plan to continue helping out at David's Bridal on a part-time basis after I start my full-time job.

In addition to the new job, Franchesco and I are also planning to move to a new apartment next week! It will be a little bigger than the apartment we're in right now, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, and it's just a little bit outside of downtown Minneapolis. It's going to be an exciting fall and of course winter as well with the wedding and everything. We're very excited about all the positive changes in our lives! Thanks for being part of it :)