OVERLOAD!

Mr. Joey and I are about to bust. Not in a good way, not in a bad way and not in a financial way (yet). It's been wedding, wedding, house, wedding, house, house, house nonstop for the last 3 weeks. And not just our wedding but everyone else's too. Mr Joey went to a friend's wedding 2 weekends ago and we're headed to a wedding in San Diego this weekend. Of course you know that a wedding isn't just a ceremony and reception, but all the dinners and parties that go along with it. Like I said; wedding, wedding, house, wedding, house, house, house.

Take for example Saturday. We started the day well; a nice long lie in followed by a yummy breakfast prepared by Mr. Joey. As soon as the last bite was in my mouth, my phone rang. It was my Dad asking us to meet him at Lowe's in an hour to look at fences. We know it's early for fences but there were some he got an awesome deal on for another project that he wanted us to look at. If he bought all the fencing for both projects, he could save everyone a huge chunk of change.

After Lowe's, we followed my Dad to the cabinet and counter place. We've been going back and forth about cabinets and counters for weeks. There's a style we're after that we saw at Ikea we'd like to replicate. My Dad suggested that we not buy from Ikea and spend a little more for solid wood cabinets. He said it would last much longer. We agreed but finding the same style elsewhere has been hard. So after weeks of back and forth, we finally ended up with what we want. Check it out. Just imagine it with white counters and cork floors! The layout will be different but the style the same.

After finalizing the cabinets and counters, we headed to a great local wine store to pick up a bottle for dinner. While we were there, we perused the their selection for possible wedding wines. We ended up there longer than we planned. We got to talking with one of their staff about how much wine we should serve. She said that taking into consideration the time of day, the time of year and the number of drinkers, we should probably be buying 2 cases of red and 2 cases of white. She also told us that we can get 5% off each case we buy and we could return unused wine. Good to know.

After a nice walk around our future neighborhood, we headed home so Mr. Joey could sneak in a quick power nap. He had a little headache. While he slept, I tallied up the recent RSVPs and declines, answered emails from various vendors, completed my portion of the FOCCUS test and took an inventory of the fabric and vases we have for the wedding.

Later in the evening we joined friends where the main topic of conversation was the wedding Mr. Joey just attended.

This week Mr. Joey has to take his portion of the FOCCUS test, get pictures taken and his passport renewal application off and we're meeting with our financial planner (finally). I've also been hunting for a new rehearsal dinner location.

Thankfully we're headed to San Diego this week -- for a wedding. Actually, I'm looking forward to San Diego. Sun! Give me Sun! We managed to fit in a few extra days there and are looking forward to being away from our computers (leaving them at home) and not going near a Lowe's for a few days.

I think this break comes at the perfect time. As we near the 3 month mark for the wedding and ground breaking for the house (2 weeks!!!!), we know all the planning will get crazier.

Did you take a break from wedding planning for a few days?