Sometimes I like to take a look back and see where I was a year ago on this blog. As we approach Born to be a Bride’s second anniversary in July, this will be an even more sentimental and enjoyable process for me. I’ve kept a journal since I was about five years old, but the past several years have been very spotty in that regard. This blog is my journal in many ways, and sharing it with you is just cherry on top of the sundae in my own process of becoming a bride, and now a wife. So, where was I last year?
On June 5th, 2013, I posted about thank-you notes for our bridal shower. As irony would have it, Josh and I brought the final haul of shower gifts home to our apartment just a few weeks ago. When we lived in Dallas, it seemed expensive and daunting to ship everything there. We figured we’d wait a year until we’d recovered from the wedding expenses and ship it all then. Little did we know at the time that within a year, we’d be living a five-hour drive from my mom’s, and we’d be able to pack up the trusty Durango and bring it all here. (Mom is thrilled to have her guest room back, by the way).
At my shower, with some of my favorites.
You might remember I made a book of cards from the shower(s) and I plan to do the same with our wedding cards. But it was even more nostalgic and wonderful, a year after the fanfare of my beautiful bridal shower on Long Island, to open up the 80% of our gifts we hadn’t yet used. Suddenly, we have mixing bowls and silver frames, crystal vases and fancy knives. And more wine glasses than any two people have a right to own — but fear not, friends. They’ll all be used. There is also a stripper pole now, because of course. Funnily, that is the one item my handsome husband hasn’t yet brought up from the car to the apartment. I imagine if you didn’t know me and you saw the contents of my trunk, you’d judge me — just a little.
So, last year at this time I fretted over getting my thank-you notes completed from the bridal shower, but I got them done shortly thereafter. Today, just two days shy of the nine-month mark since our wedding, I shamefully have about 15 notes to get out. It’s been a crazy year, but that’s no excuse. I now have my assignment for this weekend. What one nagging item remains on your current wedding to-do list? Email me!
