I spent the last week in Kauai with my fiance and my family and along with relaxing and having the best vacation ever, our big to do there was figure out the big picture for the wedding.
We’ve officially set the date for August 18, 2012 and the ceremony will be held on this beautiful covered patio within a botanic garden.
I’m in love with this ceremony site because it’s open to the garden on three sides and feels like its outdoors but it’s covered and has a back wall so we won’t get sun burnt and no one will have to squint into the sun.
After the ceremony we’ll mozy down about 30 feet for cake and champagne and then mozy another 30 feet into a nearby restaurant for dinner on an ocean front balcony.
We arrived home from our planning trip late Saturday night and ordered our Save the Dates on Sunday so our family and friends will have plenty of time to plan to travel and then we spent the afternoon at Macy’s registering!
It’s getting real!
It’s now been two years since I officially launched CarrieActually.com!
This has been a big year with my transition from geek chic to living the subjective life and I thank you each of you for your continued support.
What can you do to make year two even better?
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The best part of BlogHer ’11? Hands down the puppies outside The People’s Party. I mean really, a party with margaritas and puppies… what more could you possibly want?
I snuggled with a Yorkie and a mini dachshund which was nice since I really missed Lucky.
My fiance says we can’t get a Yorkie because he thinks they look like mini Chewbaccas.
This is what the Yorkie actually looked like (forgive the super zoomed in with bad flash photo).
This is what he thinks the Yorkie looks like (not my photo, thanks for pointing me to it @sassymonkey).
And here’s me with the mini dachshund that my fiance is more into us having someday since that’s what his grandmother always had.
Will I see you at BlogHer ’11?
As a BlogHer employee, I’ll be heading up the registration desk so I won’t be able to make it to sessions but I will be hitting up the parties after registration closes for the evenings.
If I were going as an attendee, these are the sessions that resonate most with me personally:
I find it pretty fascinating how much changes in a year. Last year as an attendee I was all about business and skills and this year I’m much more interested in change.
In terms of parties, I’m absolutely most looking forward to Sparklecorn!
And my number one tip (mainly to myself)?
Will you be there? What parts are you most looking forward to?
For the past few years my Sunday morning routine has been to start a big pot of coffee, go out and get the newspaper (unfortunately I did not select a large enough dog to do this for me), sit down with my coffee and clip and sort coupons, then make a meal plan and grocery list, and do my grocery shopping.
But things in my life are changing. My fiance has moved in and eats about twice as much as I do so we need a lot more groceries. I’m busier than ever with work. I’m traveling for work and pleasure and not always home on Sunday. My fiance works late shifts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays so weekend mornings are now some of our best options to spend quality time together.
Add that Northern California has never had the greatest coupon policies, coupon selection, and the fact that we still have to pay 9.25% sales tax on the pre coupon price and I’ve decided that couponing just isn’t really worth the time and effort I’ve been putting in to it. I break even on the cost of my newspaper but that’s about it.
When my newspaper subscription runs out, I won’t renew it. I’ll continue to use the coupons I have. I’ll continue to search for printable coupons for items that are on my grocery list anyway. I’ll continue to load my Safeway e-coupons to my club card. And I’ll continue to request free product coupons when I see them available as they have been the greatest source of my coupon savings.
This week, my fiance and I signed up for a Costco membership. We’re both fairly picky eaters and I think we can save a lot more on the items we use a lot via Costco than via coupons.
Are you a couponer? Are you a Costco member? What works best for your situation?
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