Our Wedding: My Shoes

My shoes were another awesome deal I got. My sister wore pink shoes at her wedding, and it made for some awesome pictures, so I decided to do the same but in purple! The best part is they were only about $6. They were the last pair in the store and just happened to be my size!

 

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My Dream Has Come True

Barn Dance Held Here

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Our Wedding: The Napkins

It feels funny to be writing a post about napkins, but when you're not having your dinner reception in a typical wedding reception venue, you have to think about these kinds of things! To go along with our rustic theme, my cousin Stephen's fiance' Kelly suggested we use bandannas for napkins. I loved the idea, but unfortunately I couldn't find any in bulk all in the same color that were perfect for what we needed them for. So I juggled the idea of getting monogrammed paper napkins, but wasn't thrilled with that. All of this brings me to my story of the deal of the century... Josh and I were shopping at the Meijer Outlet in Grand Rapids where I stumbled upon a 4 pack of cloth napkins which were originally $4.99 each. Before I got too excited, I counted how many packages there were. I counted about 45 which means there would be 180 napkins. Dissapointed, I was on my way to putting the package on the shelf when the sale price caught my eye. .30 cents!!! So I called my mom to ask if it'd be worth it to spend the $14 for the majority of the napkins we needed. She said yes, but advised me to ask an employee if they happened to have anymore. Since it's an outlet I wasn't expecting them to have any in the back, and I was right, they told me that was all they had. So Josh and I grabbed every last package they had on the shelf and decided to walk down a few more aisles before we left. This is where the story gets even better. As I'm browsing down a completely different row, my eyes were suddenly fixed on MORE napkins! So Josh and I quickly counted how many more were there and realized we had the perfect amount, with even a few to spare! So, we got 66 packages for $20.99 when at full price the napkins would have been about $350! Needless to say, I've never been so excited about cloth napkins.

I debated sharing this picture because I don't want to give too much away about our wedding and all of the details, so consider this special :)

6 Month Countdown!

Yesterday I recieved this message in my inbox: 

Time is FLYING!