Sew Cute!

I've been asked to help in the Apparel and Sewing class at work during one period to help out a few students that are falling behind. I've been helping all week, and I LOVE it! The woman teaching the class saw the apron that I started this summer, and told me that I did a wonderful job on the stitching. I've been having so much fun that I decided it was time to try my hand at my sewing machine again. I couldn't have had better timing!

JoAnn Fabric is having their Moonlight Madness special until Saturday, which means that all of their McCall patterns are 99 cents!!! I found 8 new patterns that I liked and didn't already have.

I bought:

PJs

Blouse

Tunic

Jacket

More PJs

Baby Accessories

Infant Clothing

More Baby Clothes

I know...I bet you're wondering why I bought the baby patterns. Well, my best friend, Chris, and his beautiful wife, Tracy, are due to have a baby boy in a few weeks. I am so excited for them! I decided that baby clothes and accessories would make both easy first sewing projects and cute gifts for the new baby. I'll be making diaper covers from the "Infant Clothing" link, and the jumper gown on the "More Baby Clothes."

I'm pretty excited. I know I should be working on sewing things like my veil, but that can wait, I suppose :)

Wonderful Weekend With Mom

That's right, my mom and I had an AWESOME weekend.

It started on Saturday. Mom picked me up early and we went to a craft show at a church nearby. We ran to a few garage sales, and then ate breakfast at IHOP. After that, I took her to get her hair cut at her favorite salon for her birthday. That's right! My beautiful mother has a birthday on Wednesday :) Her new haircut and color looks fantastic! That was an awesome day. While we were out talking, we realized that I wasn't doing anything on Sunday, and I needed wedding invitations :)

On Sunday...Mom picked me up early again. We walked around Portifino and talked while we waited for stores to open at noon. Around eleven, we drove to Market Street and walked around Borders Book Store.

When Swoozies opened, there was a crowd outside, and we part of it :)

Mom had never been in there. I love it. It's like a fun party and holiday store. They also have a HUGE selection of invitations and card stock. While the invitation sets in their binders were WAY expensive, the kind sales lady gave us a great idea. Long story short, mom and I bought all the card stock for the wedding and when we have all of the final details, we'll take it back to them for printing! I'm so excited!

After Swoozies, Mom and I ate lunch at Pot Belly Sandwich Works, where Brittany works.

Even after ALL of that, we weren't done! We decided to stop at JC Penney to look for some new work clothes. We each were able to find new pants and a few blouses. Get this...I went down a size! That's exciting :) We were done for the day, or so we thought!

We walked out of JC Penney towards the mall, and guess what we saw... A Wedding Show! They had cake vendors, photographers, makeup artists and even a fashion show! It was so cool that we happened upon such a neat show!

Wonderful weekend, I'd say :)

Since August!

Where has time gone?!?

I know...it's been FOREVER since I've posted. I'm not entirely sure where to start? A lot has happened. Unfortunately, my focus hasn't been entirely on the wedding, but I'm SO anxious to get back on my wedding track!

Since my last post, I have received another WONDERFUL gift from Rigo's family. I have gained a huge interest in cake baking and decorating. I absolutely LOVE doing it. Well, what does every baker need? A beautiful new MIXER! That's right. Rigo's parents surprised me with a brand new JC Penney Cooks Mixer! I love it.

I've started two new jobs since August, which is part of the reason the wedding planning has been so slow. I am now working with high school students at Klein High School. I love this job! Not only do I work with wonderful kids and teachers, but Rigo is the technician at the same school. Perfect! Rigo and I also accepted positions working for the new Woodforest Stadium. I run an instant replay camera down on the field, and Rigo runs the instant replay computer up in the press box.

Anywho, that's what we've been up to. I'll post separately about the more interesting things that have been happening. Thanks for reading!!!

Engagement Photos

Rigo and I took our engagement photos this morning. They turned out great! His dad is a semi-professional photographer and offered to do our pictures for us. We went to a location in the Woodlands, and two spots in the Portifino area. There are some that I absolutely love and a few that I'm not as crazy about. They are located at

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=4012400 the password is "rose".

I wish I could have hit the gym a few more times before the pictures, but whatta ya gonna do :)

Speaking of the gym, Rigo and I have signed up with a personal trainer through December. He's a really nice guy that knows a lot about vitamins and supplements and keeps are butts going at the gym. He has us on mostly weight training. I don't know if it's going to work the miracle I need, but I do know that I'm REALLY sore for a few days after going :)

My Girly-Girl Gifts

While this isn't completely wedding related, I had to share!

I've been making cakes for people in my family like crazy the past week. I found that I'm actually pretty good at decorating them. Rigo was so impressed that he took me to Michael's on Sunday and signed me up for the first of four of the Wilton Method Courses. I even talked my mom into taking them with me :)

Another exciting event...I was at Rigo's house Friday morning talking with his mom about how I was given a sewing machine, but it was broken and old. She called her mom in South Texas to see if she still used her sewing machine. Sure enough, her mom said that she didn't use it anymore and wouldn't mind sending it up, but the tension knob was broken. Well....we went to his house today after our personal trainer appointment and there was a BRAND NEW KENMORE SEWING MACHINE on the table for me. Apparently, his grandma didn't want to send me a broken sewing machine, so she went to Sears and bought me a new one.

Looks like I'm turning into a real girly-girl!

Birthday and Changes

Today saw Brittany's 17th birthday party. I made her a tye-died, Yellow Submarine cake and we had a few family members over for dinner. It was a LOT of fun. Jesse, Sissy and Che were able to drive down from Huntsville which was perfect timing.

Rigo asked his good friend Madie to be in the wedding party and I was able to ask Jesse to do the same. They both said yes, putting us at 3 attendents each. It makes me feel so much better to be able to have my both my brother and my sister with me at the alter and I'm sure that Rigo feels a ton better to have Madie in the wedding party too.

On another note, I think the guys agreed on a tux style that they won't mind. They were a little "concerned" about wearing purple, but everything seems to be settled.

Rigo's Dad is a professional photographer and has agreed to do our engagement photos this coming weekend. We haven't set a definite site yet, but we have a few places in mind. I thought that we should do a few at Oak Ridge High School, where we met, and a few some where pretty like a park or pond nearby.

First Steps

Rigo and I took our first steps towards losing weight today. Because we both work for Klein ISD, a gym down the street gave us a great deal! Our total registration fee, including first and last months dues, came to 50 dollars and our monthly payments are only 10dollars each.

I REALLY don't want to look like a puffy marshmallow on my wedding day so we're both going to be seeing personal trainers. We have our first session with our personal trainer on Tuesday and I am SIKED! He spoke with us today about our goals and said that they are definitely reachable in nine months.

Wish us luck!