not in college con't

After today, I am really reminded I'm not in college. I am currently posting laying in bed ready to go to sleep for the evening. I had tutoring this morning and then ran a couple errands. At noon I met all my 2nd grade teacher friends at the pool for a summer team meeting. Right away I started off the meeting with drinks and continued to drink until I left at 4:30. Sounds like a pretty great meeting, huh?!? :)

I met Kurt at the car shop and dropped my car off {because the air isn't working..ugh!} and then we ran a couple errands. We went to Three Wisemen for dinner/drinks early and sat outside. Wednesdays are $2.50 pint nights so of course we both had some beer...I just continued my drinking trend for the day. I'm exhausted from this little bit of day drinking and trying to extend it into the evening....ugh, I'm getting old.

Kurt went to hockey for the night, so I hanging with the dogs and planning a very early bedtime. Too bad it's still light outside or I might be sleeping right now!

On a side note, we were talking after our meeting about babies and such. I expressed my concern that EVERYONE will know I'm pregnant {when the time comes} way before we're ready to tell anyone because they'll notice right away if I don't drink. Sounds like I need to reconsider this whole drinking thing, huh? That's a whole different conversation for another day!

we're not in college anymore...

...unfortunately, in some respects. I must say I miss a lot of things about college - friends, lack of responsibility, the college town atmosphere, Bloomington. I do not miss the school part - tests, homework, papers, etc. I absolutely don't miss Kurt's crazy nasty houses and the horrible decorations/home furnishings. We've kept one thing straight out of college in our apartmentand house until the other day...thank goodness it's gone!

Here's a look at the front corner of the house before:

Ah, yes. A touch lamp. And, yes it is crooked.

And now, our little upgrade...

Only thing is the cord. However, that shouldn't be a problem for too long {hopefully}. We plan on getting another chair and little table to finish off that corner and add more seating in our living room. We're now on the hunt for a new chair that will fit!

shopping spree...for {practically} free!!

I didn't expect registering to be so stressful when we got engaged. I thought it would be a process that was fun and exciting. But, it did stress me out when we were actually registering....are we making the right decisions on plates, cups, pillows, towels, ect. AHHH! I was so worried about it all. We knew we were inviting a lot of people to our wedding and I had 4 showers, so we made sure to register for a lot of stuff.

You've seen the post about our house being a mess from all the presents we got before the wedding. Well, things haven't improved with stashes of gifts, Crate and Barrel boxes, and tissue paper. It's insane how much stuff we've gotten {and we're working on thanking all of our family and friends for their generous gifts!}. Since we've gotten back from our honeymoon, we've been going through all of our presents and making three "piles." 1. Keep at home. 2. Keep at my parents {no room for it at home but we'll eventually want it and won't want to spend the money on it}. 3. Take back.

Although we received many, many gifts from our registery, we decided to take a decent amount back mainly because we really feel we don't need

it/won't use it and would like the money for things we didn't get that we do really need/want and will use. So onto this "free" shopping spree. Monday and yesterday we took back a lot of presents to the stores where we registered. We've been going through our registeries thinking about what we'd still like to get. After we returned some things, we decided it was time to start using our 10% off at these stores and work on getting these things we still wanted to get.

First up, Target. We had a gift card there for 80 some dollars and also a 10% off card. Here's what we picked up {none were actually the original things on our registery but similar products}. We did spend $12 here to cover a few other things that aren't on here...

We picked up two of these puppies. Great for tailgating and sitting in the backyard {since we don't have patio furniture}. Oh, and the lake! Note the cooler on the side of the chair...selling point for Kurt.

And we grabbed this for the same reasons as above.

We may have gotten ourselves in over our heads. We'll see when we test it at the lake in 2 weekends...!

Then we headed to Crate and Barrel. I wasn't expecting to be there for as long as we were, but I remembered why registering in the first place was difficult....I WANT EVERYTHING! That store just pulls me in every. single. time. We got a lot {for free} and still have over $300 to the store to use very soon! :)

We got too much stuff to put all the pictures up. So here's a quick list:

Small Salad Spinner

White Butter Dish

Non-slip Over the Sink Cutting Board & Colander {love this one!}

Grill Tool Set {with green case}

2 Dylan Highball Glasses {to finish up our set}

6 Dylan Double Glasses {to finish up our set}

2 Black Silicone Mitts {for Kurt while grilling}

Square Grill Basket {for veggies, potatoes, etc}

Grill Half-Grid "Basket" {for fish}

Pepper Blend

Another set of corn picks

Spoon Rest

2 in 1 basting brush

Meat Tenderizer

Ice Scoop

Zester/Grater

I have absolutely no idea where we're going to put all this stuff, but I can't wait to find places and start using them!! We're trying to find time to clean out all of our kitchen cabinets to see what we have and to reorganize. Let's hope this happens soon!

Lastly, after dinner, we went to Macy's. I've been really, really wanting a new vacuum {which is crazy because Kurt does most of the vacuuming!}. We returned a few things and went straight to the vacuums. We knew we wanted the Dyson Animal one. It just so happens that a sale started today and part of the sale is newly married couples get 20% off everything {on top of sale price} instead of the usual 10%!!! We were able to "preorder" the stuff, aka buy it last night and pick it up today for the sale price. We also picked up two awesome pillows that we didn't get. I can't wait to use them!!! We had to leave because the store was closing, but we're planning on going back and picking up a few more things. Oh, by the way, we got a over $500 vacuum and 2 pillows that are originally $200 a piece for $50 of our own money. Sweet!!!

slow down!

Woah, we're back. In fact we've been back for a week now. This summer is going way too quickly!

Our wedding was perfect. More than I dreamed of, imagined, and pictured for so long. I'm sad it's now over, but excited about our future together. Many, many more updates to come.

Our honeymoon was absolutely perfect except one thing...I wanted to stay forever! We were gone for 2 weeks and still didn't seem long enough. We have tons of pictures from that to share, too.

I thought things would really slow down once we got home and got all settled in. They haven't yet and don't seem like they will for a little while. So, I'll try to catch up as best as possible. But some things were pushed to the back burner or nonexistent for many months before the wedding that need tending to now! All the laundry is done {well last load in the washer for now!}, the house is now somewhat cleaned {thank God!}, and we're slowly but surely going through presents and finding spots for them. Next up, yard work this weekend...ugh! And, thank you note writing is beginning right now. I'll leave you with one picture from the wedding {the only one I have so far}. On of our options for our Thank You cards. Have a great Thursday and {probably} weekend. I'll be back to update about the yard next week.