As most of you know, Mathew and I are trying to pay for as much of our wedding as possible. We’ll probably be paying for 85-90% of it, and we’re ok with that. Well, yesterday, I got a call from my mom. She mentioned that my dad had gotten a bonus at work and that they were going to give me $500 (they’re also giving me money from their taxes, but i wasn’t expecting this too!)!

This money is going to be SO helpful, especially since I won’t be able to save as much in April (when I get my next paycheck) because we’ll need to buy outfits for our engagement pictures and I will need to get highlights and my nails done (no one wants a bride with 3 inch roots). I decided that with this money, we’d go ahead and use it for our deposit for our ceremony musicians, and then with the extra $400 I’ll disburse $100 to 4 different things we need to pay for (like cake, flowers, POSTAGE..etc).

Also, I wanted to thank the few of you who responded to my last post about the honeymoon flight. We decided not to take the offer (but there are still good deals out so I’m not worried) AND I found out that December 13 is the last day of finals next fall, so we can actually leave on the 14th as we wanted! I’m very happy!

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