The Gift Bags

I know in an earlier post I said that I wouldn't say anything about the gift bags because I wanted them to be a surprise. However, I just got the bags in the mail today and I can't resist showing them to you all. They turned out so well!

I wanted to find a bag that was sturdy and would last for the duration of everyone's trip, but I didn't want to have to spend $20 to get everyone a fancy tote bag. So on discountmugs.com I found these blank, thin canvas bags that are like the reusable shopping bags that you can buy at the grocery store. Then I made a little design in photoshop for them to print on the bags and it was as easy as that. I think they turned out really well and I'm excited to fill them up with goodies for all of the guests. I'm going to keep my promise and not let you know anything about what's going inside them, so enjoy this one-time gift bag sneak peak.

The Money Saving Tactics

Since Zach and I are living off of one salary and saving for a house and the wedding, we've had to employ some creative money saving techniques. We thought you'd enjoy seeing how we're managing to save money:

We always keep our thermostat off. When it gets too hot, we open the sliding door. When it gets too cold, we warm ourselves by lighting candles and using blankets.


We don't bother paying for cable each month, we just hook the computer up to the TV and watch online shows and movies.


We take extra condiments when we go out to eat and use them later so we don't have to buy them from the store.


When there's a sale at the store, we buy in bulk (that's right, we currently have nine cereal boxes).


We use office supplies to seal our food (who needs to spend money on chip clips or tupperware?).


We track all of our spending on Mint.com. Since we've been using it we've already identified over $100 in faulty charges.

We hoped you enjoyed this insight into our current lifestyle. We miss you all and hopefully we'll see you all at the wedding in October!

The New Apartment

Hey all,

It's been awhile since my last post because we kind of took a break from wedding planning after our super-productive trip to Sedona. Currently we're working on getting the gift bags together for all of the guests. We've been designing the bags and ordering cool little gifts to put inside, but I haven't been posting any pictures of those because I was them to be a surprise.

Zach and I have also been busy fixing up our new place. The apartment is gorgeous and we have some really great pieces of furniture in it. Our next step is to buy some patio furniture and curtains. I hope you enjoy these pictures of the place.