Life as a Wife

What's married life like?

Wonderful, Fantastic, Relaxing, Hectic, Funny, Exciting, New.

In other words....

It's pretty much the greatest ever.

I just get to be with my best friend 24/7. What could be better than that?

We are finally starting to settle into our apartment after the wedding and our INCREDIBLE honeymoon.

Two weeks in Orlando was heaven. We were able to do SO much, yet still relax and enjoy our first two weeks as newlyweds.

Some of the highlights of our trip included:

First night as husband and wife downtown

BLUE MAN GROUP!

Universal Studios

Islands of Adventure

Wet n' Wild

(Some of the best water slides I've ever been on)

Cocoa Beach

PARASAILING!!

It was so peaceful and serene. I would recommend it to anyone.

Magic Kingdom

One of my favorites...CIRQUE DU SOLEIL!

Gourmet meals and 5 star restaurants for free!

Disney Water Parks

We got to snorkel with sharks and rays at Typhoon Lagoon

Epcot

Animal Kingdom

Hollywood Studios

Magic.

Souvenirs!

As you can tell...it was the trip of a lifetime.

I will never forget it.

Now, back to the real world of working, cleaning, and finding places for all the random wedding stuff I worked on for a year...

The week of...

MY WEDDING!!

That's right, I'm getting hitched THIS week! Friday to be exact.

At this point in the game all I can think about is being with my new husband in Florida.

Now is the time when I wonder why the heck we didn't get married by Elvis in Vegas...

it would have been so much easier.

(Don't worry though, I already made David promise we could get our vows renewed in Vegas for an anniversary. It's kind of a dream of mine.)

So yes, although it would have been easier...it definitely would not have been near as fun or as gratifying. Knowing that David and I pretty much made and put together everything ourselves is so fulfilling. I can't wait to hear people's reactions to things and be able to say "Thanks, we MADE that!"

This week is going to be SO hectic, yet so much fun at the same time.

It's already started out great...I had my bachelorette party on Sat. (that needs a whole post to itself...let's just say it involved pole dancing, boas, chairs, and very sore bodies the day after), David and I handmade about 80 of the programs, finished the bouquets/boutineers, and started packing for our well needed and deserved honeymoon.

We are so close.

I will be a Bowden by the end of the week...

and I couldn't be more ready:)

Explosion

Our wedding is two weeks from today and it looks like my apartment has exploded hobby lobby bags everywhere!

My apartment is wedding chaos, but it's quite fun. I started filling up jars for the candy buffet, picked up my wedding dress, and bought all of the last minute decorations.

I am checking things off my to-do list left and right! All I have left to do is:

-Make the bouquets/boutineers

-Pick all of the music

-Make a slide show

-Buy all the food

-Make day-of itineraries

-Pack for the honeymoon

- Write my vows

and

-Figure out the programs

I can do that all in two weeks...right? Oh geez.

This is on my living room floor.

Closet filled with wedding things

Wedding Hair Trial

What do you think?

RSVP!

LESS THAN THREE WEEKS!!

That means, if you haven't let us know you're coming...DO IT!

So far 91 of you are coming to see us get hitched, but we need to know if there are more of you for food and seating reasons!

You can email me at meagan.martin@student.oc.edu

Call me at (405) 606-1340

OR, just comment here on my blog and let me know!

Thanks so much!

Surprise!

We're engaged!

Well, we just got our engagement pictures taken...three weeks before the wedding...

AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL!

Our wonderful friend, Laura Bowles, offered to take our engagement pictures free of charge because she is just that amazing!

We went downtown and found some cool locations and had a lot of fun! I'm surprised she was able to capture a few good ones in between all of our craziness!

So, after 5 outfits, four locations, 3 hours, and 4oo pictures...Here are some of my favorites:

Shameless Plug

For those of you who don't feel like going out in the tornados to buy us a wedding present...just help us pay for our honeymoon!

Click here to see our registry!

Thanks!

.....Don't Judge

CANDY!

Instead of giving out wedding favors, we are having a candy buffet! Don't know what that is? Here is an example:

Of course...ours will only be about half that size, cuz let's face it...specific colored candy can get pricey!

My mom and I searched some bulk candy websites and picked out some winners! (All black, green, and white of course!) There will be peppermint patties, oreos, rock candy, jolly ranchers, taffy, M&M's, and more!

So throw your diet out the window when you come to our wedding because we are here to fatten you up with wedding cake, cheesecake squares, and lots of candy.