Such a wonderful surprise!

So I'm so sorry I haven't posted this sooner since it's now been a week, but Mr. C. and I finally set an official date for the wedding! We're going to be getting married on October 17th of this year in a little place called Julian. I'm so excited, I can't even describe it! I know I've been engaged for a year so I've had time to get my head around the idea of getting married and even planning most aspects of the wedding but there is something very comforting and exciting about having an official date set. And as if my weekend could get any better, Charlie surprised me with something completely unexpected.

Mr. C. and I have been, I'm embarrassed to admit, been extra lazy and a bit messy lately. So, when he asked me to help him clean up our room on Sunday, I fully understand and actually really appreciated that he came up with the idea (as it's usually me suddenly having a moment of fits where I think 'oh my ponies! I need to clean this up now or my life is going to fall apart!'. So we had quite a few things to take down to Charlie's parent's house so while he did that, I did laundry and cleaned up, finally putting books on the shelves (which made me suddenly so much more comfortable and at home). He was gone for quite awhile sending a message saying he thought of something else he needed to take care of and would explain when he got home. Finally, he showed up (I was getting concerned because we had talked about going to see a movie that night. It was getting late and I had work the next morning so I didn't want to be out too late) and asked me to come help him with something. When I got downstairs, you can imagine how surprised I was to see one of my best friends and bridesmaid Stephanie! I had just talked to her the day before saying we could talk more about the details later, only I had no idea just how much sooner! She and Mr. C. had been planning her trip out here since November basically as an excuse for her to take us to see one of her and my favorite bands Flogging Molly. Having her around for several days was admitting exhausting since I did not want to go to bed at my normal time just so I could spend more time with her, but it was all so worth it! We had a great time together hanging out, catching up and I was even able to have a "normal" bride experience shopping for a bridesmaid dress and shoes with her. Since the wedding is now a fall wedding, we ended up changing the colors to a deep red and silver. Miss S. ended up finding a gorgeous dress on sale that's she's going to absolutely stunning in and silver shoes to match. My maid-of-honor ended up talking to me on the phone one night and we shopped for her dress online together. She's going to buy the same shoes as Stephanie and found an equally gorgeous dress that she will look equally stunning in. She then very politely requested I give her stuff to do to help take care of the wedding because that's her job. I feel a little bad now since most everything is planned and there's really not a whole lot to do. Maybe it's too soon, maybe I have no idea how much still needs to be done and I'll find myself freaking out in August piling more and more work on poor Jessica's lap at the last minute. I really do hope to avoid that.