.: Flowers, Churches, and Registries

This month has been crazy hectic. Unfortunately, Nicholas and I both had to work on Valentine's Day, but after an awful night at work, he surprised me with flowers and tickets to see a concert in Nashville. On April 25th, we will be traveling to Vanderbilt University to see my favorite, Jason Mraz! I am so excited :)

We hit a bump in the road with the wedding planning last week, and have lost the date at the church that Nicholas is a member of to another member that had originally reserved the date. They mistakenly told us that September 5th was available, but unfortunately someone else had already reserved it. So we had already made the deposit at the country club for that day, so there was no budging. We had to search for another church/location! I have completely talked myself out of an outdoor wedding due to the possibility of bad weather, so we started looking for other churches in the Hickory area. There is a church right next to the original church that I have always admired, but Nicholas told me it was "the place" to get married so I figured that it was too late and that September 5th was probably already taken. On a whim, I called the church's secretary a few days later, only to find out that the date was available! But to get married in the church that day, Nicholas and I have to become members. So, the next Sunday we took my parents up to visit the church and we all fell in love with it. Everyone there is wonderful, and the church is absolutely breathtaking. We start "Pastor's Classes" this Sunday, and must continue them for the next 13 weeks to become members! The good thing is that our names are penciled in for that date, and as long as we are on the path for membership, it's ours!

After we visited the church, we took my parents to Belk for a wedding show. My dad was less than thrilled at this idea, but he had fun nonetheless. It could have been the barbecue buffet that we bribed him with for lunch ;) We registered at Belk, and met lots of vendors from the area. I even won a bottle of Chanel perfume, and Nicholas won the men's cologne. We also won brunch at Rock Barn Spa. We had so much fun registering that as soon as we got back to Charlotte, we set up a registry at Target and Bed Bath and Beyond as well!

The flowers that Nick surprised me with when I got off work