Costco, Dick's, and other exciting news...

I think it's about time I blogged again. What has it been 2? 3 months? Who can tell. I suppose those who look at the date of my last post and compare it to todays. Whatever.

Jonathan and I have been married for two months now. It's been an exciting two months, lots going on, totaled cars, new cars, buying a puppy, taking the puppy back. You know. Exciting stuff like that.
This weekend we caved and joined Costco. What a great place to blow your paycheck and eat a gozillion samples. I was sure to stop at EVERY sample station, Jonathan would just stop, push the cart to the side, and wait while I enjoyed delicious free snacks. I also found that multi-packs of toothpaste and toilet paper make for a surprisingly exhilarating purchase.

After our super fun, snack-filled trip to Costco, we decided to go buy an elliptical machine at Dick's. I'd been wanting one for a while, and we found a great deal on a floor model on clearance, so we decided to get it. Problem: when you buy the floor model, it doesn't come in a box. It's already assembled and you have to take it as is. Now, the salesman will tell you with the utmost confidence that it will EASILY fit into your Honda Element. Oh sure, he would know right?? Why would he tell us that if it wasn't really true? What's that? To close the sale? Oh...

Needless to say, we drove home with an elliptical machine half wedged in our Element, half hanging out of the back. While we were loading it into the car at the store, the "helpful" sales associate asked Jonathan to help him tip it sideways and one of the wheeley feet thingys flew up and slammed Jonathan right by his eye causing instant swelling and a beautiful bruise. Nice.

Fortunately, our beloved new machine has wheels on the front of it, so all Jonathan and I have to do when we get it home is wheel it around the sidewalk and lift it up 2 steps to get in our front door. Easy. Or... not so much. Yeah, one of the wheels broke about 2 feet into the process. That added to the fun. We got it inside and I said, "why don't we just leave it here until you can get a couple of guys to come over and help you get it upstairs?". Oh no, Jonathan was having none of that. He convinced me that we could get it up there ourselves. (Actually, I was never convinced, just agreed to go along with the plan. I'm a good submissive wife.)

Again, needless to say, we lost some drywall, we now have to repaint the majority of our staircase, and I almost broke two fingers when one of the wheeley feet thingys attacked me as well. We should have waited for help. But hey, now we can workout. So I guess that's good.

Friends quote of the day:
Ross: "Pivot... piv-ot... pi-vot..."
Chandler: "Shut up, shut up, shut uuuuuup!!!"

I've given up on blogging

Or perhaps blogging has given up on me? Interesting thought. Ok, well I'm not officially quitting or anything, just not sure what to write about these days. Let's see... what would you rather hear about? The five loads of laundry I did yesterday? Perhaps the 2 hour long nap I took today after work? This is riveting stuff!! THIS will surely get me more readers! Perhaps I could get some children, I've heard they spice things up... but then when would I take my naps?? No, that won't do.

I'm currently working on two ridiculous lists, one for honeymoon packing, the other for stuff I need to get done before the wedding. Here is an excerpt from one such list: "Get ring cleaned and rhodium plated" thrilling right? What's that? You're sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for more? Here is a really important one that I thought of for the first time today, "GET MARRIAGE LICENSE!!!!" I really hope I don't forget that one. It would be a real shame to do all of this wedding planning for 10 months to end up not really married after all. Ok, ok, one more just for you... "Take wedding shoes to get gripper thingy on bottom so you don't fall on your bottom coming down the aisle or on the dance floor with uncoordinated husband" That one is long... but quite important I would say. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I fall on my bottom quite regularly even with good shoe traction, I don't want to increase the risk with slippy shoes! By the way, I blame this incessant list making on Candis. I'm pretty sure nobody in the world had ever made packing lists until she did.

A great Friend's quote for today:
Rachel: "Why the hell didn't you tell me??"
Ross: "What was I supposed to do? Stand up and shout, Hey Rachel, your butt is showing."
Rachel: "Yeah!! Better you than Barry's uncle!!"

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall...

My wedding dress finally came in. It's perfect. I'm perfect in it. I'm the fairest of them all. Call me a narcissist if you want, but isn't that how you're supposed to feel in your wedding dress? I bought new wedding shoes last week (the last ones I had just weren't doing it for me anymore) and they were the perfect color, fit, and style for the dress. It seems like everything for this wedding is falling into place perfectly and now I'm more excited than anything else. My stress has all but vanished... and no, I'm not drinking. Now I just get to wait for the huge disaster to strike because come on, everyone has some sort of wedding disaster. I should know, I've worked at and been in many. Cake's falling, bride's bitching, dresses ripping, grooms ditching.....this could be a song, granted, not a very uplifting one, but still.

On a very unrelated note, Jonathan bought me Tony Hawk's Project 8 for xbox 360 and now I can't get him to stop playing it. What's a girl to do? It is a totally awesome game-you get to do flips, skate all over the city, and (my favorite part) ram into other skaters at full speed to steal their "stokens". Dude!! Gnarly!! I only know all of this from watching Jonathan play, I can't seem to rip the control out of his hand. I guess I'll have to try and find some sort of pink princess game that he'll feel too embarrassed to play. Eh, who am I kidding? He'd probably play that too.

Friend's quote:
NORA BING: As I recall, when we got married, I saw the groom in the wedding dress.
CHARLES BING: But that was after the wedding. It's not bad luck then.
NORA BING: Honey, it isn't good luck.

Random Anniversaries and TV Sagas

Jonathan reminded me today that this is our 8 month "engagement anniversary". This tells me one thing... we've been engaged for entirely too long. It's time. We should have been married months ago. On the bright side, the gifts are really starting to pour in. Yes, gifts can pour. Several times a week the doorbell rings and I find a large box from Target sitting on my front door step. Wa hoo! This is afterall the reason you get married right? All the free gifts.

On an entirely different subject, it will be several more weeks before we get our TV service installed. Apparently the HOA approval process for a satellite dish takes up to 30 days. Great. We have now had 3 failed attempts at getting TV. Perhaps it's not meant to be? That can't be it. TV makes my days off work a lot less boring. How could one live without it?

Ok, well it's time for food. I'm off to cook a gourmet dinner of whatever I can find in my tiny cupboards. Wish me luck.

Friends quote for today:
JOEY: You probably recognize me from a little show called "The Days of Our Lives"
ROSS: Dude, it's just "Days of Our Lives"... there's no "the".
JOEY: Ok, Ross.... I play Dr. Drake Ramoray
SARAH: I'm sorry, I don't own a TV.
JOEY: You don't own a TV? What's all your furniture pointed at??

The best things in life are free...

"No, sir, I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in."

I thought I'd start off today with a quote from The Wedding Singer that's been running through my head a lot lately along with the song Money (That's What I Want). I need more money. There's no real point to today's blog other than to tell you that I need more money. Our first mortgage payment is due less than two weeks before we have to pay off our honeymoon. Sweet. I'm sure it will all be fine, we won't go bankrupt, it's just a little stressful. What if I need cute honeymoon clothes? What if I want to blow my paycheck on crap? What's this? Responsibility? I did not sign up for this.

On the bright side, my Mom gave me a Starbucks card today. Always a welcome gift. So I guess life isn't ALL bad.

Today's Friends quote (although I'm not really sure we even need one since we've already had a movie quote):

Ross: Phoebe used to mug people!
Monica: Seriously?
Phoebe: Well, I'm not proud of it. But, you know, sometimes, when I was living on the street, and I needed money for food and stuff...
Monica: Phoebe, that is awful!
Phoebe: Well, I wasn't rich like you guys, I didn't eat gold and have a flying pony. I had a hard life. My mother was killed by a drug dealer.
Monica: Your mother killed herself.
Phoebe: She was a drug dealer!

A long one I know, but it was worth it no?