Hello!

Hi there!

Welcome to the wedding planning blog of M & J. I'm J, and I'll be the one writing these blog posts (aka, I'm the wedding-obsessed bride-to-be). M is the wonderful guy I'll be marrying in just a little over 9 months- September 5th, 2015, to be exact. If you're wondering why I would want to write a blog about our wedding planning, here are just a few of the reasons...

1) We are having a pretty unique wedding. 

While our wedding will follow the tradition "wedding layout" (ceremony, reception, dancing, etc.), we're including some pretty fun, unique, and personal touches. I'll give you a hint- breakfast for dinner and a donut bar. Yeah, guys, we're breaking some wedding rules.

2) We are a long-term dating couple.

M and I will celebrate our 5-year dating anniversary later this month. We are high-school sweethearts and knew relatively soon into our relationship that we would be spending forever together. Because we knew we (eventually) wanted to get married, we've spent the last couple years dreaming of our wedding day and all the fun details involved.

3) We are both college students.

M and I are both enrolled full-time in college and will graduate this coming May. Being a full-time student and planning a wedding at the same time can be overwhelming, but I thrive under pressure and have thoroughly enjoyed planning my wedding in between taking tests and writing papers. Also, having this blog will help me in documenting the whole process and will keep me accountable in getting wedding stuff done.

4) We are having a beautiful wedding on a budget.

Right from the beginning, I knew that there was no way M & I were spending $27,000 on a wedding (that's the average wedding cost here in the US, if you weren't aware). We both knew that we wanted the wedding of our dreams, and that we could do just that on a more reasonable budget. Although this is going to be the most wonderful day of our lives, it is definitely not worth going into debt for. M & I are putting a lot of our own money into the wedding and our parents and other close family members are also helping us financially. To be able to have our dream wedding on a much smaller budget, I plan on "DIY"ing a lot of the wedding details and searching for the best deals on the big-ticket items (such as my dress, the venue, food, etc).

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I can't wait to share this incredibly fun, exciting time of our lives with you! September 5th will be here before I know it :)

- Jenna