Life, Love and the Everyday

LIFE Every moment becomes a memory.  Which is why I try to make every waking moment a good one. But at the end of the day, I'm human. This season I have felt that its time to get serious about doing the things I have been putting off and making time to do them. I think the reason why I have become more driven is because I want to enroll in a writing and editing course - I wish I had done it straight after highschool, but the flip-side is I have more life experience to put into it. Another reason is I'll be married in ten months time - I want to start this new chapter in my life - if there is a time to make things right, it's now. LOVE A. and I have both been busy, carving out a future for ourselves in a world that doesn't stop except when we look at each other. I'm counting down the months (impatiently) for the wedding and life is good. & THE EVERYDAY A. was in Sydney last weekend so I hung out at Mum and Dad's. I don't see them as much as...

LIFE   Planning a wedding around other life events is a financial juggling act. It has made me more aware of what my everyday budget looks like and how I spend it and when.  Back in January when I found my wedding dress, I paid the deposit and I thought. 'Awesome! I have five months to pay this off!' However, I haven't paid anything towards the dress since paying that deposit because until a couple of weeks ago my mind-set was 'everything is fine, la-de-da-de-da' and last week I had a rude awakening when I realised that I could have had that dress paid off by now and soon I will have to start paying off my flowers...and to top it off, I have an over-seas trip with A. planned late May to early June and while that is mostly paid for, I have to save at least another grand. So the long and short of it is that I have painted myself into a corner... Being ever the optimist, instead of thinking 'Oh shit...oh shiiiiiiit!' (truthfully that was my first react...