Mini-Moons - Pre-Honeymoons

First, why is it called a honeymoon?...  Found it!  I won't be taking one of those.  I'll just vacation.  

So, I'm putting the weirdness behind me, but the word "wedding" still feels dirty right now.  Also, during my time of newly wed contemplation, it occurred to me that brides don't do housework, wives do.  I'm serious though.  If you are doing the wedding (or whatever you call it) yourself and you work, have a child, go to school, anything, there's simply not enough time to do everything and that seems to be the easiest thing to let go.

Anyway, we don't leave for our actual vacation until August 7th.  We were planning around another schedule.  It turns out we didn't need to wait, but now everything set and not switchable.  Oh well, mini trips until then!  We took our first mini-moon last weekend.

We went to Clifty Falls State Park.  There are around 10 trails and 4 different waterfalls.  We only went to one, but it was hot and took a while to get to.  Given Indiana's current drought, I'm surprised that there were waterfalls at all, so woo hoo!  Not only was it my first trip to that park and first waterfall experience, but it was also our first bed and breakfast encounter.  It was good.  We stayed at the Iron Gate Inn with Steve.  Steve lives there.  Also, I love my Aura Que bag more every day.

Good times,

Beeeeeeeeeeeee

Vacation Brain

(Severely lacking photoshop skillz: I haz them.)

It's that magical time, 50 days before my wedding.  It's that time when event related nightmares return, works slows to a creeping pace, and I start to question whether this can be pulled off.  Did I find enough people to set up? (--No, not quite)  Did I reserve enough time? (--Maybe, but it will be very close and would be more likely to get done if there were a few more people) Is anyone going to show up? (I will guarantee a room of 20 people, but what I'm shooting for is about 150) I don't know, but other than my concerns, my brain keeps shifting to vacation land and all the things I might need to make it perfect.  Yes, I know about perfection and how it doesn't exist.  I also know about how the best is the enemy of the good.  I've researched and realized, but I also have my own version of imperfect perfection and it works just as well.

Vacation (honeymoon) will be 25 days after the wedding.  It was delayed because someone, Future Husband, signed up for summer school and our wedding is right in the middle of second session.  Anyway, after a hard reality check we decided that our trip and his grade would both fare better if we waited.

I'm  still fixated on having a travel/ summer/ post-wedding/ Mexican wine country wardrobe.  I also still have no reason other I can and it's fun.  It might make for better pictures?  Added sophistication placed upon me me by others simply by glimpsing my outfit?  The feeling of going on an urban safari?

Anyway, above is a collage of my current vacation needs.  I think I'm coming to the end of my list, but I still have 75 days to go.

Towel

Blanket

Fedora

Sunglasses

Bag

There are a lot of great bags, glasses, and towels, but I just couldn't get comfortable with the prices of the a lot of the beach towels.  Fell free to take a look see at the others here.

xoxo,

vacation-brained-b

Honeymoons Happen

This suit

This sandal

This cover up

This pool

July is not so far away and now I'm excited.  Getting married is exciting, but it's also a lot of work and organizing.  Vacationing sounds better.  Our room is booked.  Now to apply for passports and choose a flight.

WOOT!

xoxo,

B