Rob and Kiesha Get Married

4 weeks equals 28 days! Someone could go to rehab in the time we have til our wedding!

Today we picked up Rob’s suit, as well as some fancy schmancy shiny black shoes for him. We finally booked our other hotels for the honeymoon (except for the first night hotel in Seattle, in which we’ll be going the Motel 6 route). We’re staying at Hotel Modera in Portland and a Comfort Suites in Seattle. We were going to try to find a boutique hotel in Seattle, but that is one expensive city!

In other news, we managed to snag free press passes to the Conor Oberst/Jenny Lewis show in Seattle on the first night of our honeymoon, which is awesome. We’re currently collecting reviews of restaurants and attractions to further plan our trip. There’s so much to do, I’m sure we’ll miss something.

The gifts I ordered for my brideswomen came this week and they look awesome. I can’t wait to give them their gifts.

We’re planning to order the candy for our centerpieces either tonight or tomorrow. Tomorrow Rob’s getting his final haircut before the wedding.

Our to-do list is getting smaller and smaller!

Today I picked up my finished dress from Wendy’s Bridal. It looks great. In a bit, we’re going out to get a suit for Rob and tonight, we’re going to try to book our hotels for the honeymoon. (We already booked one of the four we need - The Bear’s Lair, a bed and breakfast on Gig Harbor, where we’ll be spending two nights between Portland and Seattle).

This week I hope to schedule time to talk with the YWCA about set up and stuff, and I’m going to order the gifs for my ladies as well.

We’ve finally decided on a honeymoon location!

We tossed around the idea of driving down the California coastline, but some of my co-workers told me that there was no way we’d be able to do the whole coast and see everything we wanted to see in a week. So, we scaled back a little bit.

That’s right! We’ve decided to spend the week after our wedding in the Pacific Northwest! Final locations are still being decided, but I think our plan at the moment is to fly into Seattle and then drive up to Vancouver, down to Portland and then spend a couple of days in Seattle before flying back home a week later.

I’m very excited about it. One of the things that I wasn’t crazy about with the California coastline plan is that both Rob and I have been to San Diego, Rob lived in San Francisco for a year (and we both spent a week there four years ago), and Rob has been to Los Angeles. Neither of us has been to the Pacific Northwest, and I think it’s a very fun and romantic idea for us to spend our first week as a married couple in places that are completely new to us.

So many fun things to do!

Late night edit: Yikes! Did you know that passports cost $100? Looks like we’re confining the trip to the good ol’ USA and just doing Seattle and Portland. There are still about a million things to do in those two cities, and we’re hopeful that there will be some awesome concerts while we’re out there!