KotW: Smitag

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• smitag1984

  

  March 2010 edited December 2011

  1.First Name & FI's First name and wedding date?
           Amanda and Chris April 9th
  2. Where did you go to college?
             I am enrolling at UNF in the fall
  3. What part of the world do you live in?
              Jacksonville FL
  4. How did you and FI Meet?

               I dated his best friend in high school. We absolutely hated each other. A few years down the road we started talking on myspace. And we have been together ever since.
  5. How long have you been together?
           3 years
  6. Do you live together? Why or why not?
            Yes. It just makes sense.
  7. How did FI propose?
             We were in St Augustine under the kissing tree. Nothing reall fancy. He just asked me to marry him.
  8. How long of an engagement are you having/did you have? Why?
             We have been engaged a little over a year. We needed time to save some money and we planned the wedding around our honeymoon cruise.
  9. Favorite wedding vendor so far?
             Probably the reception site. We are having our reception at Dave and Busters.
  10. Biggest piece of wedding advice you can share so far?
          Don't put things off until the last minute.
  11. What do you do for a career? What does FI do?
           I work at a Toyota dealership and FI works for AT&T
  12. Do you think you could be/will ever be a stay at home mama?
           Nope. We are not planning on having children.
  13. Do you want children? Any potential names yet?
            Nope
  14. Do you have any pets? Names?
           Two cats. Kiki and Kolby
  15. Do you have any siblings?
           A brother and a sister
  16. What is your favorite food?
           Japanese food.
  17. What is your favorite movie?
           Gone with the Wind and Casablanca
  18. What is your favorite drink? (Alcohol and Non-Alcohol)
           Coke zero and strawberry daquiris
  19. What is the hardest part of wedding plans for you?
            The spending money part is hard for me. I cringe everytime I think of how much things cost. And I am having a cheap wedding.
  20. Where are you honeymooning?
          A seven cruise to the Eastern Caribbean
  21. What is the best thing you learned on The Knot?
           I have learned so many things that I never knew about before. The most useful thing is about sand ceremonies. I am having an outside wedding and a sand ceremony would make so much more sense than a unity candle.
  22. What's one city you would love to live in for a year?
        Probably somewhere like Rome or Greece.
  23. What do you love most about your FI?
          I love that he makes me laugh.
  24. If you have an extra $5000 to put towards your wedding only, what would you spend it on?
          Probably on a different dress and maybe something different for the reception. Different food or more food. I'm not sure.
  25. What is one silly thing about you?
        I am pretty sure that I am a little bit crazy. I have so many weird tendencies.
  26. What Knottie wedding would you love to attend?
        Navybaby or pag.
  27. What is something you learned from The Knot that you never heard of prior?
           Lots of things. I don't even know how people plan weddings without the KNOT.
  28. What other Knottie boards do you visit?
        The April 2010 board
  29. Describe yourself in 3 words.
           Funny, quirky and loving
  30. What else do you want to share?? 
             I just want to thank everyone. I love being able to read the boards and get advice and see that other people are going through the same things that I am. Its getting so close now and I am so excited.
  

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• pag41989 member

  

  March 2010 edited December 2011

  Smitag, What ports are you going to in the Eastern Caribbean?

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• christinalau member

  

  March 2010 edited December 2011

  Amanda, what is your budget? And how are you making sure you are not overspending?

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• smitag1984

  

  March 2010 edited December 2011

  We are going to Nassau, St Thomas, and St Maarten.
  
  We don't really have a set budget. We started taking care of things very early so we knew about what the cost was going to be. We are only spending a couple of thousand dollars. Our rule is we have to pay for in cash. We don't put anything on credit cards or anything else. And my parents are splitting the cost with us. our biggest expense is our reception. It is only going to be about 1500.00.

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• pag41989 member

  

  March 2010 edited December 2011

  You will have to tell me how St. Thomas and St. Maarten are.  We plan on going there for our HM on April 25th.

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