Back in Atlanta

This weekend was too short. Of course spending 20+ hours in a car in 4 days may have something to do with that. You know you have made that length of a trip often when you start to think at hour 7, man, time is flying by today. We had a pretty smooth ride until we got back to Atlanta tonight, but really, can't complain. We have had much worse.

Overall it was a great weekend. The weather held out and we were able to picnic for lunch on the way up and on the way back. Rob and I are pretty much over stopping at Burger King or other such establishment on these trips. Picnics work out better for wallets and stomachs alike. :)

We stopped into the jewelry store that we bought my engagement ring setting at and we think we have our wedding bands pretty much picked out. They were just as nice as when we went to get my ring set last May. They even recognized us and we dealt with the owners directly. They shinned up my ring (OMG - HUGE difference) and fixed Rob's necklace for free. Yes, they are definitely going to get more business from us.

We talked with a few tentative vendor-ish people. We know were are early on these things, but well, we know what kind of time lines to work within now for them. We also got to talk with quite a few housing people and I have to say, the people at Outer Banks Blue and the people at Village Realty were the most helpful. I felt like they were the most honest and listened to what we were looking for.

One of the things we were looking to do on this trip is see what the tempurature is like at the time of our ceremony. It varied a bit, but the sand was comfortable to stand on. The wind is really my only concern for my bridesmaids. I think it will work out ok though. And because we were there, we decided to stick our feet in the ocean. Now, considering that it's normally in the 55 degree range when we go in May, April is going to be colder. MUCH colder. In fact, I would say that going anywhere near the water this time of year is just plain stupid. There were people in the water of course, but they had on wetsuits. I still think they are nuts.

While we were there, Rob got his birthday gift early. He now has his very own body board so he doesn't have to borrow mine this year. :) We had a hand-me down, but still working fine all foam one we shared two years ago and last year I bought my own and he used the other. Well, kind of, he used mine too. :) So now he has his very own to play on too.