Back to Reality...

Okay, I'm going to stop promising to update this more often and just say "I'll get to it". I feel like I've broken way too many promises by only updating once and a while!

Well, Brian and I are unfortunately back to reality because we are back from spending an amazing 5 days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Brian's cousin Brent and his beautiful bride Brittany were married down there on the 23rd, and I can't even describe how much fun we had. Even though there were only a few who could make the journey, it was amazing! I think what I really enjoyed the most was spending time with more of Brian's family and getting to know them better. I especially enjoyed lounging by the pool and sipping cocktails with all of them! We arrived down there Thursday afternoon and as soon as we hit the resort, after we drank our glasses of champagne, it was right to the room, right into the swimsuits, and right out to enjoy the sunshine! We stayed at the Dreams Resort and it was fantastic! It was an all inclusive resort, so everything (yes, even the unlimited alcohol and delicious restaurants) were included. I think the only money we spent was on taxis and at the airport getting food and Starbucks. Yep, wonderful. The only thing that happened Friday was sunbathing by the pool, in the pool, and on the private beach. That was followed by an incredible dinner at Barcelona Tapas in town. There were pitchers of Sangria and all the tapas (appetizers) you could eat! They'd bring out 3 at a time and when you were finished, they'd bring you a new plate and 3 more! There were 3 rotations of tapas followed by a dessert course. It lasted about 3 1/2 hours, but it didn't feel like that long. We were too busy enjoying the company and taking in the view of PV.

The day of the wedding went by way too fast, and I wasn't really involved! I was just there snapping pictures! We definitely had a lot of pool time, but we had to be ready to catch the bus down to the marina by 3:30. The wedding was at Las Caletas, this little peninsula that can only be reached by boat. There was dancing and partying on the hour long boat ride there, and we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived there at just how beautiful it was. There was a little beach where the wedding took place. During the ceremony I just looked around and I couldn't believe just how beautiful it was! Words definitely can't describe it. The beautiful ceremony was followed by a fabulous dinner. There's no electricity there, so it was all candles and tiki torches, which set an incredible mood. Dinner was followed by cupcakes, dances, and a surprise fire dance. It was absolutely amazing to see. That definitely is up there with wedding surprises! We danced the night away and when it was time to leave, we danced the whole boat ride home. We literally danced our way to bed!

The next day was really relaxed, especially since no one got to bed before 2am. There were a couple brave souls who went para sailing, but everyone else was pretty content with lounging, eating, and of course drinking the day away! We all relived the memories from the night before, and I'm pretty sure everyone was soaking it all in and trying to fight thoughts of leaving the next day. We had a wonderful dinner that night, followed by some impromptu karaoke in the lobby bar to a piano and Bohemian Rhapsody! We left the following afternoon. I think I probably got on everyones nerves because I was complaining the whole way home. I didn't want to go back to rainy old Washington...I wanted to stay and play in nice warm Mexico!

Okay, 3 weddings down...OURS IS NEXT!!! Now it's crunch time! We still haven't pinned down a dj. I'm getting pretty nervous since the wedding is 2 months aways. The one we've been talking to is just so expensive! I know everything will fall into place. It has to! Other than that we just need to get some little things here and there. I have my dress fitting on Sunday, and I'm so excited. Since they ordered it a size big, I haven't been comfortable in it. I'll feel better once the fit is right. I still need to run through my hair and makeup, but I'm not worried because Jessie and Jonathan are fantastic. I'm not quite freaking out yet...I'm just trying to take in all the moments and enjoy the process!

This weekend consists of work, packing up stuff to take to the house, and a Sounders game! I'm definitely looking forward to a couple days off. Even though I just took a vacation, I haven't been able to take care of business here. Oh well, C'est la vie!

Here's some of my favorite pictures from the Mexico! If you're on facebook, find me and you can see all of them!


The boat ride to Las Caletas

The ceremony site on the beach. Absolutely breathtaking!

Brent and Brittany in the middle of a fire dance!

The view from our room. Again, absolutely breathtaking.

My amazing fiance and I!

Something new...

Well! It's definitely been quite the while since we've posted anything...I guess I'm not as good at keeping everyone up to date as I thought I would be! Lots has been in the works since the last post. One thing in particular. We've welcomed a new little someone to the family...

Introducing Mr. Cooper Fisher!



He's a yellow lab and he's my mom's Valentine's present from my dad. The first few weeks with him were rough. Rough in that he became attached to sleeping with me in my room, which led to absolutely not enough sleep for Chrissy! He's such a little peanut, and he has such a personality, even though he's pretty mellow. He still has the puppy nibbles, and loves to jump up at try and eat my hair. It was quite the surprise when my mom came in to work one day with a picture of him on her phone saying "look at what dad got me for Valentine's day!" I'll post more pictures of him later. I need to upload the ones on my camera to my laptop, but the camera's all the way downstairs and I'm being lazy.

So even though Cooper has put a definite wrench in our daily routine, we've gotten a lot accomplished for the wedding. We still need a DJ. It's funny because we didn't have a budget for one established until recently, so when I was communicating with one we met at the wedding expo last fall, I couldn't fully commit to them because they were pretty expensive. They kept calling and calling and calling, and now that we have a budget to work with, they NEVER call! Isn't it irritating how that happens? Looks like they'll be getting a call from me within the next few days! We did seriously get a lot done. My mom and I went to Michaels a couple weekends ago and purchased all the stuff to make the programs, a couple topiaries for decorations, scoops for the candy bar, and some other necessities. We still need quite a few things, but it's amazing the pressure that gets relieved even when you get just a couple things checked off the list. As far as the church goes, all we pretty much have to do is get married! We just had our last Evenings for the Engaged class tonight, and we met with Joel Hellenkamp this morning to talk about our FOCUS test. He accused us of cheating because we answered so many of the questions the same! We did have a few that we differed a little, but really it was either because we looked at the questions totally different ways (they were so vague!) or it was something we covered in our engagement classes and were seeing eye to eye on. So we pretty much got the green light from him to get married...HOORAY! It's crazy to think that in just 3 little months I'll be married to the man of my dreams! I have got to be the luckiest woman in the world (or at least in my little world)!

The past few weeks have been fairly stressful all around. For about 2 weeks Brian and I hardly saw each other! I was sick the first week and trying not to give it to him, but he got it anyways so he was sick after me! During that week, also, his mom and dad were out of town, so he was left to run the store alone, meaning opening shifts everyday (from about 6am to whenever he can leave, usually around 3pm) and not much alone time. We did get to spend a very romantic Valentine's day together, though. We both worked in the morning, but then he took me to see He's Just Not That Into You (loved it!) followed by a lovely dinner at Anthony's in Gig Harbor. Funny story about that Anthony's. We went there for dinner last summer after we were engaged and back from Italy, and we sat right by the window and had the most incredible waiter. He was so personable and friendly, and we both really liked him (and I'm sure he really liked us after he saw his tip!). Anyways, to make a long story short, we had him as a waiter AGAIN on Valentine's day and he was still just as fabulous. He remembered us and wished us well in our marriage. We even got to see his wife and kids as we were walking out (we were his last table). If we have the rehearsal dinner at Anthony's, we're definitely going to be requesting him!

Work has also been stressful...I think more so for me than for Brian. We've added another cosmetic line in the bay with both myself (Clarins) and Elizabeth Arden. Things were said prior to Prescriptives moving in that were apparently just to keep us happy until they actually got there. My case line is totally screwed up and I have way less space than I originally was led to believe and I've been stressing out about it all week. Which you can totally tell by looking at me because I have a little bit of a breakout going on. That pisses me off even more because I haven't had one like this in a couple months. Oh well, I keep telling myself it could be worse: I could be losing hours or losing my part time person or lose my job completely. All it is is a few cases lost. It was still a little bit of a kick in the face. But I won't dwell on it any longer. It's not worth the time or energy and it'll force me to work that much harder.

Okay, I think this is probably long enough for now. I promise to post more Cooper pictures as soon as I can. Hope all is well! Love you all!

a little more than 4 months to go!

Wow...so 2009 is looking pretty bleak in the updating the blog world. I'll have to keep working on that. Good news though...only a little over 4 months until we get married!!!

Much has happened since my little Happy Thanksgiving post way back in 2008. We did in fact go register up in Seattle. We stayed at the Paramount Hotel downtown and registered at Macy's. We love going up there because it always means dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. No matter how many times we say we're going to eat somewhere else, we always end up there. It's just so good! We followed our stay with a nice journey home, stopping by the new Southcenter mall (not as impressive as I thought it would be) for some Christmas shopping. We also managed to stop by Bed, Bath & Beyond and register there as well. No one ever tells you how exhausting registering is! We were so tired afterwards, but it was also so much fun picking out the things that would be in OUR home!

We did Christmas differently this year. We started a year early getting both families in on Christmas day. Brian stayed here with us Christmas Eve, so we were able to have Christmas morning with my family. After breakfast we headed out to Gig Harbor for Christmas afternoon with his family. It was fun being able to relax out there, open a few presents, and play some games. After the Flajoles, we went to my grandma's house for a little dinner and some more gifts. I had to be at work early the next day, and so did he, so it wasn't a late night, but it was one of the best days. We decided that that would be our Christmas tradition: Fishers in the morning, Flajoles in the afternoon, Cervantes' in the evening. It was a great Christmas.

New Years was nice and low key. Brian's brother Kyle stayed through mid January, so it was nice to spend some time with him. Everyone went over to Brian and Brad's and we played Rock Band and had some drinks. Nothing really exciting, but it didn't matter because we all had a wonderful time. The next day, after the boys did some work for their dad and I laid around their house watching a movie, we went to Target and bought some storage stuff for all the discount Christmas gear I got for next year. It was nice to spend the entire day with him, especially since we didn't get to see each other on our anniversary (3 years!).

The 3rd brought the wedding of my dear friend Lindsay. We went up early so I could do some wedding makeup and we could help take stuff to the venue. It was up in Bothell at this cute farmhouse, which coincidentally was right across the street from where a couple of my other friends were married. We had a couple hours to kill, so we hung around the Alderwood Mall and had lunch before heading back to the venue to help set up. We did the tables, centerpieces, the aisle, the altar table...pretty much everything. It turned out so beautiful, and I'm so happy for her. Hers was our first of 4 weddings so far this year...the 4th being ours! So it's really exciting because we know ours is that much closer!

January has been pretty low key. Now that the holidays are over and out of town guests have left, Brian and I are starting to see each other a little more now. No more crazy hours for me at work, and no more house full of people for Brian. 2 of my bridesmaids, Lindsay and Sara, came down yesterday for a girls day. We went to the bridal salon so they could order their dresses, went to lunch, and then ended the day seeing Bride Wars. That movie is so cute! It was so great to spend time with them. I was sad, though, that Coree and Amanda couldn't make it. I was lucky enough to spend a day with Coree while she was home, but unfortunately, I don't think she's going to be back until the wedding. Amanda will be back at the end of the month, and I'm sure I'll be seeing MUCH more of her now that she's not living in Alaska anymore. I've also made my dress fitting appointment for the end of March, so now I have a goal date set...that means more workouts and a better diet from now on!

Brian and I start our Evenings for the Engaged classes next Monday. I'm excited but nervous, of course. I just don't know what to expect. We went to St. Charles and took our focus test, so we should be getting the results in a couple weeks and then talking to a psychologist about the results. I'm not too worried...I'm very confident in our compatibility! We see eye to eye on a lot of things, and if we don't, we'll work through it. No big deal. I'll let you all know how our first class goes!

Well, in the months ahead we still have a lot to do. Not to mention the 2nd wedding this Saturday, and then Brent and Brittany's Mexico wedding in March. After that it's all about us and getting our stuff together for OUR WEDDING! I'm so excited, but thinking about all that we still have to do is a little nerve wracking! I might be on here venting a little frustration or nerves, so bear with me! Miss you all and talk to you soon!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you all had an amazing turkey day! There are so many things to be thankful for...and knowing you is one of them!

Hello hello hello! I know it's been sooo long since I've posted...but we've also accomplished a lot. I mean A LOT! First of all, we booked the lovely Melanie as our photographer! I've loved looking at all her pictures online, and judging from the emails we've written one another, I think she'll be the perfect fit for our wedding. I'm so excited to meet with her and get the plans under way! Also...we've put our deposit down on our cake, and we got the menu all planned out with Viafore's! Yay! The next thing on our list to do is to register. We're going to register at Macy's (of course), Bed Bath and Beyond, and Crate and Barrel. We're going to go up to Seattle and do all the gun shooting (which Brian is totally excited about). I think we're planning on staying up there on a Sunday and then on Monday hit the Southcenter mall for a little Christmas shopping as well. Kinda like killing two birds with one stone. After that we'll only really have to find a dj and get someone to do our flowers. I think our flowers are going to be pink and orange gerbera daisies, stargazer lillies, and casablanca lillies. That's pretty much it for the big stuff. We'll be sending out the save the dates as soon as we finalize the guest list.

Well, not much has happened other than getting wedding stuff taken care of. Brian and I had a date night on Saturday which consisted of buying fish for his fishtank, dinner, and Heroes. He has his 55-gallon tank all set up and we just added 5 tiger barb fish to start with. We're going to add more after a week or two. We tried a new pizza place in Gig Harbor, and it was really good. It's at the new uptown center and it's a woodfire pizza place. Delicious! It's right next to Ben and Jerry's, so it'll be double delicious in the summer (B&J's closes earlier in the winter)! We had a prociutto and arugala pizza, and wow! It totally took me back to eating pizza at a little place in Rome. We ended the evening back at my house watching the first season of Heroes. We're on our last episodes and I'm totally on edge! If you've never seen the show, it's really good and totally worth buying or renting.

That's all in the lives of Brian and Chrissy. This week is kind of a bummer because we won't really get to spend time together until Thanksgiving. I close tomorrow night and Brian closes Wednesday night. I have to be at work at 4:45am Friday for all the freaks who go shopping at 5am. I'm kidding, they're not freaks...well, they're only freaks if they don't buy anthing from me :). Anyways, hope all is well with you all! And if I don't talk to you before hand...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Oh what busy lives we lead!

Wow! I never realized just how busy I am until I sit down at the computer and realize it's been awhile since I've updated! Life is wonderful...working working working as usual. Working retail is definitely slow right now. Not a lot of people shopping in this economy. I've been trying to keep busy though, and I've had a couple trips to Seattle for work to keep me occupied. In fact, I have a manager's meeting in Seattle tomorrow...boy I'm sure glad my little Cooper gets amazing gas mileage!

We're getting more things done for the wedding! Thanks to Molly, I'm almost 100% sure we have a wonderful photographer. I'm really excited and I hope it all works out. We're going to set up a meeting with both the caterer (Viafore's...so yummy!) and the cake place. We're still in need of a good dj, so I'm keeping my eyes and ears open! I can't believe the wedding is less than 7 months away! It's going by so fast, but I feel like it's not fast enough! I guess I just can't wait to be married and to be able to come home to him every night and start our lives together. Ah! I love him so much!

I got the chance to go to a wonderful bridal shower for one of my bridesmaids. Miss Lindsay Joy, who was one of my best friend's in college, is getting married January 3. She's so happy and I'm so happy for her. Her maid of Honor, Jessie, put on the best shower. It was so fun! She gave me some really good ideas...for both the party and what to register for, which is one of the next things we're going to cross off our list.

All this writing about what we've accomplished and what we still need to do has my mind spinning. I need to put it to use and start looking stuff up, so I'll update again when I get a second! Love you guys!

Posting pics for the first time!

Hi! So as I predicted, this weekend was very busy. Tiring even...yesterday I was so pooped! It was a lot of fun, though. Celine, the birthday get together, and especially the engagement photo session was extremely fun!

First of all, Celine Dion puts on one hell of a show. It was frustrating getting there, though, because the cops shut down several entrances to the TDome and TDome area. That resulted in us sitting on the exit ramp for a little under 2 hours. The paper said she took the stage at 9pm, and we sat down at about 9:40. So we missed seeing some, but we got to hear her as we were walking up towards the dome. She sang my favorite song "To Love You More" and she even sand the Titantic song, but we missed some of Brian's favs. His heart will go ooooonn.....

After the show we went to El Toro on Pearl St. for the birthday karaoke. There were definitely some interesting people there...and I'm not just talking about all the Macy's people :). Everyone had already had a couple drinks by the time we got there, and they were all drunk by the time we left. I wish we could have stuck around longer, but we had pictures the next day and I couldn't be all puffy! Apparently, all the good stuff (aka drunk drama) happened after we left. Oh, well, I'm just glad we finally got to go out with those guys...we usually have something going on when the department has get togethers!

Now for the good stuff...the engagement pictures! I'm so glad Sara and Aaron were able to come down and take them. Aaron did such a great job, and Sara was a fabulous creative director. It was fun having lunch and seeing both of them. We saw Sara not too long ago, but it's been years since we've seen Aaron! We shot the pics down at Sunnyside and the weather turned out perfect! The sun was out and the sky was blue. When we were wrapping up, there was a couple getting married down on the beach. It was so fun to see! Engagement pics and a wedding all in the same afternoon at the same location! Anyways, here are some of our favorites! Enjoy!


He was saving me from falling off the log!






This is one of my favorites!