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Articles posted by Anne L

Newlywed Perspective: Anne Reflects on Planning With Mom

As I’m guessing all of you know, this past weekend a little holiday called “Mother’s Day” rolled around. And, although that holiday has come and gone, it remains the topic of my conversation this week – mostly because, although Mother’s Day is always noted…

Newlywed Perspective: Anne Becomes a Wedding Guest

It happens out of the blue. You come home from work, you pick up your mail and when you go to sort through it in the kitchen that evening, there they are: a stack of wedding invitations. Carefully addressed, carefully planned, carefully packaged and…

Newlywed Perspective: Anne and Practical Wedding Planning Advice

Planning a wedding can be expensive. In fact, planning a wedding can be downright overwhelmingly expensive. The wedding industry certainly has it down: the cost of venues, food, photographers (not to mention dresses, florists and the bar tab!) can be terrifyingly high. I remember,…

Newlywed Perspective: Anne’s Game of Catch

Hello, Delightfully Engaged! I hope you’re all happily in the midst of planning your weddings (looking at dresses, floral arrangements and dessert tables to your hearts’ content) and enjoying the fact that spring (and all the tulips!) is in full bloom and summer is…

Newlywed Perspective: Dinner Out and a Trip to the Dollar Store

Last Friday, Shayne and I went on a date. This is notable, mostly because it was our first official, out-to-eat date in, oh, maybe like three months. Or four. We’ve been busy enough that it all kind of runs together. Like the fact that…

Newlywed Perspective: Anne’s Easter Fun

Spring is definitely in the air. Warmer weather, longer days and tulips for sale at every grocery store I’ve been to…not to mention last weekend’s Easter holiday, which is generally a day filled with pastel colors, fresh flowers and hunting for bright plastic eggs.…