An official place and time!

Joe and I finally decided on a date! October 18th!!! We decided to get married in California too. We were having a lot of trouble finding a place up here for relatively cheap. Then my thinking was if we are going to put time and money into planning this I want people to be able to come and celebrate with us! We started brainstorming places in California where we could have it for free and came up with a bunch. We are going to have the ceremony on the Cayucus Beach and then follow that with a reception at O'neils coffee shop. It has been pretty amazing to see people jumping in to help me. I wouldn't be able to do it with out all the help I am getting. I really am humbled to see everyone putting so much effort into it and wanting to help so bad. Even friends in Portland are planning stuff for me. It's just crazy to me! I am so appreciative.
I am not going to describe all of the details so if you don't know you'll just have to be surprised:)

Done with 40 days of not buying

First I have to say I did buy my wedding dress before I finished. It was on sale for $24 on a clearance rack, so If I would have waited it would have been gone.

One of the themes in the simplicity book was being freed from buying things. I definatly feel that. I do feel more eager to give too. Not just money either. I want to be free from any attachment to material things. If someone has a need and I can provide them with it I want to. I keep praying that God will make me more generous, that I would really know what that means. I have been thinking a lot about the verse where Jesus talks about loving those who hate you because what benefit is it to love those who love you. I not only want to give to those I love and love me back but even to those I do not know or like.
I havn't finished the book yet but I am going to keep reading it. I hate writting, I say all this and more if I was actually tlaking to someone. So if you want to know more about it just call me... Haha.