Hm.. where to start?

Well, we got engaged a bit more than 1 month ago!!! I love seeing the ring on my finger!!

the week after we started to look for a location already and we had/ still have a very specific date in mind for our wedding day! The 26th of July!!
Pro:

• it is exactly 2 weeks after his and 2 weeks before my birthday
• it is a weekend-day
• his dad pretty much can only travel for longer in July (also his brother)
• our priest has time
• easier to find a location for Sunday because no one wants to marry on a Sunday

Con:

• it's a Sunday (my parents and other relatives don't like that - they complain - and my parents are paying a lot of the wedding so....)
• Priest has to check if it's allowed from the church to have weddings on Sundays
• very likely no civil wedding possible on Sunday (so we would need to do that on another day - which can be either a pro or a con)
• no hairdresser open :P

we'll see what we do about it!!!
BTW: What do you all think about a Catholic Wedding on a Sunday? Also, is it fair of my family and relatives to complain about it, when his family "has to" take off at least one whole week to be able to come to the wedding?

so, that's that!! We had our fair share of problems finding a place that is still free on the weekend we wanted but finally we found our dream-location and we are going to book/ pay the first part to book it next week! The more awesome part is, that the owner doesn't care if we have the party there on Sat or Sun because she is only taking one wedding per weekend anyways!! So how great is that?
This is the castle:



we are very excited about it!!

So, what else?
I will go dress shopping for the first time soon with my mum! I have no idea what fits me or what I like - so it's going to be a challenge (been also watching say yes to the dress and wedding magazines to get ideas)

A cousin of mine got engaged like 2-3 weeks after us - which I find kind of annoying! Not sure if anyone understands that, but I feel a bit... I don't know... I don't know how to describe it... it feels like they (she) couldn't stand not being the center of attention (which they have been since she announce her pregnancy and now with the baby since like 2,5 years)! It sounds mean, I know, but it's not like I'm not happy for them, it's just the timing - because they decided to get married in 2016 - so what's the rush to be engaged right now? I now I'm thinking unreasonable :P haha

Hm.. we (well me) also kind of already decided some stuff about the wedding... our colours are probably going to be purple and green and the topic something along the lines: Happily ever after... around the world

(I would like to combine our - mutual - love for Disney and our long distance in one theme ---- IDEAS?)

Oh, I also started a new job a bit over a month ago (actually the day after he proposed) and I worked in a research area for 5 weeks and started in my real, regular area today (which is working with kids that have it difficult at home and/ or in school and also most kids are migrated to Austria)
Looks like I will have to only "only teenagers" group and the most difficult (because of that) in my state until December :P should be fun

I love checking pinterest for wedding ideas, but there are some that I want to do that did not come from pinterest - I think

• an archery range during the party
• a poker table
• a mariachi band (one of the Mexican elements of our wedding)
• a candy bar (I know it's booming right now)
• Mexican-Austrian food
• a non-alcoholic cocktail bar

So, I think that's it for now... I'll update wedding stuff more often now if you don't mind