Does More Money Buy You Happiness?

No one can really understands how much a wedding can cost until they are getting married themselves. Sure, you can have some idea of the end cost, but in the grand scheme of things, the total amount spent is shocking. On top of that, a wedding price tag is even more jaw dropping on a tropical island. To save money, I know many couples who have had small intimate weddings with about 10 guests. Some of these couples viewed weddings as a nuisance and others just wanted a simple day to express their love towards one another.

With all the chaos involved in wedding planning, sometimes I wonder if I would actually be happier with a smaller less expensive wedding. After running every scenario in my head, I think if I had a less expensive wedding, I would regret my choices.

Your wedding should be whatever you want it to be. If spending less money makes you happy, go ahead and do it. There are plenty of married couples who have shared their wedding planning advice with us. Most of them shared that they regretted spending so much money for their wedding. BUT, all of them had the time of their lives! Yes, there are certain things I could have done to cut corners but in the big picture, would I be less happy? Weddings are about happiness. For the most part, this is one of most important days of a person's life. Whether an immediately family member or the bride, a wedding is a special momentous day for everyone.

My wedding is a celebration of my devotion and love to that one special person. That person is my world. They are the other part to my half.

More or less money cannot buy you happiness. Happiness is only found within yourself. My wedding makes me happy.

The Black and Blues

This past Monday's workout was hard. I had a huge headache, and I was exhausted from working out at Curves. I'm trying to get my body in super shape for my upcoming July wedding. So at practice, I was out of energy.

Sensei Noah and Sensei Bruce wanted me to do Oku, and being Oku, it was a hard board. You really have to be on your A-game or else you get hurt. I really didn't feel up to it, and I took a couple of hard falls without being mentally and physically ready. So, Sensei Noah decided to do some Newaza (groundwork) instead. Basically, I had to escape from every Shime technique. Some of the techniques were impossible to get out of. You literally had to break your arm to get out of some. Really, some techniques you don't want the opponent to get it on you. As I said, it's impossible to get out.

Here is a picture of Noah performing a Shinin technique on Nolan.


The Newaza techniques were fun. I was screaming, grunting, and growling everywhere and anywhere to get out of Noah's pins and chokes. I have a ton of bumps and bruises everywhere. Plus, my back feels like I hit a ton of bricks. It's so sore and tight. I feel like a stiff robot. Advil is my friend. My neck is super sore too because Noah did a ton of chokes on me. I was successful in getting out of the chokes though. Yay! But, boy do they leave a mark. My jaw even hurts when I try to eat. Sensei Bruce commented that, "Cindy's has to stop martial arts at least two weeks before the wedding or else she'll be covered in bruises." Exactly! I see his point.

No pain, no gain!