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Our Honeymoon

Planning our honeymoon has been a bit challenging. We are not beach people, so that leaves out a lot of places. Plus, we don't want to spend a lot of money on plane tickets or hotel rooms. I'd rather spend the money on things to see and do.

We have been looking into Tennessee. We wanted to go to Memphis for a few days and then to Nashville. We love music and both of those cities are full of amazing musicians. But the more I looked into it the more I realized that there are so many things I would want to see and do that our honeymoon would be crazy busy. We want our honeymoon to be relaxing and a time to just be with each other.

So then we decided to look a little closer to home and in quieter places. I remembered that I had bought a deal from Groupon for a lakeview cabin by Lake Whitney. We decided we could use that and it would be a nice relaxing night on the lake. Then I saw a deal on Living Social for two nights in the Magnolia Bed and Breakfast in Palestine. It's a little historical town in East Texas. So we got that deal as well. We figured between the two deals we could have a nice relaxing honeymoon close to home.

And then I went to the Bedford Blues Festival this past weekend. I really started thinking about Tennessee again. I really want to go to Memphis. I've been there once for only a few hours. The whole time I was there I kept thinking how I wanted to be there with Jay. I thought it was the perfect place for us. So Jay and I talked it over, and we've decided that we could just go to Memphis for a couple of days. Then we'll come back to Texas and use the deals we have.

I'm super excited. I know we'll love Memphis, and then we'll still have our relaxing days here in Texas. I can't wait!