Show See WEDDING Page N L Alyssa Derose 21 and Zach Gaidar 22 began dating in high school and attended West Western m Illinois University together WEDDING Continued rom Continued from Page Alyssa's wedding favors double as place cards A friend who is a graphic designer will create all the stationery for their wedding Alyssa and Zach just have to provide the paper Hillary and Jeff arc are going for signature cocktails rather than thana a full bar Were trying out different drinks that are local locallo to lo the cities that have been important to us Hillary said They're working on a drink for St. St Louis and for Chicago and nd Hillary said she hopes to have a purple drink for North North- western THE HE SECRET LIFE OF A COLLEGE FIANCE Both Hillary and Alyssa like to keep their wedding planning and student life separate Hillary knocked off most of the planning over the summer Alyssa found her dress before school started and will look for a caterer and photographer at home over the holidays Alyssa said fitting her wedding into a tight budget has been stressful We have to step back and look at the situation were we're in she said Hell be 23 when we get married and Ill I'll be 22 22 we still have college loans But getting married now even within her budget just feels right Every girl has a dream wedding with an image of having havinga a wedding planner and a beautiful huge wedding Alyssa said We could be over the top and Im I'm just no not that hat per per- v son s 0 i Hillary said its it's both easier and more difficult being engaged engaged engaged en- en and trying to find a job Because Jeff graduated first and accepted a job first Hillary said hes made the decision decision decision deci deci- sion of where were we're going to live It does make it more difficult because I have to look in such a concentrated area But come April I do have someplace someplace someplace some some- place to live it takes the pressure off But being away from Jeff has made wedding planning more more complicated too Jeff wants to stay involved but since he cant can't make it to meetings with Hillary she just takes good notes Its hard being apart Hillary said But the next time were we're together were we're going to be together for the rest of our lives f t. t LM tr ff L r s Y tI rss eZ P Hillary 21 and Jeff Hentschel 23 met as students at Northwestern University |