<prompt> Human: Hello All,First of all, I just got engaged! Its fantastic, and amazing, and everything I thought it would be. Were thrilled, and want to be as prepared as possible.Were still figuring out how much her parents are going to contribute to the wedding, but weve come to the realization that we only have a year and a half, and aside from retirement accounts and personal savings, our joint savings are mostly tied up in a trip weve been planning for the last year to Japan. Once we get back in a little over a month, Id like to know the best short term options for putting aside money.We have a system set up now where we each manage the bulk of our own finances, and have a joint checking account that we put enough to pay rent, bills, groceries and a little extra for fun things together like a trip! that adds up slowly, but surely, but were both on board to either deposit a larger share into the account until the wedding, or to take some of our personal money and start an account somewhere else if theres a better option.My question is, is there something that wed be able to invest in, or a type of account that would be better than our current checking account? The bank were with has a .35 interest rate if we use our debit card 5 times which happens with groceries often. Weve got a combined income of around 1500 - 2kmo after expenses, and havent decided what our price point is yet.I guess Im just looking to see if there are options out there for short term investing thats safe and better than our current account if we know were not going to touch it for another year or more.  <response>: Dont invest if youre getting married 18 months from now. Youll start paying deposits on things probably within the next 6-12 months as you start to organize so youll need that cash up front. 