Help Saving Ps .psd as .pdf (balloons over 2GB won't save)

Here is my 8-bit CMYK .psd (one pixel layer, 12 font layers)
It sits on the HD at 151MB
It opens at 130MB
File> Save AS: Photoshop PDF settings:
The save process stops with cannot exceed 2GB limit.
MY QUESTION is:
Why is my .psd file going from 150MB to over 2GB .pdf (Preserve Ps Editing capabilities is unchecked)?
How should save this document as a PDF so the fonts print vector sharp through a RIP (banner poster), I don't want to outline them?
I've never seen this before and am stumped...

thanks for the input, conroy, i just redid the file in InDeisgn (cost me 2hrs)
it exported at around 135MB in about 10 seconds -- just what i would have expected -- not the gigabytes and minutes and Ps was taking before it erred
+++++++
not a good week for Photoshop here -- first my Trial is running out, then the mystery crashing and now this unusable PDF function...

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