PDF size in Acrobat X

I'm running CS6 and Acrobat X. I have simple, vector, 2-color business cards on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. When I create a pdf, the file size is 2MB when it should only be about 100k or so. I'm noticing this with all my pdfs, no matter which format I choose or how I configure the pdf. And the "Reduce File Size" option does almost nothing anymore to actually reduce the file sizes. Can anybody help?

Aandi,
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