I am recently engaged (1/15/12!) and just getting into planning our wedding - no, we don't have a date or a venue yet. (That's what you were thinking, right?) Already I've gone through the gamut of emotions and we haven't even checked out a single venue. Searching online for ideas for dresses, decorations, save the dates, invitations, and, and, and... has had me excited, anxious, frustrated, and overwhelmed. (Don't get me started on Pintrest...it's wonderfully addicting but also a bit much at times.) It's only been 6 weeks! The idea for this blog came after a rough week of, well everything, and thinking "what am I going to do when I am planning our wedding and I still have my job and my friends and dinner to make"?
...Did I mention I am the ultimate planner, over-analyst, and worrier of everyday things, so a wedding may send me to an asylum...
I thought writing about what I'm thinking and how I'm feeling may help me get it out there - safe in your kind, understanding hearts - and not bubbling up inside, waiting to explode. So here goes - check back for updates on how the wedding planning is coming. We are going to Two Rivers County Club for a bridal showcase tomorrow and I am so hoping that we at least like it and keep it in consideration...I think shooting down the first place we look at would be so discouraging! We can't start with a big NO!
As my soon to be faithful reader, I know you are dying for the engagement story. Here it is:
We had been dating three years over the course of four (we had a break for a few months in there). I had stopped hinting and gone to bluntly telling him I am over this stage of life and ready to move on to building our life together. Also, the big 3-0 is looming (21 days but who's counting?!) and I didn't want to hit that milestone before the engagement milestone. Anyways, we went on a ski trip at Snowshoe in WV and I thought it may be over that weekend. But as we got closer I started questioning that...he never acted strange or hinted at anything. I started to think maybe I had it wrong (...and we were never going to get engaged, I'd end up a spinster, etc, etc, etc) I was wrong - he had planned it perfectly. He knows I love to have pictures of everything so he asked a stranger to take a photo of us on top of a snow pile. We climbed up and took a normal picture. Then he said "Just one more", reached into his pocket, and got down on one knee. The woman shrieked and starting snapping pics! He told me (I think) that he loves me and wants to be with me forever - would I marry him. I said yes and he put the ring on my finger.
Will you?
YES!
Ignore random "zombie kid" climbing towards us...
:-D <3
I absolutely did not propose because you started bluntly stating you were ready! You had been ready for a couple years before that so I just ignored it like I had previously and did it when I was good and ready! :-)
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to imply that...I meant that I was getting anxious!
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