i'm getting married!!!

Dec 25, 2005 10:20

well as all of you probably already know...I'M ENGAGED!! he proposed in our hotel room in colorado and i was SHOCKED. if anything, i thought it was the big box that was really light...but that turned out to be an ice fishing pole haha. but that's a fun present too.

so anyway, he had put the box in our takeout thai food haha. after i opened it he said "will you marry me?" and of course i said yes. the next few minutes were a blur. i just remember kissing him a lot and saying "oh my gosh" over and over lol.

i love the ring. it's perfect for me. it's a thin white gold band with a circle diamond that's 1.11 carats. it's simple, classy, and perfect size rock for my finger. i looooove it!

so then he started telling me the story of buying the ring, and the diversionary tactics he used, like calling katie and asking her questions about perfumes, hoping she'd tell me (she did tell me he wasn't buying me a ring haha). he told me he walked in the door and said "i'm doing this only once, so i'm gonna do it right" which made me kinda cry when he told me that.

so the rest of that night he'd say something about "his girlfriend" and then would be like "wait, i can't call u that anymore" and so i said "nope" and he said "what should i call you?" (just to try to get me to say it) and the word "fiance" just sounded so weird coming out of my mouth. it was sooo odd at first to say that we're engaged and all that.

he asked me that night when i wanted to do it, and i said no earlier than august, or maybe next december, or maybe the spring after that. and he basically said that he doesn't want to wait that long, and that he'd prefer august...so august it is!!

of course i couldn't eat or sleep that night (it was thursday night, dec 22) and we had an 18 hour drive on friday lol. so that was rough. but the drive was actually really nice. we made up a guest list already! we also discussed reception halls, churches, songs, honeymoon, food, bachelor and bachelorette parties, alcohol, finances for the wedding and for the next 8 months when i'll be in school, etc etc etc. so at this point we were no longer feeling funny about talking about it and saying "fiance" and "engaged" and all those new words to us. we also had talks about us growing up, and talked about things that were kinda hard for us growing up...like he said he got picked on when he went to trinity, and i told him about how painfully shy i was when i was young. i felt like we got even closer on that drive.

so yesterday (saturday) was the day that i finally told my parents (i wanted to tell them in person). my mom didn't have the best reaction at first lol...she thought it was a joke and said something about cubic zirconium (i have no idea how to spell that lol) and i was like "mom, i'm for real" and she just stood there speechless for a minute and then gave us both hugs and it was funny. me dad had the better reaction...he actually cried a little bit!

yesterday turned out to be the day that it actually hit me about planning a wedding. i actually freaked out a little bit. then caroline and i visited tash at work adn we talked about it a ton and i feel a lil better. i bought a bridal magazine last night (bridal guide tash) and read thru it, and once i got to the checklist freaked out a lil cuz the checklist started 12 months before and we only have 8 months lol...so i have a lot of catching up to do! so i spent all this morning in the phonebook and stuff making lists of reception halls, bakeries, djs, and florists, so i can get started on all that as soon as possible.

mike came over for dinner and we had champagne last night and then watched elf with my parents. he called me minutes after leaving my house to tell me that his brother proposed to his girlfriend last night! i guess jon left him a message saying "thanks for stealing my thunder" lol. so that was an exciting day for mike's parents..finding out about mike and i, and then jon and amy lol.

then he said some sweet stuff that still gives me butterflies...he just said "i love you so much..thanks for making me so happy..i'll miss you tonight" (cuz i decided to stay at my house for my last christmas at home).

so that's all for now! it's been a crazy couple of days!
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