Guess what!
Matt and I got engaged a few weeks ago! I’ve been semi-obsessively reading wedding blogs for months now, so I’ve known I wanted to start blogging about my own for a while. As of now, we have a date (August 14, 2010), a reception site (Rutgers Log Cabin and Alumni Pavilion on Cook Campus), and that’s it!
Rather than boring my friends to death with all my problems and questions and dilemmas, a blog seems to be a more appropriate format.
The time immediately following our engagement night, I was just ecstatically happy. Like every day was my best birthday ever and I just kept reaching to feel the ring to make sure it was still there and that this was really happening. Now that I’ve been engaged for 3 weeks, I’ve matured into a more actualized woman (lady?), and I just feel content. Certain anxieties and worries (not even related to marriage!) I had consumed myself with are now gone. There are definitely still enough to spare, but I am just so excited and am overwhelmed by a sense of freedom.
I LOVE planning parties and hosting events, and I get to throw a big, expensive party and do WHATEVER I WANT. I’ve been identifying all the traditional and expected elements of a wedding and picking/choosing what I want to do because it is meaningful or exciting to me (& him. couldn’t forget him! heh heh), and what I couldn’t care less about and am opting out of. Things falling into the latter category are: wedding cake, bouquet toss, elaborate centerpieces, expensive and crappy food, matching bridesmaids, wedding toasts, ball gowns, and basically anything that screams money for money’s sake. That list will likely expand. The theme of my wedding is messy/fun.
So, WELCOME to this new chapter in life and STAY TUNED (or else). I am getting married to my best friend in the whole entire world! Now back to Roseanne. I’ll post stuff about engagement and the reception site very soon!
