Congratulations and introduce yourselves! (Oldies join in too please!)

Hi & welcome to all the newbies - looking forward to planning with you all ?

Name: Gillian

Age: 31

Where do you live?: Ayrshire

Got engaged: 24th July 2007

Getting married: 9th April 2010 (just over 3 months away O.....M.....G!!!!!!!!!!)

Colour Scheme: Victorian Lilac, Silver & Ivory

Proposal: In Italy at the top of Monte Baldo in Malcesine, Lake Garda

Name: Sam

Age: 22

Where do you live?: essex

Got engaged: 18th December 2009 ( 2 weeks ago 2day)

Getting married: Fingers crossed for July 2011

Colour Scheme: I wish I knew. A work in progress

Proposal: In London at night, with Tower Bridge as the backdrop. Couldt say yes as i couldnt sto crying

Name: Lorna

Age: 32

Where do you live?: Reading

Got engaged: 25th August 2009

Getting married: 22nd May 2010

Colour Scheme: Pink!

Proposal: Forbury Gardens in Reading (after over 7.5 years together - was a surprise too!)

I cant remember whether I did this recently or not, so here goes anyway!

Name: Susan (but call me Sid )

Age: 34

Where do you live?: Birmingham

Got engaged: April 2009

Getting married: 24/09/10

Colour Scheme: Ivory/"Cadbury's" purple

Proposal: OH was waiting for me in the living room on one knee with flowers and a ring after I got back from a trip to the dentist!

.....Am currently trying to talk my sis into getting on hitched after she got engaged Christmas Day!

Name: Nat / angelfish

Age: 27

Where do you live? hertfordshire

Got engaged: june 21st 2009

Getting married: 31st december 2010 (THIS YEAR ?)

Colour Scheme: purple and silver i think

Proposal: in our new home

Not a newbie but have done some MAJOR lurking towards latter part of last year and so with the big day fast approaching one of my new year resolutions is to Hitch more so here goes...

Name: Cat/Wedding_Princess

Age: 24 (25 in 8 days)

Where do you live?: Sunny Hull

Got engaged: 24th June 2008

Getting Married: 26th June 2010!!!

Colour scheme: Sage Green, Ivory and Antique Gold

Proposal: On our first holiday together in Corfu after an amazing meal on the first night!! He had champagne, a single rose, music and a ring...perfect!

Ok here goes haven't done one of these in ages:

Name: 22Tango

Age: 32

Where do you live?: London

Got engaged: October 2008

Getting married: April 4th 2010

Colour Scheme: Dark blue/teal, turquoise, lime green

Proposal: on a visit home to my parents

Name: Rachel / RaeF

Age: 25

Where do you live? Essex

Got engaged: 14th Feb 09

Getting married: 8th Aug 10

Colour Scheme: Black & white

Proposal: In an hotel room after telling me he had another Valentine's Day present for me. Soppy sod had also got me a 'Happy Valentine's Day to my fiancee' card to replace the girlfriend one!

Name: Kimmy

Age: 33

Where do you live?: Cambridgeshire

Got engaged: Christmas Day 2008

Getting married: 18th January 2010 ?

Proposal: On bended knee in front of the Christmas tree last Christmas.

Name: Kelly / Mrs C

Age: 28

Where do you live?: Hertfordshire

Got engaged: August 11th 2009

Getting married: March 19th 2011 (NEXT YEAR ?)

Colour Scheme: Still to be decided but leaning towards Ivory, Chocolate & Teal / Turquoise or Ivory & Purple

Proposal: Here in Egypt...

I used this photo for my save the date cards too...

ooooh so excited!!!!!!

Hello!

Name Nona

from Perthshire

Got engaged Christmas 2007

Got married on July 18th 2009

umm...what else was there.???? <<<<<<<drunk.

Name: Lainey

Age: 21

Where do you live?: Good old Essex

Got engaged: 25th July 2009

Getting married: July 10th 2010 THIS YEAR!!!! ? ?

Colour Scheme: Claret & Blue

Proposal: OH took me away for the weekend to a beautiful hotel

Looking forward to planning with everyone!

Name: Jan

Age: 39

Where do you live: Reading

Got engaged: October 2009

Getting married: 30 October 2010

Colour Scheme: Autumn - orange, brown, ivory

Proposal: In one of my fav restaurants after 11 years - no one is more surprised than me, but extremely happy!

Name: Bethan

Age: 31

Where do you live?: Hertfordshire

Got engaged: Christmas Eve 2008

Getting married: 28th May 2010

Colour Scheme: Ivory with a bit of Dusky Pink thrown in.

Proposal: In our kitchen about 15 mins before friends were coming round. He produced a ring and a Happy Christmas to my Fiancee card.

Name: Suze

Age: 39 ?

Where do you live?: Kent

Got engaged: August 2008

Getting married: 1st May 2010

Colour Scheme: Aqua and Hot Pink

Proposal: On bended knee in our lounge, I had to choose between some bourbon biscuits or a diamond ring !!!!

Name: Marie/Dumblespud

Age: 27

Where do you live?: Essex

Got engaged: October 2003!

Getting married: 6th April 2010

Colour Scheme: Red & Ivory

Proposal: In the street whilst raining - H2B knelt in a puddle!

Name: nicola

Age: 24

Where do you live?: Good old Essex

Got engaged: 1st sept 2008

Getting married: July 17th 2010 THIS YEAR!!!! ? ?

Colour Scheme: pink and silver (i think)

Proposal: On a beach on holiday

Name: Alia

Age: 23

Where do you live?: Bristol

Got engaged: 17th September 2009

Getting married: 17th July 2010 (aaah so soon!)

Colour Scheme: Silver, Champagne and all shades of ivory/cream/white

Proposal: on the couch in front of the telly haha - wasn't a surprise at all as we'd chosen a venue and booked honeymoon before he got round to buying the ring etc.

Name: Karen/kazndave

Age: 31

Where do you live?: Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Got engaged: 2nd August 2009

Getting married: 9th April 2010

Colour scheme: Deep purple/lilac/silver

Proposal: The ring (which we chose together) was in my slice of toast for breakfast in bed. He had to be reminded to ask me tho!

Name: Shelby

Age: 28

Where do you live?: Glasgow

Got engaged: September 19th 2009

Getting married: September 24 2010

Colour Scheme: Red, Ivory & Blue

Proposal: At home on the sofa 2 days before my 28th Birthday.

Name: Bridget

Age: 28

Where do you live?: Surrey

Got engaged: May 2009- not sure on the date... is that bad???

Getting married: 6th of April 2010.... really quite soon!

Colour Scheme: Silver and blue

Proposal: At my Mum and Dad's 30th wedding anniversary party.

Name: vicky

Age: 26

Where do you live?: hertfordshire

Got engaged: 14th march 2009

Getting married: 30th july this year!!!!

Colour Scheme: white and royal blue with pos some silver and other shades of blue as we are having issues with finding blue flowers that are the right shade so think we will mix up different shades as well so its not too matchy matchy

Proposal: At home, after we got dressed up nice for a quiz night that wasnt happening. he was down on one knee with a ring, then took me for a 3course meal at alocal italian.

Name:claire

age:23

where do you live?norwich

getting married:10th sep 2010, hopefully

colour scheme:sky blue with some different shades ivory and slight silver

propsal:round a friends

Hello to all :-)

Name: Nicola

Age: 30

Where do you live?: Annan

Got engaged: 4th Nov 2001

Getting married: Hopefully May 2011

Colour Scheme: Aqua

Proposal: A chinese resturant in Annan, We'd been together 3 months 1 week and I asked him to marry me

Nicola

Name: Amanda

Age: 26

Where do you live?: Kent

Got engaged: Christmas Day 2007

Getting married: August 22nd 2010!!!!

Colour Scheme: Gold & Ivory

Proposal: Just litterally got out of the shower, and he went down on one knee!! (i was wearing a towel i would like to add Lol)

Hello, I suppose I fall into the old timer category and I'm an OM now!!

Name: Jo

Age: 29

Where do you live?: Cambridgeshire

Got engaged: August 2007

Getting married: August 8th 2009

Colour Scheme: Pink and ivory

Proposal: He chickened out of the proposal, told me had had planned to do it so we decided to so there was no proposal in the end. But we had been together 12 years when we got married so it was probably about time!!

Good luck to you all with your planning and your weddings.

Name: Laura

Age: 25

Where do you live?: Essex

Got engaged: August 2009

Getting married: 23rd October 2010

Colour Scheme: Ivory & deep purple

Proposal: At las vegas airport on the way home!

Name: Kat

Age: 31

Where do you live?: Alyesbury, Bucks

Got engaged: 16th March 2009

Getting married: 31st July 2010 (just under 7 months away)

Colour Scheme: lilac, silver & white

Proposal: Had a great weekend visiting family and apparently he couldn't wait any longer.

Name: Leanne

Age: 24

Where do you live?: Glasgow

Got engaged: October 17th 2009

Getting married: September 26th 2010

Colour Scheme: Mocha, Gold and Ivory

Proposal: At His parents house when we went round for dinner.

Hello all newbies ?

Name: Moya

Age: 23

Where do you live: West Sussex

Got Engaged: 13 October 2008

Getting Married: 25th June THIS YEAR -whoop whoop!

Colour Scheme: Pink

Proposal: He took me to back to where I used to live in Tenerife and where we met. Propsed on a candle lit balcony.

Name: Karen

Age: 29

Where do you live?: South East London / Kent Borders

Got engaged: 10th October 2008

Getting married: July 17th 2010 (THIS YEAR ?)

Colour Scheme: Dark Red silver & Ivory

Proposal: On Safari in Tsarvo West in Kenya at Salt Lick Lodges