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

Hry Everyone Im new to the forum

Name: Stacey

Age: 24

Where do you live?: Derby

Got engaged: April 15th 2006

Getting married: April 7th 2010 In Miami

Colour Scheme: Sea Blue, White & Silver

Proposal: In Prague, Czech Republic on my 21st Birthday, he took me back to the hotel room at midnight when it was my birthday and popped the question

Hello! I'm new not only to this forum, but to forums in general - so I'm not sure if this is the right way to post. Apologies if I get it wrong!

Name: Alice

Age: 29

Where do you live?: Stoke-on-Trent

Got engaged: Christmas Day 2009

Getting married: Nov 2011 (currently looking at venues)

Colour scheme: Purple and silver. Probably.

Proposal: Well he was on his knees, but that was because he was unwrapping xmas presents at the time... Ah well, at least he asked

Name: Shelley

Age: 29

Where do you live?: South London

Got engaged: Christmas Day 2008

Getting married: 2nd May this year!

Colour scheme: pale green with pale pinks &creams for flowers

Proposal: In my Christmas Cracker was my engagement year! crackers will never be the same again!

Hey Blackkat i grew up in Aylesbury!

Name: Melissa/lizzyleek but call me Mel

Age: 24

Where do you live?: Manchester

Got Engaged: Friday 29th Sept 2006

Getting Married: Saturday 2nd October this year!!!

Colour scheme: dark ivory, claret red and silver

Proposal: On a romantic weekend away at a restaurant mid meal.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Name: Nicky / NicNacNoo

Age: 29

Where do you live?: Wakefield

Got engaged: 26th February 2009

Getting married: 5th February 2011

Colour Scheme: Cadbury's purple

Proposal: Just after we'd been on a balloon ride in Australia over our champagne breakfast - it was a massive suprise as he's spent a year convincing me he didn't want to get married so it had a bigger impact!!!!! He has a slightly warped sense of humour!!

Really excited about really getting into all the planning this year!

Name: Georgie

Age: 32

Where do you live?: Hampshire

Got engaged: 1 Oct 1999

Got married: 26 Aug 2000

Colour Scheme: Cadbury's purple & red

Proposal: In Monaco when I went out to meet his ship for a long weekend. We'd only been together 6 weeks and he'd been away for 5 of them!!

Now a HIB, and love it!

Name:Marie

Age: 29

Where do you live?: Dunfermline, getting married in Teesside

Got engaged: Jan 22 2007

Getting married: August 28 2010

Colour Scheme: Black & White

Proposal: At home, on bended knee, TOTALLY out of the blue

Name: Felicity Chaplin

Age: 23

Where do you live?: Birmingham

Got engaged: January 7th 2009

Getting married: Either June 18th or September 3rd 2010.

Colour Scheme: Dark green and ivory.

Proposal: At home.

Name: Elisabeth/Betsy

Age: 24

Where do you live?: Battersea, London

Got engaged: 24 December 2009

Getting married: 23 July 2011

Colour Scheme: Still discussing this at the moment. It's between 'neon brights' and 'shades of blue'.

Proposal: He proposed at home, after he'd cooked me a lovely dinner, so nothing fancy but then he knows I didn't want anything like that!

Hello to all the newbies, old married reporting for duty ?

Another OM here too ?...although from my posts you'll notice that I've been around a while, I'm an old hand at all this hitched malarky now x

Name: Tahdah (aka Robyn)

Age: 32

Where do you live?: Twickenham

Got engaged: 29th February 2008 (leap year..which should give you a hint to the proposal!)

Got married: 24.09.09 on Sao Rafael beach, Portugal

Colour Scheme: Pink & Green in various shades (I'm not precious...it all worked lovely)

Proposal: I got down on one knee at lampost no.7 on Richmond Bridge, Mr Tahdah said yes..phew!

One tip from an old married: If it's not life threatening, it wont matter...just enjoy!

Name ; Sarah

Age; 27

Where do you live? Weston super mare but getting married in Birmingham

Got Engaged; Summer 2007

Get Married ; 22 May 2011

Colour Scheme; Purple, Ivory & Gold

Proposal; On short break in wales, saw a ring in shop window and it fitted so bought it!

Hi everyone,

Name: Claire

Age: 26

Where do you live?: Scotland

Got engaged: 10th Oct 2009

Getting married: Oct or Nov 2012

Colour Scheme: Thinking a deep red for that warm winter feel

Proposal: At home packing for our holiday, turned around and he was on one knee with a ring and I cried

Name: December1984

Age: 25

Where do you live?: Cambridgeshire

Got engaged: 13th December 2008

Getting married: Got married 2nd October 2009

Colour Scheme: Burgundy and orange

Proposal: At home. H cooked us a lovely dinner and brought out the ring as dessert! Down on bended knee and everything. Was really lovely.

Hi everyone ?

Name: Allgold78

Age: 31

Where do you live?: Hereford

Got engaged: 23rd October 2009

Colour scheme: changes! currently on Purple and Silver

Proposal: At home on a lazy saturday morning, lying in bed. Kids were at my sisters and it was really simple and fuss-free which I loved (Big gestures aren't for me)

Name: Lindsay

Age: 23

Where do you live?: Shropshire

Got engaged: 22nd June 2008

Getting married: 15th May 2010 (now seems really, really soon lol)

Colour Scheme: Red, Silver and White

Proposal: In Majorca, on a beach at night, the day after my birthday!

Hello,

Name: Lucie/1Lucie

Age: 25

Where do you live?: Cambridgeshire

Got engaged: August 2009

Getting married: May 21st 2011

Colour Scheme: Probably fushia pink/ivory with a little green

Proposal: Was whisked off to Venice as surprise for 5days, on 2nd night went on a gondala ride where he proposed (outside Casanovas palace lol, that bit wasnt planned).

Name; Mel /Mel B

Age; 33

Live; Leeds

Got engaged; 19th aug 2008

Getting married; 5th aug 2010

Colour; Dark purple/ivory/splashes of yellow

Proposal; on the balcony of our cruise ship on holiday under the stars...he hid ithe ring in a pair of socks and I nearly threw them overboard

Name: Keeley

Age: 26

Live: West Yorkshire

Got Engaged: 25th December 2006

Getting Married: 17 July 2010

Colour Scheme: Champagne, Lime Green & Black

Proposal: The ring was in my cracker when we went for Christmas dinner @ my mum & dad's house.

Name: DWC or emma if you really want.

Age: 21

Got engaged 7th Feb 2009

Getting married: still up for debate, ignore the ticker below.

colour scheme: also up for debate.

proposal: in the snow outside lincoln cathedral

Name: Cat

Age: 28

Where do you live?: Cambridgeshire

Got engaged: November 2009

Getting married: July 10th 2009

Colour Scheme: Red & Ivory

Proposal: In Barcelona, in the Park Guell, with a string quartet busking in the background

Name: X

Name: Jenny

Age: 25

Where do you live: Putney London

Got Married 18th July 2009 - Pembroke Lodge

Colour Scheme - Ivory, gold and Chocolate Brown

Proposal: At my mum and dads house on Christmas day 3 years ago

? Hi everyone - haven't hitched for a couple of weeks, Christmas was just so manic plus I just have not been in the WP zone lately so have got to pull myself together now it's 2010!

Name: Stazzle / Stacey

Age: 23

Where do you live?: Kent

Got engaged: 8th April 2006

Getting married: 25th July this year ?

Colour Scheme: Still not confirmed ? but the only one I really like is ivory with champagnes, creams, coffee colours and hints of soft orange (yes quite precise I know, bit of a long story as to why ?) but I need to get my bridesmaids dresses before I can confirm anything!

Proposal: At his parents' house, it was just the 2 of us and very out of the blue, we were only 19 and 21 and had only been seeing each other about 8 months! Hard to believe that was over 3.5 years ago now, it's flown by.

Name: Lucy

Age: 22

Where do you live: Stockton - North East

Got engaged: Christmas Day 2007! (seems like so long ago!!!)

Getting Married: 1st February 2011 (after what will be almost ten years together!!)

Proposal: on christmas night, out on a walk we used to always do when we were at school. ?

Colour Scheme: Peacock blue and green. (i think but still open to suggestions for a nice winter wedding?!?)

Name: Sharne

Age: 30 on the 17th

Where do you live: SE london

Get Married 18th June 2010

Proposal: 13th Dec 2005!!

Colour Scheme - Lilac, Silver and cream with hints of purple (hopefully)

Proposal: Went on holiday to see my Dad (carribean) and OH proposed at a family get together

x

Name: Bec

Age: 25

Where do you live?: Warrington

Got engaged: March 1st 2008

Getting married: Got married Sept 10th 2009

Colour Scheme: No real colour scheme for wedding, but somehow ended up with quite a bit of pink (got married in Greece), Black and White for our reception back here

Proposal: I was in Bed, Hubby had been away for the night and woke me up next morning with my engagement ring in a Radley Bag!

Name; Jeanette

Age: 53, Proberbly the eldest bride to be on Hitched

Where do you live: Hampshire

Got engaged: 3rd October 2008

Getting Married: 9th November 2010 Cuba

Colour Scheme: Dont know yet.

Proposal: Went for dinner with my Mum and youngest daughter, I wondered what was going on when the waitress put a bottle of Champagne on the table. He got down on one knee. Loved it!

Name: Annie

Age: 26

Where do you live: Paisley/Glasgow

Got engaged: Ummm, is it really dreadful that I can't remember the exact date - think it was 26th November 2005!

Got married: 27th November 2009...Report still pending........

Congrats to the newly-engaged! I'm not a newbie to Hitched (I used to live on OT) but I'm a relative newbie to planning.

Name: Kate

Where do you live?: Leeds, but getting married in York

Got engaged: 14th November 2009

Getting married: 11th December 2010 (wooo!)

Colour scheme: TBC, but as of last night pewter / dark grey and a violet-y colour.

Proposal: Over a shared bag of chips watching the sunset over the beach in Gower, Wales

Congratulations to all newly engaged. Not new to hitched as I'm a HIB but newly engaged.

Name: Aimee

Where do you live?: Birmingham

Got engaged: 25th December 09

Gettign married: fingers crossed September or October 2010

Colour scheme: no idea

Proposal: in my last christmas present was a box which I opened and there was a ring. He then asked me after I managed to close my mouth from shock.