Hello!
I've decided to start a planning thread, even if they aren't really the done thing anymore, because I think it will be fun to write about my planning process as it goes along. So, here it goes!
The Beginning:
T and I have been together for 7 years this coming June and have been seriously talking about getting married for at least 4 years. But in typical T fashion he has to do things in his own time and his own way and he kept me waiting! I met T online back in 2015 and after a year together I adopted a kitten (she plays a huge part in our lives) and the following year we moved in together. We've since moved house a couple of times and in 2019 we bought our own home out in the High Peak countryside. Since then I won't lie, I've been fairly actively googling wedding things and I even set up some private Pintrest boards to keep all of my ideas together. All the while T was saying it wasn't happening any time soon and to focus on other things that we had going on.
The Engagement:
Fast forward to Christmas Day 2021. Picture the scene: just the two of us and the cat in the living room, wrapping paper chaos everywhere and the cat having a fabulous time making paper forts. T announces that he's left my stocking upstairs and will be back in just a moment but can I please close my eyes. I'm there on the sofa talking to the cat saying how T had better be bringing down a framed photo of her or a box of chocolates (literally clueless as to what was going on) when he announced I could open my eyes. In front of me he was down on one knee, surrounded by wrapping paper, and he said "well I guess I'm asking you to marry me". I should add in here that neither of us are romantic in the slightest, I would have been weirded out if he'd said much more than this. He was holding out the most perfect ring I could imagine and I immediately said yes! We quickly facetimed our parents to announce the good news and I was immediately banned from doing any wedding planning until at least Boxing Day. I cheated slightly by ordering a few gifts for bridesmaid boxes but that doesn't count, or so I said. On Boxing Day we text everyone else and made it official by announcing it on Facebook and the wedding planning began! I'll get into the planning in the next post but for now here is a photo of my lovely engagement ring. It is a yellow gold band with a white gold setting, small round diamonds on the sides and a princess cut diamond in the middle.
