Is that the right thing to say or should it be ‘we’ are getting married to be more inclusive? Whichever it is, the big day has been set and we are on the path to saying I Do. Beyond excited and having tummy backflips when I think that in 8 months the day will be mine all mine, oh and his too;)
My OH finally took the plunge and asked me in May after years together and knowing that I was so excited about getting married and he had no idea or need to ever even consider that he would. Our German/English pairing never ceases to amaze me in the way we approach things, coupled with the men are from mars and women are from venus scenario, our lives are interesting.
Those of you who regularly drop by know that I talk about the boys and my OH but don’t delve too deep about our relationship. I do let out the odd gushy poem like this one on the plane from Munich which says it all in a moment of hormones and fear of flying panic.
How did it all begin…
Finding love in my forties after a fun-filled, crazy, sometimes sad and always challenging life came out of the blue. I was scheduled to pick up a visiting professional who had travelled down from London to where I am on the south coast from the train station. I had known him for over a year through my work in social care by having the odd meeting and email. I was stood by my car looking through the glass door of the train station, trying to peer over the heads of the crowd bustling through, when his face came into view and I was suddenly smitten…shocked at how this came out of nowhere…but smitten all the same. Once I had greeted him and got us seated and belted up I almost shook my head at myself as I had that silly smile that you get when you like someone but I tried to tuck it deep inside me and keep my super professional facade up as this was a work thing and I’m normally good at painting the picture of being in control onto a nervous face.
The drive should have been 10 minutes from the station to our meeting room, I took the scenic route to make the hop feel like a road trip.
On the way back he asked me for coffee in the station cafe, I paid. Romance my dear readers is not dead!
Skip forward 7 years and our combined families are now one happy bunch and planning a wedding.
Tomorrow is a day with my girlfriends trying on wedding dresses!! I am pinching myself that I am actually going to be trying dresses on. In my mind I have low-key sophistication, but then I realised that I don’t even really know what that means!
This isn’t too much is it???
The coming months are going to be crammed with planning. Planning for the wedding and planning for the loft conversion we are having done. Never do things by half should be our motto.
I’ve set up a Pinterest board today so please pin away with any wedding thoughts. If you’ve been somewhere and loved an idea please share it with me on the board. Drop your email or Pinterest link to me so I can add you.
The theme….Beach – Rustic – Chic, ridiculous but true! I can’t wait.
I’ll be writing about the lead up more and more over the next few months. Rings…will he wear one? Speeches…should be bother…. Being given away….is that even relevant these days? There’s alot to clog the brain with. I’ll need tea and help along the way.
I’m in the wedding bubble and it’s all about the ‘me’ at the moment!
Congratulations! My advice is to enjoy the engagement bubble as it flies by! #KCACOLS
Congratulations! I don’t blame you for being mega exciting it sounds like you deserve to have the best day ever. I’m still waiting for my proposal I don’t think it will ever come #KCACOSL
It might be just around the corner 🤞x
Huge congratulations hun! It’s an exciting time. Have fun finding your dress!
Thanks for linking to #pocolo
Congratulations! What an exciting time! Have fun with all the planning and enjoy trying on all the dresses! #kcacols
Yay for you!!!! Enjoy every moment of the planning! #kcacols
Oh my gosh! Congratulations. I wrote a post on how to make sure your wedding is talked about for years ;p Feel free to check it out. I love, love, love weddings so so much. Have a wonderful time dress shopping. I say do what suits you and yours for your big day. Forget rules, traditions and just do what you please. Did you see the this morning wedding? He had a ring made from i think meteorite and dinosaur bone! Food for thought. #KCACOLS
Goodness he’s set the bar high 😆😎xx
Congrats Mainy. Weddings can be a lot of fun to plan, I actually did most of ours, as long as you don’t let yourself get too caught up in making everything perfect. Enjoy #KCACOLS
Ah congrats Mainy! And yes, you should absolutely and totally get that dress… #kcacols
Thanks Carol:) you should of seen me at the wedding dress shop, I tried one of every sort….I was exhausted by the end of it! 🙂 xx
I feel so excited for you reading this! Have fun planning! x #KCACOLS
Thanks, will do!
Congratulations, you must be so excited!
Congratulations! Enjoy all these plans. And of course the day is all about you so make sure to keep it that way! #KCACOLS
Hi Mainy, you sound so excited (and who could blame you?) and your story just goes to show you never know where you will find love. Enjoy the next few months and don’t forget to stop and smell the roses every once in a while as planning a wedding can give you tunnel vision!
Thank you for sharing your story with #keepingitreal.
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Very wise words and ones I will definitely remember, Mainy x
So so exciting! Enjoy trying dresses and just have so much fun! It can get a bit stressful if you let it, and if i did it again, I’d def try and go with the flow a bit more! rustic, chic sounds wonderful -very much looking forward to updates!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
Congrats!! I hope your day is everything you want it to be and more! #KCACOLS
Thank you 😊
CONGRATULATIONS Mainy! I am super excited for you! Love your story of how you met! I can’t wait to read all the upcoming posts about all your preparations. Happy times! 🙂 xx #kcacols
Thanks Franca, such an exciting time! Xx
Congratulations! People often talk about how stressful wedding planning is but to be honest I loved it – the one party where I could call all the shots and just have everything exactly as I wanted it. Embrace it! #KCACOLS
I will do:)
Congratulations! How much fun it is to plan a wedding! My husband and I just picked a day to get our marriage license and asked the pastor to meet us one afternoon at the church and he married us! It was very low key and I don’t really regret that because it was perfect for us. I do see the appeal of the wedding though and I wish you the best of luck in planning yours!
#KCACOLS
Thanks Jen, your wedding sounds lovely x
What a lovely post! Congratulations on your engagement too. I hope you enjoy everything about the build up and especially the dress shopping! I got married abroad in front of 10 people, it was the best thing ever! Had a big party when we got back so I got to wear my dress twice! Result! #KCACOLS
Absolutely! Wearing the dress twice is so cool 😎
Congratulations! I got married 20 years ago, and while it was pretty untraditional then, I think if I got married now it would be a much better wedding – I’d blow off all those ‘rules’ and do something more fun (it was fun, but we accommodated a lot of expectation) Have a blast organising it! #KCACOLS
Thanks and I like your philosophy of blowing off the rules 🙂
Congratulations!!!!!! I look forward to reading about your plans for the big day!
Hi Tracy, thanks, I’m so pleased to get it out there and start the planning, I’ll keep you updated 🙂 Mainy
Congratulations on your engagement hope it all goes beautifully
Thanks Iris, I can’t wait!