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Hello, all! I’m Miss Magnolia, the new bee in the neighborhood!
I’m so excited to be a part of this fantastic wedding community! I’ve been reading this site regularly since I got engaged, and I’ve gotten so many great ideas from it – and now I can’t wait to start sharing some of my ideas with you!
So who are the Magnolias? Well, I didn’t start out as a Southerner, believe it or not (I know, it’s blasphemy!). I’ve lived in several east coast states, and I finally settled in Atlanta after college. However, Mr. Magnolia is a native Atlantan, which is tough to find in this city of transplants!
We should have met about 800 times before we actually did. We had at least one class together and lived in the same apartment complex in college, and we lived across the street from one another after we graduated. We also work in the same field and have a similar group of friends. Seriously, how we evaded each other for so long, I’ll never know. We were finally introduced during the summer of 2005, and we started dating very soon after that.
We got engaged on December 1st of last year, and we’re planning an evening wedding for January of 2008. Why January? Let’s just say we have our reasons, the most important being that it’s after college football season, and as every good Southern girl knows, you simply don’t get married during football season (at least, not if you want anyone to show up)!
Planning has been great so far, and we can’t wait to celebrate with our wonderful friends and family on the day we become Mr. and Mrs. Magnolia! Thanks for reading!
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welcome Mags! Can’t wait to read your posts!
hahah - Mr. CB is really glad ours is after football season too. It just kicked off and fantasy football is all I hear. hahah.
Welcome 
Yay for another Atlanta bride!
You crack me up about football season-it’s so true! I thank the Football Gods they have given us a by-week in my favorite team and my fiance’s favorite team that correspond so I can have my garden wedding!!
Welcome again! My FI and I were in the same boat - no one knows how we managed to avoid meeting each other for so long. Can’t wait to hear more.
Haha! Planning a wedding around football season is a sad, but true reality in the south!
Welcome again! It’s nice to have another southern representative in the hive.
Yay! For an Atlanta bride! We, too, planned around football season–Georgia Tech football, though; however, I was able to convince FI that an away game to a low-performing team could be missed in favor of a Fall wedding.
the bf and i also managed to avoid each other for years until finally stumbling into each other online of all places.
i completely understand scheduling around the football season. luckily for me, since i’m the sports fanatic in the outfit, i’m on the west coast so we can still go on with the wedding with no fears of missing a game [my college team's in the midwest]. score one for me.
Welcome Mags. I love that nickname. I look forward to your posts.
Congratulations and welcome!
We had a winter wedding too - February to be exact. We planned around the Superbowl and the Daytona 500 - two of the biggest sporting events! (if you follow the NFL and Nascar.) Anyway, I totally understand your date choice.
Hello and welcome!
It will be very exciting to have a wedding to read about in the cold, boring month of January. Or at least it’s cold and boring in Chicago in January.
Can’t wait to read more from you
Welcome! It is very exciting to have a bee that is getting married in January as I am too! What is your wedding date? Mine is Jan. 5th! It will be fun to follow your progress with my own.
Again, I’m so glad there is another Atlanta bride, and a Georgia fan 
Have you picked a band yet?
Lelia, we actually decided on Kingsized, which I couldn’t be more excited about! You can definitely expect a big ol’ blog post about them in the near future!
thanks!
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OMG - I just read your 2nd to last paragraph to my FI and his cousin here and cracking up! They totally agree and have actually told me that planning weddings during football season is inconsiderate! Sooo true and sooo funny (and we are in CA but football is like religion here as well). Congrats and can’t wait to read more of your posts!
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Miss Magnolia, Atlanta
Age and Occupation: 28, Public Affairs and Government Relations
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Lobbyist
Engagement Date: December 1, 2006
Wedding Date: January, 2008
Blogging Since: September 6, 2007
Venue: catherdral ceremony/private club reception
About Me: Mr. Magnolia and I are thrilled to be planning an evening, winter wedding for 200 people in Atlanta. We both work in politics and share a love of University of Georgia football, pop culture, and good food! I'm a runner who adores wedding magazines, bad reality television, and a
good glass of wine. Most of the time I like to think I'm pretty organized, but between wedding planning, house hunting, and a full-time job, I'm being put to the test!
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