Weddingbee Blog

Hello, hive! I’m so thrilled and honored to be a bee! I’ve been (obsessively) reading Weddingbee since last September, and I honestly can’t believe I’m the newest bee.

I chose Miss Mouse because my whole life I have been the quiet, shy one. In kindergarten I was so shy that I refused to say the pledge of allegiance or answer “here” for the roll call! I’ve developed considerably more social skills since then, but I still tend to be the quiet one, especially when I’m around new people. Don’t worry, I loosen up pretty quickly.

So, a little about me and my future intended…

I’ve lived in Texas my whole life, aside from a six-week program in Oxford when I was in college and a seven-week internship in Chicago during law school. (Can you really say you “lived” somewhere if it was only for six weeks? I doubt it.) Although I don’t fit in with most Texans, Austin has been my home for the past eight years, and I love it. It’s like a crazy liberal oasis in the middle of red-state desert.

I graduated from law school two weeks ago, and since then I’ve been studying for the bar exam at the end of July. Oh yeah, and I’ve been planning this wedding! Luckily I’ve been planning slowly over the past 18 months, so there shouldn’t be too much last-minute panic. In theory.

My fiance, who from here on out will be referred to as “the Dude”,* is originally from Nebraska, but has also spent most of his life in Texas. He lived in Los Angeles for two years before I met him, and I’m constantly trying to convince him that we need to move there together! He is a civil engineer, but he’d much rather be playing his guitar or blogging about college football than designing bridges and highways. He is the laziest person I know that still manages to have his life together. He’s also the sweetest, most thoughtful person that I’ve ever met. I can’t imagine my life without him!

We’ve been together for five years, and we’ve lived together three of those. Marriage won’t be too much of a change for us, but we absolutely cannot wait to share our wedding day with our friends and family.

*Since I’m not changing my name after we get married, I decided that my fiance will not be called Mr. Mouse–it’s only fair!