Weddingbee Blog

One year ago today we got engaged on our rooftop in downtown Los Angeles, and spent the day celebrating with champagne, sunshine, and friends.

Today I’m sitting at the DMV waiting to change my name, and thinking about our wedding day, which once seemed FOREVERandadayaway, but is really happening in just a few short months now. Yowza! Yippee! Yikes! Mostly yippee, though!

It’s been a crazy year of living, thinking, and planning. A year of thoughtful transition and (sometimes) difficult conversation as we plan this wedding, and more importantly, as we plan our life together. A good, joyful, hard year.

We’ve lived and planned a wedding on one income, raised a special needs puppy, moved to a house with a (potential) veggie garden, started new jobs, quit said jobs when they failed to EVER pay for four months of work, nearly foiling our wedding plans (LA residents beware: Mendocino Farms doesn’t pay their employees) and somehow managed not to kill each other. Although we’ve come close a few times.

And that’s okay too.

Because I’ve learned that arguments aren’t about winning. Sometimes they are about our egos, our insecurities, or just our bad day. You can let them go, or even be the one to apologize without being the loser.

And I’ve learned to say yes. Yes to this relationship. Yes to things that are important to F Stripes, even when they aren’t initially important to me. Yes to making those things important to me too. And I want to move into our married life together saying yes to each other and making the things that matter to each of us a priority for us both. Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!

And I’ve realized that most of my favorite moments with F Stripes aren’t big or complicated. I truly hope that our wedding, our marriage, and our life together reflect that perfect simplicity.

Here’s a look at our last year as single(ish) ladies:

Engagement Day ’09:

PRIDE ’09:

AT HOME w/CAT TAIL:

HAPPY:

AND ALL GLAMMED UP (FOR OUR RIGHTS!):

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And here’s to looking far far into the future. Like FOREVERandaday far.

I love you baby. I think you’re awesome. And I’m over being engaged. Let’s get married already, mkay?

Any other loooooong engagements out there? Are you savoring the moments or are you ready to move on to married life already, too?