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It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m a total sucker for surprises. I love them. The only problem? I have a bad tendency to ruin them.

Case in point: Mr. Cardigan and Mom Cardigan wanted to give me a surprise 18th birthday party. It was such a sweet idea, and I had always thought it would be awesome to have a surprise party. It was going great and I had no idea. Until, about two weeks before the party. I was hanging out at Mr. C’s house, and my mom called him to discuss some details. Annnd, my mom has a tendency to talk really loudly on the phone. Like, so loudly that you’d almost think she forgot there was a phone and was just trying to yell loud enough for you to hear her from wherever she is. It’s bad. So, I was sitting next to Mr. Cardigan, and of course…I heard what she was saying.

I thought about not saying anything, but it would be no fun to have to fake surprise when we show up to the party. So, there was no surprise party for me. It’s happened a million other times with other surprises - if I don’t accidentally hear something, then I think too much about what’s happening and end up figuring it out. It frustrates Mr. Cardigan to no end, because he’d love to surprise me, but somehow he just can’t!

Are you having a hard time seeing where all of this is going to tie into my honeymoon? Well, let me explain.

When I first started to think about what I’d like to do for a honeymoon, there were so many awesome ideas floating around in my head that I couldn’t really pick just one. It was overwhelming! And, on top of researching DJs, photographers, florists, etc. it was just too much for me to take on all by myself. So I decided to do the smart thing and delegate. I told Mr. Cardigan that he was 100% in charge of the honeymoon. He can research it, plan it, book it, and I don’t want to know a thing about it.

That’s right. I have no idea where we’re going on our honeymoon. Mr. Cardigan jumped at the opportunity when I mentioned it, because it’s a great chance for him to give me a cool surprise, and since I know the surprise is coming, I know that I just need to stay out of it and it will remain a surprise! We get some crazy looks when people ask where we plan to go on our honeymoon and we explain that it’s a secret, but we’re so excited to be doing it this way. The only people who know where we’re going are Mr. C (duh), his mom (who is helping pay for it), and Sister Cardy (who used to be a travel agent, so Mr. C went to her for advice). That’s it! And it’s going to stay that way. Mr. Cardigan refuses to tell anyone else, because he’s determined not to let it slip to me where we are going.

… of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a few ideas about what could be going on! I’m a planner/thinker by nature, so I can’t help putting some thought into where he might be taking me. Wanna know what I think? Check back later and I’ll be telling you all about my predictions for our honeymoon location!!

Where did you go/are you going on your honeymoon? Would you have considered letting your fiance take over planning the honeymoon?