Now that it’s 2011, things suddenly seem a little bit more real. This is the year I will be getting married. This is the year that I’ll gain a husband, and he will gain a wife. This is the year that I thought would never arrive—the year that seemed so far away back when we got engaged in 2009. When people ask about our date, our response will no longer be “June…2011.” It will just be June. This June.
I won’t lie: I’ve had some moments of pure panic over the last few months. I’ve looked at photograph after photograph of wedding inspiration, pored over recaps of weddings gone by, studied detailed centerpieces, floral arrangements, invitations—and while they are brilliant for inspiration, they leave me feeling more than a little bit overwhelmed. You see, while I have the BIG things sorted out, getting everything to come together to make one big wedding day-dream is foreign to me. I have absolutely no idea how to make that happen, and it leaves me feeling like a bit of a failure.
So I’m headed back to the drawing board.
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vstrouse shows off her red, white, and blue candy bar.
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and getting married…today!
Surprise!
After all of our family drama with planning our wedding, we decided to be all stealthy and plan one in secret. But it’s no secret any more! Today is the day!
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Or at least one ring to make me very happy! (Yes, I know the title’s overdone. And yes, I’m completely OK with that.)
I love my ring—it’s so perfectly me, it’s ridiculous. We hadn’t talked much about rings before Mr. Eggs proposed, but I had made it clear that I’m not a yellow gold person. A lot of people I know have princess cut diamonds, and I always thought that was what I wanted one day for myself.
That was until Mr. Eggs started asking me more questions and I realized that my ideal engagement ring has always been my mom’s. My mom has a yellow gold ring with a beautiful round cut center diamond. She now has a 3 stone ring which she got several years ago (she always says the 3 stones represent her three children - awww!). But before she added two stones to the ring (and how I remember seeing the ring growing up), it was a round cut solitaire engagement ring. I’m so glad that Eggs asked me more questions about what I wanted, because I love that my ring is so similar to my mom’s (except that it’s platinum instead of yellow gold).
Photos by Persimmon Images
The last part of this story that cracks me up?
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