Mrs. Cannon | Weddingbee

Mrs. Cannon, Toledo, OH Age and Occupation: 27, Financial Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Assembler Engagement Date: February 28, 2011 Wedding Date: September 2011 Venue: Epworth UMC & Ward Pavilion About Me: I'm the curious combination of being a go-with-the-flow, laid back, obsessive planner. I try desperately to stay as busy as possible at all times (and am succeeding big time right now!) My biggest loves in life are Law & Order: SVU, Community (the show, not the concept, although I like that, too), ice cream, white cheddar popcorn, beer, hiking, knitting, decorating, writing, being outside, spending time with friends and family and musical theater. Mr. Cannon is pretty sweet, too. We've had a lot of fun traveling and having adventures all over the country, but have finally moved back near our hometown to settle down. We're planning a low-key, colorful, fun wedding and an awesome-to-the-max reception.

Big Decisions with Little Time

June 12th, 2011 @ 5:55 pm by Mrs. Cannon

Once we squeezed through our non-proposal and were considering ourselves engaged, the first big question was “When?” Since we were looking at a pretty short engagement (sevenish months), we decided that instead of doing save the dates, we needed to do “Um, are there any unsaved dates you might have?”

We emailed and blogged four possible dates to ensure that our most important guests (close family and friends) would be able to make it. After everyone had a chance to weigh in, we realized that there was one day that seemed to work for everyone, so I emailed our church to confirm that the date was available for the ceremony. (There was no debate over where the ceremony would be. We knew we wanted a church wedding, and we had been attending this particular church since we moved back to Toledo.) The secretary confirmed that the date was available and set up a meeting with our pastor to discuss the ceremony.

And just like that, the wedding went from a theoretical idea to a concrete event. Things were getting real, and quickly!

How long did it take for your wedding to start feeling real?

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Some Actual Romance?

June 10th, 2011 @ 5:40 pm by Mrs. Cannon

As I mentioned before, a mere eight months into dating I got a job offer across the country. The reason I even applied for said job was due to the influence of Mr. Cannon. You might recall that Mr. Cannon had just returned from a year of travel when we started dating. His traveling had started with a job at the Grand Tetons National Park. Before I met him, the idea of working in a national park had never crossed my mind. However, it had always been a dream of mine to see the Grand Canyon. With the idea that I could not only see the Grand Canyon but live at the Grand Canyon, I started searching for accounting jobs in the area. Luckily there were a few listed, so I applied and waited to hear something. After some phone interviews, I found out I was hired!

While this was great news for fresh-outta-college-into-the-crappy-job-market me, it was confusing for Mr. Cannon and me as a couple. We hadn’t even been together for a year yet. Should I ask him to come with me? Did he even want to come with me? We were having a lot of fun together and had declared our love for one another, but were we ready for the massive step of moving cross country together?
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Where It All Began

June 10th, 2011 @ 11:18 am by Mrs. Cannon

Now, I don’t want to overwhelm you with too much romance after the story of our ultra-romantic non-proposal, but I’ve decided to give you all a peek into my world with our equally romantic “how we met” story.

The actual first time we met is a bit hazy for both of us since we didn’t really talk to each other. My college roommate played bass in a band that frequently played shows with another band. That band featured one Mr. Cannon as their bass player! My roommate (AKA Bridesmaid K) became friends with Mr. Cannon, and he started showing up at parties thrown at our apartment. So, I believe the first time we met was at an out-of-control Christmas party at my old apartment, but I could be wrong. (Luckily, I do not have any pictures of said party.) Regardless, the first time I actually remember talking to him at any length was at Bridesmaid K’s 21st birthday party. I was engaged to my ex at the time, so the conversation was light and silly and I didn’t really think much of it.

Fast forward a year or so, and I had recently broken things off with my ex. I was very conflicted about my feelings over the whole thing and was trying to overcome the loss and loneliness brought about by the situation. A different old roommate (AKA Bridesmaid N) threw a party and encouraged me to come. I was determined to go and have fun, meet new people, and flirt shamelessly. Mr. Cannon had just moved back to the area after a year of traveling and was looking to reconnect with old friends and have some fun. He heard about Bridesmaid N’s party and decided to go with one of his friends.

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Me, at the party. It was a theme party, OK?

Let’s Do It!

June 9th, 2011 @ 5:42 pm by Mrs. Cannon

I would love to wow everyone with my incredibly romantic proposal, but unfortunately, I don’t have one. Mr. Cannon and I have been together for five years and have been discussing marriage for four of those years. I had been not-so-subtly emailing links to rings I liked for literally years before we decided to get married, and yet, when we finally picked a date, there was no ring involved.

Let me back up and admit that I had originally been pretty set on a ring of a certain price point for a specific reason—I was engaged before and had paid for my own ring. Luckily, I ended that relationship before we walked down the aisle (it would not have ended well), but in the end I wound up paying a tidy sum for the ring. My ex ended up stealing it, leaving me with a hefty credit card bill and a lot of misgivings about love. After blowing all that money, I felt a bit entitled to something at least that nice when my true love finally proposed.

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OMG, I’m a Bee!

June 9th, 2011 @ 12:51 pm by Mrs. Cannon

I can’t bee-lieve the honor of bee-ing a bee has bee-n bee-stowed on me!

Phew! Now that that’s out of my system, I can tell you a bit about me. The short story? I was an army brat, moving around a lot until my family finally settled in a small town in Ohio when I was in fourth grade. I grew up and graduated from high school there. After that, I moved to Toledo to work on my bachelor’s degree. During my senior year of college, Mr. Cannon and I fell in love and have remained so ever since.

Why Miss Cannon? Well, aside from the super-cute graphic, it made me think of the King. Mr. Cannon and I share a love of fifties music, and he is a huge Elvis fan. (Yes, we’ve been to Graceland. It was his second trip there.) Anyway, this song has made a few playlists I’ve made for Mr. Cannon, so I thought becoming Miss Cannon would be a cute tribute. I’m like a cannonball, right? And that’s related to a cannon. OK, it’s not a perfect match, but it’s the inspiration.