Ms. Ferris Wheel | Weddingbee

Ms. Ferris Wheel, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 29, Psychologist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Psychologist Engagement Date: May 23 and 28, 2010 (one for each of us!) Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Parc55 Hotel (city lights ceremony, ballroom reception) About Me: Born in the Southeast, educated in the Northeast, and over-educated on the West Coast, I finally earned my city-girl credentials and have put down roots in gorgeous San Francisco. I’m a raging perfectionist with a lightning quick wit and a terrible sense of both time and direction. Our wedding task list is endlessly growing because of my predilection to think that DIY projects I can make = DIY projects I should make (so not true!). I always go to bed wishing there were more hours in the day to enjoy all the things I adore, whether that be hobbies, friends, my career, our two dogs, or Mr. Ferris Wheel. Ours is a story of a non-traditional couple living an oddly traditional life planning a not-so-traditional wedding in this city we adore. Together we are bustin’ out all of our best skills (and some of our worst ones) to plan a laid-back-chic DIY-craftastic love-alicious affair!

The (Second) Proposal

April 27th, 2011 @ 10:41 am by Ms. Ferris Wheel

Equality is an important and abiding ideal in my life, and one that significantly affects my relationship with Mr. FW. See, as excited as I was about “getting engaged,” I harbored a lot of guilt about how traditionally one sided the whole process is. Even for couples who plan together for an engagement, the situation I’ve most frequently encountered is where one partner (for heterosexual couples, typically the man) sustains the entire cost of the engagement ring.

That just wasn’t going to work for us, so a big part of our engagement discussions revolved around fairness of costs. Eventually we were able to arrive at an arragement that felt financially equitable for both of us. Mr. FW had no interest in blingy jewelry, but he did want something else that was rather expensive—specifics to be revealed later, but semi-related to this picture:

{Name blurred to protect the innocent}

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The (First) Proposal

April 26th, 2011 @ 4:47 pm by Ms. Ferris Wheel

Mr. Ferris Wheel wrote a lovely and funny description of his proposal on our wedding website, so instead of trying to out-do him here, I thought I’d just let him speak for himself. (Being a good blogger, though, I’ve added some pictorial excitement to the whole shebang.) Take it away, Mr. FW!

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Ms. Ferris Wheel expected a proposal in July. Naturally, then, Mr. Ferris Wheel knew the proposal should take place in May, since the one thing Ms. FW loves more than having a detailed plan is a good surprise.

{Not OUR surprise proposal, but a fantastic one nonetheless}

Photography by Joe Elario Photography via Well Wed

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The History of Us

April 26th, 2011 @ 12:28 pm by Ms. Ferris Wheel

If I’m going to write about our wedding-planning process, then it only seems right to start with a brief history of my not-so-brief relationship with my amazing fiance (AKA “lovemuffin,” “muffintop,” just plain “muffin,” or the least embarrassing pet name—”love”).

In the beginning, there was a cat…