Real Bride’s Wedding Blog – Hi from EngagedJuly09!

Hi all. I’m EngagedJuly09 on the mrs2be forums but you can call me EJ09 for short like the girls do!! I am a mrs2be addict and taking time out from it so I can write this for you!! As this blog is only just beginning and we are engaged nearly a year at this stage we have a lot to catch up on!!

I am getting married on New Years Eve this year – and I can’t wait to marry the love of my life. We are together for nearly three years at this stage – and living together for half of that. If you want to hear the story of how we met you will have to read my story on the thread – “how did you meet h2b and was it love at first sight“. I have to say it was quite a funny story

So I bet you all want to know the big question – how did he propose? Well as my name suggests we got engaged in July last year – but that was just the day we announced it offficially. We got together in November 2007 and on the June bank holiday weekend 2008 he says to me if we are together this time next year we will get engaged. I thought nothing of it as we weren’t together long at that stage. So I moved in with him in February last year and things were going well – apart from the two hour commute I now have to do each way every day (instead of the 10 minute walk to work – it must be love!). We were at home on Easter Sunday and I looked around and he was down on one knee in the kitchen and asked me to marry him – not a big romantic gesture but it was just the way I wanted it. We were building a house and money was a bit tight so he had to save up to buy the big rock!! So we held off announcing it until we got the ring.

Then one weekend in July he said do you want to go ring shopping – he didn’t have to ask me twice! So off we went to look for the ring and the jewellers (Fields Jewellers Kilkenny) was closed – due to an electrical fault the doors wouldn’t open – my life is never simple! So we were out that night and after a few drinks he let it slip to one of his friends that we were getting engaged. So we decided we better make it official before half the world knew before we told them officially. We went the next day to the same jewellers and it was open and I found a fabulous ring (similar to my avatar picture). Then followed a phone call to tell my family – I wanted to tell my Mum first and she was out – but I talked to everyone else but I couldn’t say anything and it was so hard. I finally got hold of my Mum later and was able to tell her and then all my family and friends. The phone was hopping all night!!

Well, I hope that has enticed you enough to keep reading my new blog!

My next instalment tells of how we started planning the wedding – setting the date, and choosing some of our suppliers.  Coming soon…