A Prior ENGAGEMENT!

Well, Tex and I have talked marriage before but he finally popped the question so we are officially official! I knew it was coming–in true Tex fashion, he told me he was going to do it–but I still cried a little bit. Out of happiness, of course. I’m such a sap! I may seem unfailingly sensible but my heart is terribly soft, which is why I’m so selective about who I trust with it. Anyway, my mother is thrilled and couldn’t wait to go brag about it to her friends at work. My aunt wants to have us over for dinner and my section mates want to have a party so the madness has begun. Strangely enough, as badly as I wanted to engaged I haven’t started referring to Tex as my fiance. It just sounds so formal and while I consider myself a traditionalist, we aren’t ones to stand on ceremony.

We haven’t set a date yet since both of us are still in school, but I expect we’ll tie the knot summer 2012 or 2013. Either way, it’s not a long time by any means, especially judging how quickly 1L year has flown by. I spent a few hours browsing TheKnot.com the other day* and started fiddling around with a seating chart and discovered it’s like Tetris, but with people. And that unless our parents decide to bankroll the whole thing, we’re down to inviting only 10 friends each because my family alone numbers about 60 people, and that’s cutting it off at first cousins with plus ones only for the married couples. I know that Porsche is going to be horrified by my frugality when I start planning but as long as I look cute, his tux is sharp, and we have the ceremony at a United Methodist Church I couldn’t care less about matching the decorations to the invites. The Knot has message boards and articles for every aspect of wedding planning and there is so much tedious minutiae involved. I don’t need all that extra stuff! But I’m sure I’ll get sucked in because I’m a magazine junkie and the bridal magazines look like such eye candy…

But it’s still a good six months at the least before I have to worry about that stuff so I’m just going to bask in the glow of knowing that I’m going to be the future Mrs ___. It’s a good feeling

*Wedding stuff is infinitely more fascinating than the study of law. I’m just sayin’.