A Prior Engagement Pt. 2

The longest engagement ever is starting to approach an end date.

I say that because Tex and I have known we wanted to get married since summer 2009. However, finishing school was so far away that we didn’t get formally engaged until last spring. Now that he’ll be graduating in four months and I’m halfway through my law degree, we can finally (finally! FINALLY!) start to plan our wedding!!!!!!!!!!!

Clearly, I’m totes excited.

My dad started his own business last summer. It’s going well and he’s pretty confident business will continue to improve, so he said he will pay for the wedding. The biggest costs will be the venue and the catering, so that means I will likely be able to get married on my target date of October 2013. Obviously we’ll be paying for our rings, but I also plan on paying for my own dress so that I can get what I want–I might have 2 different dresses for the wedding and the reception. I’ll be doing my own invitations and decor too. I’m pretty handy (my sister and I spent a lot of time doing projects with our mom) so with the help of some idea books and a few trips to Michael’s, we’re going to get cracking! One of my aunts did my cousin’s wedding photos and they turned out great, so I’m going to see if she will do our engagement photos this summer.

I’m still in the brainstorming phase, but it’s exciting to finally be able to talk about the wedding without feeling like it’s pointless because it’s so far away. 2011 flew by, and with graduation and the bar exam taking up the first half of 2013 I want to start researching some stuff early on. I’m hoping to get the venue and officiant secured by the end of this year if possible, as well as a color and decor scheme. That way, come next July all I have to do is start putting things into motion and find a dress.

Even better, although Sissy is not formally engaged (yet), she and her boyfriend have decided to get married! So there might be two weddings next year, you never know

 

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