Bridezilla mode activates in three....two...one.
Just as we were about to eat dinner and watch the Simpsons Wednesday night, my boyfriend proposed.
Everything's coming up Milhouse...er...Wheelock.
I knew he was buying an engagement ring for my birthday later this month. This past weekend, he was ring shopping online when he got really frustrated. He said the ring that he had wanted had been available for months, and now as soon as he clicked to order it, it was out of stock. A while later, he was growling again at the computer, because the ring was relisted, but for $400 more. He sadly told me he was going to take a break from ring shopping this week, since he was just frustrated beyond belief. This occurred after he couldn't find something he liked at local stores, too, for those wondering why he was shopping online.
So I avoided the topic.
Wednesday night, he had me set down the plates and said, "I'm sorry, but I lied to you...", pulled the ring out of his pocket and proposed.
I. Was. Floored.
Yeah, that whole frustration thing was really sneaky and it worked. Trickster!
Now we're deciding on a date and other weddingish stuff. I thought I'd browse through theknot.com to check out cakes. I like cake. Nothing wrong with checking a few out.
The site requested registration, and now it's trying to pull me into the vortex of wedding planning. Must...resist...the madness....
I'm not a wedding person. In some of Gina Duwe's wedding dress shopping pix, I'm lurking in the background, dressed in black. I joked with Gina that I'm really the Anti-Bride.
However, according to theknot.com, I need to immediately start my online wedding organizer, interview wedding coordinators and send out a Just-Engaged video ecard. Really. They also have a countdown prominently featured, in case I didn't realize the date is looming. (They wouldn't let me register without entering a wedding date. We haven't decided on a date so I entered April 1st. Only 331 days away!)
I'm afraid I will let down my guard and be enticed by bridesmaid dress descriptions like these:
The V-neckline, slight ruching, and spaghetti straps looked very flattering on everyone. Another bonus: The dresses didn’t look like a traditional bridesmaid dress, so they could definitely be worn again.
I found myself agreeing with the posting...until I looked closer and realized the reason the dresses look flattering on everyone is that everyone in the picture is the same size. [forehead smack]
There's a reason I use etiquettehell.com as my source for wedding dos and don'ts.
I find that reading about others' cuckoo-bananas approach to things helps keep me grounded and makes me laugh.
After all, it's not the wedding that's the most important, but the time afterward.
But these are funny, too.
May 7, 2011 at 8:35 a.m.
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Thanks for all the well-wishes!
Last night I was on that wedding site again, and I clicked on an article titled "Wedding Budget Strategies". I was expecting some sort of hints about saving money on when you buy flowers, etc.
Instead, it listed the pros and cons of three strategies: Bride's family pays for it, Groom's family pays for it, or you pay for it yourselves.
Wow.
May 7, 2011 at 8:29 a.m.
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I love watching the bridezillas...where are they now episodes. Most didn't even make it the first year. Sounds like you both know what is important and will no doubt make it. Congrats.
May 6, 2011 at 5:09 p.m.
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Well said Superdave!!
You can have a wonderful day w/o spending a down payment on a home!! It is still special no matter what you spend and remember it is YOUR wedding not your moms or Aunt or who ever!
May 6, 2011 at 5:04 p.m.
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Hey Beth. Congratulations! Free advice from an old guy: focus your energies on planning for the marriage, not so much on the wedding, which after all is only one day. And in my experience, at least one thing (whether minor or major) will go wrong, so don't look for or expect perfection. And have fun :)
May 6, 2011 at 3:28 p.m.
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YAY, Beth!!!
May 6, 2011 at 3:12 p.m.
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Because you love cake, I found a money-saving cake you may want to consider:
http://www.bad-assweddings.com/wp-conten...
May 6, 2011 at 1:34 p.m.
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CONGRATS ! as I told Gina in one of these blogs....ELOPE :D much cheaper and helps prevent all the arguments and friction that goes along with wedding planning. Honnestly I really would have prefered to gone to Vegas, it would have been much less of a headache and at least that way I would have gotten a honeymoon out of it too.
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Whatever you end up doing (and when) I hope you make sure to take the time to enjoy it and not worry if every little thing goes just perfect...it never does LOL
May 6, 2011 at 12:32 p.m.
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Congrats! I am much more excited about this than that marriage that occurred in the UK recently.
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