And so it begins.

On June 30, around 11pm, I joined the ranks of “brides to be”. While the actual idea of becoming engaged was not a surprise, (Joseph and I have been together for close to 3 years and have openly discussed it), the timing of his proposal was definitely a shock.

Me being really excited about being engaged.

Ever since we hit the 1 year mark in our relationship marriage has been a topic of discussion. Sometimes just a “what if?” but in the last few months it became a more serious subject. We went and looked at rings together in December so Joe could get an idea of what I liked. At first the idea of looking at rings was slightly terrifying and overwhelming. But, during our little outing I became really excited about the prospect of having a ring on my finger from him. When we last talked about getting engaged Joseph had told me that if he did propose he probably wouldn't do it until I was done with school in May. I was completely fine with that and didn't think anything else of it. Cue the surprise.

Just a little over 2 weeks after that very conversation my boyfriend of 2 ½ years was down on bended knee in front of me holding a ring. For the first time in our entire relationship he had surprised me. After a few floored seconds (and I'm sure what seemed like an eternity to him) I finally mustered an audible yes.. And just like that we went from boyfriend and girlfriend to this new, weird, territory that is being fiance's.

A month into being engaged so many new and different thoughts, feelings, experiences and conversations have happened.  Suddenly, I'm someone's future wife, future sister-in-law, future daughter-in-law, future (official) aunt. People want to look at my hand every day. I've had more conversations about color combinations, budgets, possible flower arrangements and my favorite songs than I have ever had in my life. It's been daunting almost but I would definitely not trade it for anything in the world.

I won't pretend to be a cool,hip, stylish blogger. I'm just as clueless as everyone else when it comes to planning a wedding. I'm feeling my way around one inspiration board/website/blog at a time. This will be my own trek on the road towards wedding bells complete with all of the twists, turns, hits and misses that I happen upon along the way. If people read it, great. If no one does (but I kind of hope someone does) then that's ok too. I'm just really excited to be engaged to my best friend (cheesy?) and to plan a wedding and to become a wife and to start this new chapter in my life!