The Day I got Engaged 09.10.09

Hi all, slightly different post from me today as today is my Engagement Anniversary! I know most people don't celebrate their Engagement Anniversary's but I like to as I think the day you get engaged is such a nice, romantic day that it should be celebrated again and again!

We are away for the weekend, we are staying in the Park Inn in Walsall so yesterday we went shopping & had a meal in the hotel (provided all went to plan, this is scheduled!) and today we are touring Cadburys World :)

We don't buy each other gifts to celebrate but its nice to do something to mark the occasion.

I'm not sure how many of my readers know the story of how I got engaged, so today I am going to share it with you!

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You may be wondering why I've put a photo of a roller coaster in this post, the answer is that that there is where I got engaged!

We went on a day out to Thorpe Park, which is where Spencer discovered that he hates roller coasters! Bless him, he kept going on all the rides and feeling really sick afterwards, little did I know he was going on them trying to find 'the' ride!  When we went on The Saw he decided that this is where it should happen! As we were hanging over the top he screamed at me "will you marry me" to be honest, I thought that he thought this was the end of his life haha! We got off and he whipped a ring from his pocket. I was so shocked and so pleased!

I think Spencer was more relieved by the fact that he didn't have to go on any more rides than the fact that I said yes!

We then went back to his brother's (we were staying there that weekend) where he had a bottle of Rose champagne chilling for us!

The next day we went to Ascot and continued to celebrate our engagement there.

We didn't have a party, I wanted one but Spencer preferred to save the money for the wedding. We are getting married next year on the 24 November.

I bought a book box from HobbyCraft and painted it up to keep all our little souvenirs of the weekend together!

the contents of the box

the cork from our first bottle of champagne

Do you celebrate your engagement anniversary? If so, what do you do for it?

30 Day Challenge, No.10

10 – Your dream wedding. 

This is an interesting one because I am planning my wedding at the moment! I have spent years planning the perfect wedding, but I have come to realise that the only thing that makes a wedding perfect is the people. We looked at some fab venues but the prices you pay for them meant that we wouldn't be able to invite many people. In the end we came across the fantastic deals that the Holiday Inn are running and we've booked in there, its not a lot cheaper than other places but they provide a lot more than other places, even a five course meal! The hotel rooms are also very cheap which means that a lot of the guests will be able to stay over night and we can have a nice breakfast together the next day. 

When I was younger every time we travelled down the motorway and went past Castle Coch, or the fairy tale castle as I knew it then, I said that was where I was going to get married, now I've realised that in reality its a lovely venue but the numbers are really limited and it is a bit OTT.

what you see from the motorway

up close

These are the more 'desirable' venues that we considered and viewed:

Llanstanfraed Court

Maes Manor

Glen-yr-Afon

Cwrt Bledyn

This is where we booked : 

Holiday Inn

So as you can see, for me the perfect wedding isn't all about the venue. For me the perfect wedding is what takes places and the people involved. Me and the bridal party are having a meal on the Friday and staying overnight at the venue, loads of friends and family will arrive on the Saturday to arrival drinks and canapes followed by a five course meal, party, my cousins' band playing some good tunes and a good old dance!! Oh and somewhere in between all of that we'll be getting married!

there'll be plenty of this!

What would your dream wedding involve? Do you think that the venue is the most important factor?

Leanne

xoxo