Congratulations! You're Getting Married!!!

The day you have been waiting for - dreaming of - since you were a little girl has finally arrived: the day when the guy you are crazy about gets down on one and asks you one very important question.

"Will you marry me?"

When Dustin proposed to me, it wasn't a complete surprise.  We did everything backwards when it came to this.  In June, while in Cozumel, we went to look at rings.  I picked it out, and he bought it.  Not many girls get to know the exact ring that will one day be on her finger for the rest of her life.

After the trip, we continued our long distance relationship.  I have a job in Greenville, and Dustin started grad school at the University of South Carolina in Columbia in August.  However, we've been apart since graduation.  By July we couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly began planning our lives together.  Which led to the events of September 4.

How did he propose?  Everyone always asks that question.

On September 4, Dustin took me to the nicest restaurant.  It's called Rio Grille, and is a Brazilian steakhouse located in downtown Greenville.  We gorged ourselves, and then we went to Falls Park.  After walking around we settled on a bench in a semi-private area.  There were a million kids around, but after they left he asked me.  No big speech.  However, it was perfect.

This is my first blog... ever.  So please hang with me.   Over the next several months I will be blogging about the wedding planning process - all of the ups and downs that go along with it.

With this blog, I am looking for feedback.  Any tips, pointers, and suggestions as to what I can do to make my wedding memorable.  Please help me make my dreams from childhood a reality.

- Kristen