Week Two - Communication

Week Two of marriage class. This week, was about communicating with each other, how our loyalty will be to each other and that together, we're the unit, the family circle. I liked that element.

Then we had to plan out our 'date nights' and when we would work to see and speak to each other. And guess what, we agreed!! So we're going to aim to have breakfast together in a morning, spend an evening together once a week, go away on a mini-moon once a year, and a week's holiday together, no family once a year too! We'll keep our romance alive!

Week One - Listening

Well, we made it to the class. And it was ok. Steve wasn't really taking it seriously. We had to do a listening exercise which he didn't like, and took exception to. But on the whole, I felt it was good to talk about serious things before the nuptial date.

We have four more to do now, and one of those will be as homework, just the two of us!

Marriage Course

It's our first of five sessions this evening. And Steve has double booked himself. A sign of things to come?

Grrr.

Cups of Cake

Steve has a new job where he is filming footage in a bakery, which is a charity for homeless people. He came back on Saturday with a box of beautiful and tasty cupcakes for me, (which h says was Valentines gift but I know it was really networking) and has said he thinks we should order from them rather than me make them.

1 - it saves me so much hassle and stress the day before
2 - It's connected with his work
3 - It's helping a homeless charity which is what our Church is about now

It seems too perfect to be true.

So 150 cakes it is please! The lady in charge is Miss Frost and the area of Birmingham is Snow Hill so it's called Frost and Snow bakery. And they're pretty, and the icing is delicious. Brilliant!

Vroom Vroom

Dad has booked us a car. It's a little beetle convertible, cream coloured and open top! How cute will that be?!

One Ring To Rule Them All...

Steve and I had been planning to make a Valentine's weekend of it, next week, and go to the Jewellery Quarter on the Saturday to choose our wedding rings, and then on the Sunday, attend Steve's gala dinner for 'I Am The West' but the dinner's been postponed, and Steve came by on Friday with a bottle of posh prosecco for me (which was a buffer btw) as he is now having to work next Saturday.

So instead, we did it all yesterday!

We met Chris our photographer and my friend Keily at the Beacon to chat about what we want from the day, and headed down to Birmingham afterwards to the Jewellery Quarter.

I didn't really want white gold, I wanted something more hardwaring, like platinum, but due to the cost and Steve's face going green, I opted for palladium in the end.

We went into about eight different shops, comparing, contrasting, and Steve went for a 6mm titanium ring which was £60, and mine was a 2.5mm paladium ring costing £81.25 (you pay by the weight!)

I was looking at 3mm but as my engagement band is so narrow, I really quite liked the narrow wedding band. I have such short fat fingers that the more narrow the better for me really!

And here they are in their little gift bags:

And mine is on the left, and Steve's on the right:

And time for a close up!!
I was very happy yesterday indeed! So we came home, had a celebratory indian take-away, and opened the prosecco. Lovely lovely!!

The Second Fitting

I went back today for another fitting and it was fab! I took my sash along, and we've devised that if I get a second one (which is on it's way now thanks to email and paypal and promptness) she can sew it onto the dress and bring it round from the zip to my right hip and bring a second one from the other side, maybe fasten it with a bow and then a glitzy brooch! (Also on it's way!)

I loved trying my dress on again though. The waist is being taken in a bit more too. I don't really want to lose too much weight, but I do want to looked nipped in. I'm very happy with it though. and my shoes.

*happy sigh*