I am the Future Mrs. Fletcher and am engaged to "Fletch". We just celebrated our 7 year anniversary in April while in London (here we are on the Underground).
Fletch proposed to me very unexpectedly in September 2011 and, of course, I said yes! We are both extremely excited to be getting married! Sometimes we think of eloping (gasps can be heard from our parents as we think this!), but we really want to celebrate with those nearest and dearest to us, so planning a blow out wedding it is.
Since our engagement there have been some really great things, like our AWESOME engagement party, (which I'll probably talk more about later), Fletch introducing me as his fiancee and thinking about the rest of our lives together! There have also been some disappointments and not so great wedding planning related experiences. Here are some examples: There are millions of choices for venues and vendors in the Bay Area (sounds like a good thing, but really, it just makes it that much harder. Especially for someone like me - read type A, who wants to see every option, then decide). It's VERY easy to spend loads of money on a wedding without even really thinking about it (great if you have loads to spend or want to). The venue that we originally liked (was indoor and had great prices), tripled their prices and wouldn't give us the new info for a month - yikes! After that it was difficult to find an indoor venue that we liked (that was not a hotel) for our original date in February (picked because it was in the off season and supposed to be cheaper). Essentially, I started planning the wedding right after we got engaged with one vision in mind and when that fell through we totally changed things up. Now we are on track to plan the wedding that we want, the wedding that will make us happy and that will celebrate the beginning of our new life together as husband and wife! I couldn't be happier!
So, in a nutshell, I am starting this blog for a few reasons 1) so that I don't overwhelm my fiance, friends & family by calling, emailing, talking their ears off about the wedding 2) to share some ideas, thoughts and inspirations and 3) because I can!
Hope you enjoy the ride!
Future Mrs. Fletcher
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