bambi0921
Livin' La Vida Disney
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- Jul 11, 2010
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Well, here I am at last! I have been lurking and occasionally posting around here for the last few months and I'm finally ready to start my own PJ!! I have been so inspired by all the other Disney brides (and sometimes grooms) on here and can't wait to share my own plans. Just a warning, I tend to be a little long-winded... hopefully it won't get to be too annoying. 
So, first, I'll begin with our story.
DF and I met about 8 years ago. I was home from college for the summer and working at a movie theater in our home town. DF happened to be working there as well and apparently, as I would find out many years later, had a crush on me. I was clueless at the time. So, the end of summer came and we went our separate ways. We chatted occasionally through IM and we hung out when he came up to my school once but that was about it.
Fast forward to March 2007. I was on Facebook (which is pretty rare for me) and happened to look at DF's profile. He was having a horrible week. His beloved grandfather had passed away and a relationship he was in had just ended. I messaged him to suggest we get together, which we did. I just wanted to be a shoulder for him (as I was casually dating someone else at the time) but after hanging out several more times I realized that I really liked this guy! He was quirky and goofy and pretty much the sweetest guy I'd ever met. We officially started dating June 19, 2007 and have hardly spent a day apart since then.
We actually first got engaged in December 2008 (at Disney World!!). It was a very "us" engagement story. DF had been trying to find a perfect, quiet time while we were in the parks but, as he later told me, anytime he was ready to try there would always be a swarm of tourists who'd show up and ruin it
. He ended up proposing to me back at our hotel. I just gotten in bed and shut off the light when he asked me to turn it back on for a second. I did and there he was, on one knee with the ring. I said yes of course, but wasn't surprised at all. I had been 90% sure he was going to propose on the trip (he can't keep a secret to save his life) so I was just waiting for it. It was all very sweet. 
We had planned to be married in our hometown of Charlotte, NC in February 2010. After several months of being engaged though, we ran into a rocky patch. Neither of us wanted to break up but we knew we needed to work through some things together before we started planning for a wedding (not to mention a marriage!). So, we postponed the wedding, and spent time just working on our relationship and now I feel like we're better and stronger together than ever. AND, it's given us more time to decide what we really want for our wedding, which, as it turns out, is an Escape wedding at Disney World with our closest family and friends.
We will be married on August 15, 2011 at Sea Breeze Point!!!!
I'm so excited and can't wait to begin this next chapter of our lives. I think starting it out at the place where fairy tales come true is a pretty good way to begin.
So, first, I'll begin with our story.
DF and I met about 8 years ago. I was home from college for the summer and working at a movie theater in our home town. DF happened to be working there as well and apparently, as I would find out many years later, had a crush on me. I was clueless at the time. So, the end of summer came and we went our separate ways. We chatted occasionally through IM and we hung out when he came up to my school once but that was about it.
Fast forward to March 2007. I was on Facebook (which is pretty rare for me) and happened to look at DF's profile. He was having a horrible week. His beloved grandfather had passed away and a relationship he was in had just ended. I messaged him to suggest we get together, which we did. I just wanted to be a shoulder for him (as I was casually dating someone else at the time) but after hanging out several more times I realized that I really liked this guy! He was quirky and goofy and pretty much the sweetest guy I'd ever met. We officially started dating June 19, 2007 and have hardly spent a day apart since then.
We actually first got engaged in December 2008 (at Disney World!!). It was a very "us" engagement story. DF had been trying to find a perfect, quiet time while we were in the parks but, as he later told me, anytime he was ready to try there would always be a swarm of tourists who'd show up and ruin it
. He ended up proposing to me back at our hotel. I just gotten in bed and shut off the light when he asked me to turn it back on for a second. I did and there he was, on one knee with the ring. I said yes of course, but wasn't surprised at all. I had been 90% sure he was going to propose on the trip (he can't keep a secret to save his life) so I was just waiting for it. It was all very sweet. We had planned to be married in our hometown of Charlotte, NC in February 2010. After several months of being engaged though, we ran into a rocky patch. Neither of us wanted to break up but we knew we needed to work through some things together before we started planning for a wedding (not to mention a marriage!). So, we postponed the wedding, and spent time just working on our relationship and now I feel like we're better and stronger together than ever. AND, it's given us more time to decide what we really want for our wedding, which, as it turns out, is an Escape wedding at Disney World with our closest family and friends.
We will be married on August 15, 2011 at Sea Breeze Point!!!!
I'm so excited and can't wait to begin this next chapter of our lives. I think starting it out at the place where fairy tales come true is a pretty good way to begin.
) hahha. I love your laidback approach! The dress is gorgeous and you and your DF are a beautiful couple 
