Yes it's really happening... we're engaged! Steve wrote a very sweet post in the forums last night, and today has been so insanely busy that this is my first chance to sit down and write something myself.

I've actually been writing a few journal entries over the past weeks about it that I saved but didn't post, so watch for them soon :)

I'm on a cloud... I can't stop grinning, and giggling, and staring at my hand... and then there's using that delightful F-word constantly: fiancée.

So to answer some of the common questions... okay I just deleted the bullet points from this post so it wouldn't be TOO methodical :P How/when? Well it wasn't exactly a surprise for me. We ordered the ring together (and they made the wrong one at first! More about that later), planned it together, etc. Hence the going to Florida tomorrow, to kinda make it more special and romantic for just the two of us. And the trip to Winnipeg was planned so I could tell my sis in person. We went out to tell my family yesterday which was so surreal! But yes there actually was a proposal, down on BOTH knees, no less, and saying wonderful things that made me bawl.

Set a date? Tentatively November 11th, 2006. Yeah I know it's rememberance day, but hey, at least we won't forget our anniversary :P Why that date? Well, October seems to be a bad month for booking castles (yes, I said castles) due to Halloween, so November 11th is the next available date at the best castle I've found so far, which is amusingly enough, in North Carolina. I say amusing, because that's where Steve's family is, but that's completely unintentional. But at least it's not freezing cold down there in November.

The ring? Custom gold claddagh ring with a .7 carat heart-shaped ruby, and two side diamonds. Pics to follow.

Other plans? Oh you will be hearing about them, believe me :) I'm sure wedding stuff doesn't interest everyone, so I won't be offended if your eyes start to glaze over after a while... but the basics: medium sized wedding, likely NC on Nov 11th, Medieval-themed, broadcast live online, evening.