Amy and Graham's Wedding

Me and my other half Graham recently got engaged, we went away to a seriously swish hotel and had the most fantastic time!

The ring is gorgeous – it’s 18 ct white gold with a round shape third ct diamond. Graham picked it himself and it’s beautiful – it’s the exact type of thing I would pick!!! After the weekend, I got into work on Monday and all my female friends at work went crazy!! I’ve managed to get some volunteers for attending wedding fairs etc with me which is fantastic!!

Graham and I bought a couple of books on the subject – including a wedding etiquette book!! I have no idea about planning weddings at all and while most girls probably think (before ANY proposal) in their lives “I’d do {this} for my wedding”, it’s not something I’ve ever done so I’m starting at scratch really…but it seems I will have all the help I need which is cool.

The ring had to be sent back a couple of time to get the correct size for me unfortunately – the first one was too big and the second was tiny!!! The jeweller measured my size with freezing cold hands and my fingers had shrunk…no good. Anyway, when the correct size came and it fitted I went in to work to show it off and cue a second round of my female friends going crazy hehe.

Finally, one that fits!

Shiny!

What a great weekend!

We’ve spent Friday to Sunday at a lovely Hotel just outside Southampton. It was a very fancy hotel with a gorgeous restaurant and a spa (we looked at the member price of the spa and it was 4 figures per year!). We went on a Valentines day package with two days bed, breakfast and dinner, which was… mmmmmmmmm. The steak just fell apart and… mmmmmm.

Part of the package included a bottle of champers, rose and chocolates on the pillow and we even both had a full body massage on Saturday.

Of course, the best part of the break came on Saturday morning. We’d come back up from Breakfast at about 10:30 to open presents. I opened Amy’s present to me then went to my bag to get mine. Hiding it behind my back I said that I hoped she liked ‘it’. I took a few steps closer before falling on one knee and pulling the box out. I then opened it and said that I loved her and would she marry me.

Poor Amy has had a trying week (she’s been fast-tracked onto a ship later this month, has had dental checkups, medicals, survival courses and even some fillings this week) so I got the benifit of surprising her. So much nicer when it is a surprise. She said ‘yes’, the rest is history!