Getting Hitched (Once Upon A Time) 222 days

Hello Blog-readers -

I decided to start a blog mostly to catalog & document planning my wedding.  Yes...that's right, I'm getting hitched!  I met the hubs to be (HTB) about 10 years ago.  We met at work (ok....ok....not the ideal place to meet people, but there are positives to it which I'll get into later).

It's funny when I first met him, he scared me.  I was a new engineer & he had been in the work force for at least 10 yrs already & let's just say my goofy ways, and inability to be serious in a technical setting may have rubbed him the wrong way.  Or maybe it was the fact that he is 12 yrs older than I am or it could have been he was being over worked.  For whatever reason, he didn't respond to my perky, recent college grad spirit in the way I had expected.  I didn't let it phase me & I would say "hi" to him when I saw him in the hallways over the next year or so we worked together.  Our paths didn't really cross again for another 8 years (we both had taken different jobs all within the same company) & by then I'd dated a few (too many) toads & he'd gotten divorced (yes....he was married when we first met).

We ended up working in the same group & he ended up being my trainer.  I was coming out of a relationship where my self-confidence was lower than it should have been (this toad was labeled as the perfectionist...as in I could not be good enough for him....ever).  HTB (that is the nickname I will refer to the fiance for the purposes of this blog) was kind, patient, caring & sweet.  I got really sick one week & he actually came to my house with soup, fruit, juice and crackers.  I guess I should mention the positives of us working for the same company:

1) If I forget my wallet or credit card, he can pay for lunch!
2) We can carpool & get "rock star" parking spaces
3) Sometimes if the work load gets heavy we must work in the evenings & we both understand

After about 2 years of dating, he proposed a few months ago & now I am in the process of planning my...oops our wedding!

I have a TON of stuff to do & hope to maybe get some feedback, advice, etc on decisions.  Next post will be more focused on the actually wedding details.
NB (Nerdy Bee)