New 2012 Bride

Thank you for the welcome!! i'm very new to all of this as i'm sure alot of you are as well. We got engaged about 3 weeks ago and have been dating for 3 1/2 yrs and have lived together for 2 of them. He proposed on the beach and put the ring into a picknic basket for me to find. It was so romantic and cute at the same time. We are planning for sept 15th 2012 but i'm sure the time will fly by. I want to get the hall and church booked sometime by the middle of oct this way i can try and take everything else nice and slow and enjoy the whole process. Any and all advice is welcome and i'm sure ai wil be chating with a lot of you soon!! Thanks for the warm welcome!!