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You've got the rock - now what?

1:09 PM Wed, Dec 26, 2007 |
Adrienne

Millions of presents are bought each year, but some women would argue the best present they've received this Christmas is a shiny engagement ring.

Thanks to the Facebook, I know several friends and acquaintances who were proposed to sometime this week. I'm sure more are to come; they just haven't got to the Internet. Yet.

So you've got the rock - now what?

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Guilt, guilt, guilt

1:18 PM Thu, Dec 20, 2007 |
Adrienne

Only this could happen to me. I psyched myself up for my once-in-a-zillion years trip to Whataburger (it is really rare that I eat out for lunch), and seconds after I order, my cell rings.

Me: "Hello?"
Other person: "Hi, this is Leah at ___ ____! I'm calling to tell you that your wedding dress is in!"
Me: "... ohhh OK."

Wedding gods: 1, Adrienne: big, fat 0

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Dum, dum da dum ...

2:32 PM Tue, Dec 18, 2007 |
Adrienne

The funny thing about that song is that since it's not classical or religious, I probably won't be allowed to walk down the aisle to it. First lesson of wedding planning: Assume nothing.

Anyway, welcome to the Wedding Belles blog! My co-author, Taylor, and I want this to be an informative, but mostly humorous, look inside wedding planning and the whirlwind that surrounds it by giving you a peek at what we’re going to be doing until next August.

There's a reason they tell you it takes a year to plan a wedding: You chug along and plow through a few of your 24,895 (approximate number) things to do, and...