January 7, 2009
On being engaged…Wedding daydreams
Misha and I have been engaged for seven months now and we have had wedding daydreams from the start. We want our wedding to be pure and simple with little hassle and stress. With that said, being on Iron Brides has helped in the planning process. It has opened our eyes to what is out there and challenged us to think about what it is that we truly want.
I remember watching the wedding channel as a young teenager. I would watch the show diligently trying to envision what my day would look like. I remember thinking just how plain all the weddings were that I saw. Of course I saw million dollar weddings but that didn’t appeal to me. I never could justify forking out every last penny for just one day. Then I remember watching the wedding movies; the romantic ones, the funny ones (Runaway Bride, Maid of Honor, Father of the Bride) and the sappy ones. All of these were entertaining and far from the truth.
True times come from romantic times spent together in real life. Misha and I have had these times spent evenings on the beach, cookouts outside and hiking together in the woods. It doesn’t always come from expensive dinners out, or bottles of champagne (although those are always nice). Rather times together enjoying ourselves doing nothing special is the real romantic times. The truly best romantic time was Misha’s proposal on top of a 160 foot cliff in Monhegan Island, Maine complete with a picnic and bottle of wine overlooking the foggy ocean water! It goes down as one of the most romantic proposal’s out there. We plan to visit the Island every June as our anniversary of our proposal–a truly magical place with no cell service, television or internet, just each others company!
Our engagement spot
Lighthouse Monhegan Island
Some favorites of ours:
- Music: Our favorite music is the old stuff and even some 80′s! Yup we don’t dress in that style (thank goodness) but some real classic music has stayed a favorite among us. We love Journey, Cheap Trick, Eagles, Jimmy Buffet, Bob Marley and more. I happen to also like the exact opposite style music and listen to techno when I workout or need to be pumped up.
- Food: We love Mexican food! We probably eat Mexican almost weekly and enjoy cooking it and eating out. Stir fry and salads are another food we frequently make. We both love spicy and hot foods so we make our food as tasty as possible. I also enjoy Italian and love making stuffed shells and garlic bread. Misha’s father owns acres of organic garlic which is to die for! It makes the best garlic paste for spreading onto bread.
- Colors: I love red! I like to wear red, throw splashes of red in my decor and drink red wine, who doesn’t love red! Misha I would say likes green. It compliments his amazing eyes.
- Travel Destinations: Sailing! We want to sail across the seas. We plan to make our honeymoon spot somewhere in the Caribbean so we can scope out destinations to travel back to via sailboat. We also want to go to Italy, France, Australia, and more. Traveling is definitely on our agenda!
Together we have decided to incorporate the Seacoast theme into our wedding. The rehearsal dinner, the reception, the after party, the beach party the next day, and the entire weekend ,Wednesday through Sunday, all takes place on the Seacoast. We both love the area and we’re fortunate enough to have bought our house right in Portsmouth and we wouldn’t have our wedding any other way. Our wedding will incorporate this theme and it will show during our special day.
In all, our planning thus far has had no major obstacles. Of course there have been minor bumps and I anticipate some others along the way. For the most part we have agreed on almost everything and will continue to communicate the whole way through. That way we can be sure of what we both envision for the wedding actually gets played out on our memorable day.
