Sep 20, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

One Year Ago Today..

One year ago today, Mr and I had just arrived in Fiji. It was sunny, warm and beautiful. Paradise. I would never in a million years have thought that THIS would happen: Today is our one year engagement anniversary! You can read all the mushy details about our engagement and Fiji holiday here. I cannot believe how quickly time has flown. It’s now less than four months until our wedding. And even... read more

Aug 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Dress

Most wedding dresses are ugly. This was the recurring thought that went through my head as I flicked through page after page of wedding magazines. Too big. Too puffy. Too lacy. Too Disney princess. I mean seriously people, the 1980s are over. Clearly the wedding industry has not received the memo. Looking at page after page of over-the-top dresses made me feel pretty disheartened about finding the right... read more

Jul 20, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Venue

From the very beginning, one of the aspects of our wedding that I was anxious to sort out relatively quickly was the venue. Even though I was a wedding n00b, I was pretty sure that most decent reception venues would start to book out around a year in advance. So about three weeks after our engagement Mr and I started filling our weekends with visits to potential venues. Before we started looking around... read more

Jul 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Beginning

When Mr and I got engaged in September 2010, we were instantly bombarded with questions from EVERYONE: ‘HAVE YOU SET A DATE!?’ ‘HAVE YOU PICKED A RECEPTION VENUE?!’ ‘ARE YOU GOING TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH?!’ ‘HAVE YOU FOUND A DRESS?!’ ‘HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE?!’ ‘WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR YOUR... read more

Oct 11, 2010 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Fiji…and the Proposal

I'm warning you now. If you are not a fan of mushy stuff, stop reading. Seriously. Because this is going to get pretty mushy. If you haven't already heard via Twitter, Mr and I got engaged in Fiji! And I have I've written about things on our holiday other than the bling. And the proposal itself. But there IS sentimental mushiness coming up. Don't say that I didn't warn you. read more