Craig Bowen 
It took all of the days earlier than my engagement pleasure changed into eclipsed utilizing wedding ceremony planning jitters. As people looked at my ring and supplied their congratulations, all of them requested the same aspect: So have you ever set the date? I wasn’t even positive if my ring changed into the proper length. How changed into I speculated to have picked a date? Oh, and the church and a reception venue, too? A thorough checklist and overflowing wedding ceremony binder have, due to fact, helped placed my mind at ease. I’m still a bit of a bumbling bride-to-be — after all, I’ve never performed this earlier than. A little less than a yr out from my wedding ceremony date, I assume I’m sitting pretty as away as planning goes. But we’ll get to that over the following couple of months. For now, allow me to tell you a little bit about my fiance and me. I’m a reporter on the Omaha World-Herald. I cover fitness, health, and something different tales come my way.
I met my fiance, David Kirk, at my friends’ annual April dress party a touch extra than two years ago. Lucky for me, that 12 months’ birthday celebration turned into pajama-themed; in any other case, David, who isn’t keen on costumes, wouldn’t have made an appearance. My buddies determined to get the ball rolling. They delivered us reach out to a recreation of Bingo at a Blackstone bar. We swapped numbers, started the relationship that May and got engaged in January of this year. David proposed at my downtown apartment. We had spent the day taking walks via freshly fallen snow at Gene Leahy Mall, eating pizza, and loafing around.
That night, in what’s no longer my proudest part of this story, I scolded him while he got here lower back to the dwelling room. He hadn’t become off his video game earlier than showering, and, permit’s be honest, I’m no longer right at operating the PlayStation. Somehow he nonetheless loved me sufficient to pop the query. He said he couldn’t promise all of our days could be as best as that one was — in all likelihood before my nagging — but he’d truly strive. Then he pulled out the ring box. We’ll tie the knot in Omaha subsequent August. So I desire you’ll be a part of me as I preserve to analyze wedding ceremony planning on the fly.
