Day 9, August 9, 2010

So not a whole heck of a lot went on today.  Went shopping, came home, ate lunch, sent Dan off to work, went to the fireman's meeting, came home, now chillin'.  I did manage to write my thank you note for my scholarship so I can turn that in tomorrow and get more money for school.  It is soo nice!

 My dear fiance came up with a nice idea for the wedding.  I want to do table numbers and a seating chart (my mom doesn't want me to but too bad for her).  We want to number the tables 1-15, and using those tri-fold picture frames the number in the middle frame and put a picture of us at that age in the side frames, then just reserve the parents' tables for them.  We think that is a really cool idea... seeing our dorky pictures lol.  I'm ever so patiently waiting to get one of my big money checks in the mail here soon!  I'm looking at wedding ring sets at walmart for me and a small band for Dan (that's all he says he wants).  Then I can give this ring back to my friend. 

The story of my ring.  My fiance proposed to me (nothing special...sorry) on Friday December 18, 2009.  He got fired from work Monday December 21, 2009.   Before he proposed (like a month before) my (older) friend knew I was getting antsy from waiting for a proposal and she let me try on her first engagement ring (her husband has bought her a beautiful wedding ring set since then- they've been married 25 years now) and told me that if Daniel ever asks me I can have it.  Well when he proposed to me I thought she was kidding and we went looking for rings.  She texted me one night to see what I was doing and I told her I was looking at rings online cuz Daniel popped the question.  She flipped right out then solded me because she told me I can have hers.  I asked her if she wanted it for one of her girls and she said, "Shayla, I consider you one of my girls".  I just about lost it crying from her sweetness.  Well she gave me the ring and we set the date.  She asked me what date we picked and I told her July 30, 2011.  Then SHE started bawling because come to find out that is her and her DH's wedding anniversary! ( I seriously had no idea)
But now I think I can get a nice bridal set and wear that engagement ring, so she can have hers back. I just hope she doesn't get offended if I try to give back to her- I really don't want to hurt her feelings.  I love her dearly, but I also want something special that Dan and I can say is ours and not feel guilty.  It has been a blessing having this ring, or else I'd be an engaged lover with no ring. 

Ok I thought I had a pic of my ring on my computer but I lied.  This pic is of my father, new stepmother, and my 2 little brothers- on my father's wedding day.  Now everyone in the pic is married...except for me.  How sad is that- I'm the oldest and the only unwed one.