NEWSFLASH: I'm Engaged!

You guessed it. Nick and I finally did it. He gave me a ring and I cried and the cat tried to ruin everything, as per usual. It is a beautiful ring and when I get around to taking a picture of it with something other than my camera-phone, I will share. I'm in love with him, he's in love with me, but neither one of us is in love with this newly-adopted "wedding planning" phase we're in. The thought of any type of ceremony scares the crap out of me, and all I can think is, "There's GOT to be a better way!"

Of course there is! The flashy part of me wants to go to Vegas and get all dolled up only to be married by some cheesy celebrity-impersonator. The sentimental part of me keeps crying inside that people will be offended if they aren't invited. But really--I can't pay for everyone to fly to Vegas with us. I'm only a lowly little makeup counter girl, pitching skincare to the masses.

So today I'm not going to open a single wedding-related website (other than my own shiny new blog), ask Nick how he feels about color palettes, or bemoan my trickling cash-flow. Today I'm going to go to work and try to remember that this weekend I'm turning 26 and maybe I should think about planning a night out rather than a day that's at least a year away. And if I'm feeling particularly cynical, I may just pull random dates out of my ass when asked the inevitable question, "When are you getting married?!?"