I literally cannot believe that I am typing that we are engaged! What the actual heck!!!!
It's been just over a week now since one of the happiest days of my entire life and I'm still not over it all. It's been such a beautiful whirlwind week, one of the happiest and most magical of my life and I'm only just getting back into the swing of real life, however the engagement bubble is still most definitely intact.
I thought I'd take some time to talk about the engagement and how I'm feeling now etc, as you've all been there with me and George from the very beginning of our relationship and I'm also still loving talking about it and reliving the moment at any opportunity I can!
So lets go back to the beginning.
On Valentines day this year, George surprised me with tickets to see Queen & Adam Lambert at Madison Square Garden. We don't usually do much at Valentines day but we always like to go out for some food or a couple of drinks to honour the day of love. This time we decided to head back to the place where we had our first date, at Hawksmoor.
I was handed the cocktail menu as we were seated, only to find the tickets hidden inside. One thing to know about George is that he is VERY good at surprises, certainly something I have learnt this year!!!
I was of course ecstatic and we booked the flights and hotel right away.
Then, for my birthday George surprised me with a beautiful commissioned piece of art from our friends over at Hutch Cassidy. It featured the New York Skyline with a monkey (George) hanging off a helicopter and an Octopus (me) in the river. That's how I learnt that he'd treated us to a private helicopter ride over New York the morning of our anniversary and coincidentally the morning of the Queen show. Riding in a helicopter has been on my bucket list for years, something he of course knew, so I was truly made up to be ticking it off the list, in no other than New York, our city, the place we had our first holiday together 4 years ago.
Leading up to the trip, during the first part of the trip and even on the morning of our anniversary I had absolutely no idea what was about to go down. I was a little nervous about the helicopter ride but George seemed absolutely FINE!
It was only when we got up in the air that he was acting a little unlike himself. He was silent and went a bit white in the face, but I just thought it was motion sickness from the helicopter, turns out he was trying to work out the perfect time to ask me the question ARGHHHH!
And that's it, I said YES in a heartbeat and with all my heart and we're now engaged ARGHHH! It was the happiest moment of my entire life and I honestly can't believe that we are going to get married. I was lost for words to start with, with the tears following a few minutes later along with a serious case of the giggles from us both, it was complete magic!
We left the helicopter and headed straight for a dive bar for celebratory pints and champagne before going to watch our faves Queen! It was the best day of my life filled with such love and happiness, a day I will never ever ever forget!
I thought I'd also share my outfit for getting engaged. I absolutely love it and I love that it's just so very me and so not the kind of outfit I'd imagined I'd get engaged in you know!? I had no idea it was going to happen so wore my fave oversized Queen Tee, my new Adidas Falcon trainers and a printed and totally colourful midi skirt with braids in my hair haha.
Everything about the day was perfect and the whole trip to New York was too, we were in our little bubble of happiness. And as for the ring, well it's absolutely the most beautiful ring i've ever seen. I must admit I'm not all that clued up on fancy jewellery like this, I've always appreciated it and admired from a far but it's not something I've ever really thought about and certainly haven't talked about. But somehow George knew me better than I knew myself and picked the most stunning Emerald Cut Diamond. I cannot stop staring at it with all it's sparkles, it's truly stunning, classic and timeless, something I will love forever. The boy did good!
SUNGLASSES- GUCCI, T-SHIRT- VINTAGE (similar here), SKIRT- ASOS, TRAINERS- ADIDAS via OFFICE
And so there we have it, we're engaged! It's all so crazy wonderful and we're both so excited to get planning our wedding. We have a vague idea of the kind of do we'd like, but nothing concrete and tbh I don't even know where to start so if you have any great magazines, blogs, reads etc that might offer up all the inspiration, particularly for smaller and less traditional weddings then please do let me know.
Thank you all so much for the thousands of messages of love and congrats you sent to us, I wish I could have replied to each and every one of you, you made the moment even more special!
I'll be back next week with more from our trip to New York, so I'll see you then.
x M
Congrats Megan!! Sounds like the dreamiest day/trip ever. I can’t wait to see what style of wedding dress you choose (if you decide to share it) 🙂 xxxxxx
Thank you lovely Christina <3
Congratulations!! The best website for wedding inspo is definitely Rock My Wedding, it’s the best for looking at other people’s real Weddings xx
Fantastic!!!! Thank you so much lovely x
Congratulations I’m so happy for you! I’ve nearly been engaged a year and have found Rock n’ Roll Bride SO good for unusual wedding inspo 🙂 x
Ahhh yes Rock n Roll bride of course!!! Thank you so much xx
Arrrghhhh Megan I couldn’t be more delighted for you both! Props to George also. He couldn’t have picked a more beautiful, meaningful way to propose and in a Saturday tee no less xD.
I agree with Fiona- Rock My Wedding has a wealth of info and you can tinker with the settings to show you real life weddings to suit your taste.
I also had a look at the wedding collective- smaller, more independent suppliers and style.
I also love my wedding photographer’s blog- Miss Gen Photography. Lots of examples of stylish, city weddings there. xoxoxoox
Thank you for the kind of works Sarah, it means so much and I am so freaking excited!!!
Ahhh all of that is so great, I’m going to have a good nosey across all those websites this evening, thank you! x
Massive CONGRATULATIONS Megan & George xx
Thank you Helen!! x
I just keep reading this and crying it’s so so beautiful. Congratulations
Ohhh Jen <3<3<3
Congratulations to you both! What an amazing trip you’ve had! Your ring is gorgeous too, the boy has good taste 😊 exciting times ahead now with planning the wedding…whoop! 😚
Thank you Pam, so so much! eeeek so exciting xx
SO excited to see your plans for your wedding!! The biggest congratulations!! The engagement bubble is the best ever! You guys are an amazing couple and the ring is GORGEOUS xxxx
Thank you Chloe xx
Ahhhh so, so happy for you both!! Congratulations!! 💖💖💖
Thanks Izzy means the world x
Congrats to the both of you! Sounds like the most amazing day, such an incredible way to get engaged!
Kathleen / http://www.madeinthe1990s.com
It really, truly was the best day ever! Thank you xx
OH – VER – THE – MOOOOOOON for you two! Congrats on your engagement, Megan! I can’t wait to see your upcoming wedding content if you choose to share it with us all.
Eeeeek! Thank you darling xx
I’m so so happy for you Megan! What an incredible way to get engaged – NYC is my favorite city of all time, and I can only imagine how special it was for you to get engaged looking out over the city you and George went on your first trip to! I’m looking forward to seeing upcoming wedding content – knowing you, its going to be absolutely amazing and fit your personalities so well :). I also must say that you had the perfect manicure for getting engaged! It complimented that beautiful ring perfectly.
Sydney Russo | thesydneystories.com
Oh Sydney, as always thank you so so much for your gorgeous comment 🙂 x
This is so beautiful, Megan. I’m so happy for y’all!!
But… i’ve got to ask: how did he know your ring size?!
Xx http://www.theactivespirit.com
Thanks gorgeous.
So apparently he took the Monica Vinader ring I wear on my right “ring finger” and squished it into some blue-tack and took it with him to the ring shop, so sweet.
My right hand is a little bigger than my left so I’ve since had my ring resized.
What a cutie pie though ey <3