Snatches-of-Bliss-and-Are-You-Freaking-Out-Yet?

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* Welcome *

Changed da house,
Changed da look.

BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...

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Friday, September 17, 2004

~ Rings on my finger and Bells in my prose ~

Yes, I'm back in Canberra, typing away on the lousy iMac keyboard in my office, after about 10 days of intense Wedding Flurry in Singapore, the land I also call home. I'm glad to be back, although what greeted me on my arrival were 10 days' worth of mail still stuck in my letterbox (which my housemates have failed to clear), a broken towel rack, a messy kitchen, a broken cooking pot, bills, a missing couch from the living room (?!!!) and an equally squalid bedroom. Sigh.

Needless to say, once I announced my engagement in the Ladies Bible Class in Singapore, the Aunty Network was activated. Annoucement in the following week's church newsletter included a short paragraph about my quick visit to Singapore, and mention of wedding bells in the not-too-distant future.

I have to say that as the plane pulled out of Changi airport and took off, I really started to miss Singapore, the family, and whatever tenuous thing my flight represented. This is it, I realise. The next time I see these city lights, I'll be Mrs Hibberd and my life will have changed forever. (Dramatic music)

On a brighter note, one of the perks I've completely overlooked when getting engaged, is receiving engagement presents. So far, we've received a few vouchers, some lovely photo frames, a guest book for the wedding, matching watches, and a traditional tea set for the bridal tea ceremony. Says Tony, after we've unwrapped the latest stash, "Wow! We should get married more often! 10th anniversary... 'We're getting married again!' This is great!"

One of the other things my trip to Singapore enabled me to do, was to get really nice wedding bands. In the end, I settled for a matching pair instead of getting two identical bands. After a lot of to and froing, where pictures were downloaded and sent, and opinions were shared and budgets were discussed etc, we got a dual-toned 18k white gold pair that was unique in design and yet was not too 'out there' so that it wasn't recognisable as wedding bands or worse, looked pretentious.

Tony never really saw what the rings look like till I bought them and brought them back to Canberra. Thankfully, he likes them and finds he can live with them. We've always been partial to dual-toned rings for reasons obvious to ourselves and others who know us very well, so I'm glad it turned out all right.

I've also been checking out other wedding blogs, and chanced upon this one that kept me in stitches because she was just so candid. You have to scroll down to the one about the rings because that's my favourite.

# posted by Velle | 11:42 am

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