lilly sale recap; wedding week kickoff!

did you get a box of pink and green this weekend?

i did, i did! 

and i just love everything, 

especially the little cosmetic bag that came 

as a gift from the folks at lilly!

here's what was in my package

plus, i was notified that my complimentary 

mckims are on their way as well.

mr prep says i am cut off!

now, onto wedding week!

have you all met my dear friend pink champagne?

she is getting married this saturday!

so in honor of her, and her soon-to-be i-do's 

i'm going to be posting about weddings all week long!

let's start things off with the ultimate kickoff discussion.

the ring!

forever is a very long time to live with the wrong ring, 

so ladies, 

did you pick out your own design or let him surprise you?

when mr prep and i started talking about getting married 

i presented him with a full-page tear-out of a cartier ad 

and told him the jeweler that i would like to replicate my ideal ring.

(i know that's bold, but i knew the jeweler and trusted his work and prices)

the surprise of the actual engagement was up to mr prep

and he did not disappoint!

what was/is your ideal engagement ring?

SHOW US YOUR LIFE -- how i met my husband

this friday, kelly at kelly's corner http://www.kellyskornerblog.com
is hosting a fun "show us your life" theme -- how i met my husband.

i love kelly's blog and she has thousands of followers,
so i decided to take part in her fun little friday, "get-to-know-you",
plus, i LOVE a good "how-i-met/wedding" story, don't you?

our first getaway to newport, ri in 1999...taken on the cliff walk

here's mine, in brief, with photos i had scanned and close at hand:

i was destined to meet mr prep. i truly was.

off to ice skate at the frog pond in boston, december 1999

as i prepared to leave chicago and move to take my first real career job as a
newspaper reporter/editor in vermont, a woman i had regularly babysat for hosted my going-away party.

it was at her lake shore drive penthouse, she told me about a friend who knew a woman, who had a son my age in the very town i was moving to...she had called ahead and would arrange for a meeting and tour of the town.

this "boy" was actually on HIS way out of town, moving to the big-city of boston, and had his older brother call me! (can you believe i was dissed before he even met me?!)

i met "the brother" and had a few dinners with him, but things didn't really click.

at a roaring '20s party in vermont, fall 1999

fast-forward two years later, "the boy" knocks on my apartment door.
he was in town and stopped by to see an old college friend
--my roommate! she begged me to go out and meet him for a drink.

we hit it off immediately and before long, we were the only two people left at the bar. then, i asked him if was any relation to the brother (they looked a little bit alike) and he looked at me and said: you're THAT girl from Chicago! and proceeded to tell me how he was the one who i was supposed to meet!

my roommate played match-maker and in four months
i moved to boston, following my heart.

we were engaged on st. patrick's day 2001

this was taken the day of our engagement


and married six months later...

we will be married nine years this september. and he still remembers the dress i had on when we met. "the alligator one" -- um, that would be lacoste, mr prep!

and here we are summer, 2009, with our muffy

how did you meet your significant other?