Birthday's, Cake, BBQ's and Dresses

This weekend I was luckily enough to have my parents over from Lincoln and my Bridesmaids over from London and Dublin so we could go wedding dress shopping.  It's all very excinting and feels like I'm watching someone else try dresses on.  Perhaps because shopping for a dress for your big day is something you only plan to do once and don't do until you are actually planning your wedding it all feels quite surreal.

So after a long day putting dresses on and taking them off countless times we went back to my house and stood in the cold breeze of my garden and had a little BBQ.

We also wished my mum a happy Birthday for next week and had a great time eating the cake I made for her.

Making this cake was exciting for me as for her last Birthday I baked and decorated my very first cake.  It was the cake that got me hooked on baking and my 17th in a year.

Happy Birthday mum xx

A New York Engagement

... Did I mention that while in New York my man, after over 7 years, popped the question?

That's right!  After a lovely meal and a Broadway Show, he too me to the top of the Empire State Building and asked me if I would marry him!

After being together for so long with not so much as a hint that he was ever going to ask, he finally asked if I would be his wife.

With amazing views of Manhattan at night as our company, of course I said yes.  He'd even chosen a ring...

and said that I could wear this but wanted me to choose one myself.  So eventually, back home I did...

Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, after I'd got over the shock, we celebrated with a drink...

I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world and even now as we plan our happily ever after, I feel like it's all a lovely dream!