WOW a lot has happened!

So let's see if I can remember what all has happened recently!

First off, Michael reproposed to me, and gave me my official engagement ring! It's SOOO beautiful! The center stone is a blue topaz, and it has 10 diamonds on it! I'll have to post a pic of it on here soon!

The way he did it was SOO sweet! He got our entire wedding party together as a suprise, and we had a cook out, we danced to one of my favorite Jewel songs, and then he proposed! It was so awesome! My ring...wow, I just can't get over how beautiful it is! And it's HUGE!! After he proposed, he sang a song that he wrote me. It was so sweet and amazing! What a great way to celebrate our 2 year anniversary!

Next on the agenda, I just got back from Las Vegas early Wednesday morning. I went there with the MTSU Dairy Products Judging Team to compete in the National Contest. And we totally won! We took home more awards than any other school that was there! It was so awesome! I was only an alternate, and my scores didn't count, but it was exciting nonetheless!

Experiencing Vegas was kind of a different story. I don't really get into the whole going out and partying thing, so I was out of my element. But its ok. We got to see the Hoover Dam, which was crazy big! I also won $51 on the nickel slots! Lol, I'm pretty sure I won more than I spent in terms of gambling. To me, slots just start to get boring after a while, and I didn't find them the least bit addictive. But I'm ok with that. I also got to see some of the really neat casinos. We stayed at the Sahara, which wasn't all that great, but it beat some of the sketchy motels!

And Vegas smelled bad. It was a combo of cigarette smoke, booze, old people, and bathrooms. Gross. But the mountains were gorgeous! And I had a decent view out of my hotel room. When I finally got back to Tennessee the air here actually smelled sweet to me. It was so nice to get away from all of the smoke. My lungs couldn't have taken much more, and I was starting to wheeze pretty good when I got back. But I'm slowly getting better now. Only thing left to straighten out is getting this jet lag thing worked out.

Oh, we left for Vegas on Saturday, the 13th, which also happened to be my 23rd birthday. I'm old, I know. I guess it sounds cool having your birthday in Vegas, but it really wasn't all that great. I would have much rather been home with friends and family, but I'm very thankful that I had this experience and opportunity! But I'm not sure if I'll ever willingly go back to Vegas again. It's a very sad city.

Oh, and the prostitution there is crazy! They have those newspaper bins that are FULL of booklets with naked women on them with their lady-bits censored, and the phone numbers to call "for a good time." There would also be guys on the street corners with business card sized ads with the nude/censored women on them, and they'd flick the cards at you. Like I really want a hooker. Honestly guys. A little common sense!

I was sorely disappointed, though, because for my birthday, I wanted my picture taken with as many Elvis impersonators as I could find....yeah, didn't see a single one. So on the way to the Hoover Dam, I decided that I wanted my picture taken with a real tumbleweed. No such luck. We passed them on the side of the road, but there weren't any at the Dam. But it happens.

Goodness I'm glad to be home. Now I gotta get the smell of Vegas out of all of my clothes. Ew.

So there's the fun in a nutshell!

Let me brag on my fiance

Michael is so sweet :) Yesterday he took me on an excellent date! We went to Boundr'y in Nashville...and even though the food wasn't all that great, the time together was amazing! I also learned that I don't like rack of lamb...lol.

After a lovely dinner (and AMAZING dessert!) we ventured to Opry Mills and had a lovely time at Barnes and Noble. I heart that store!

We got back to his house, and he got online and ordered me the book I've been wanting really badly...Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Guide to Etiquette, the 50th anniversary edition!!! I can't wait til it gets here!

Ok, enough bragging for now, lol.

Jewel, Shopping, and Friends

So a few weeks ago, my fiance took me to go see Jewel in concert in Nashville! It was incredible! She sang amazingly, she was nice, AND she played the song i requested! How cool is that?! That was indeed the BEST concert I've ever been to, and Michael was incredible for taking me!

Michael also took me shopping on Saturday! We went to TJ Maxx and looked at this AWESOME purse that was $20! It was gorgeous, leather and pink! He offered to buy it for me, but I declined. We then went to Target and found some GREAT cologne for him that I absolutely LOVE! MMMM. While we were there I found this INCREDIBLE perfume that I've fallen in love with called "Tuesday." I've GOT to get some of it if i ever get some money! After that we went to Books A Million, which i LOVE, and he bought me a new wedding planner, since i didn't really care for the one that I already had.

Wow, our wedding is getting close! lol, not really, but earlier Saturday I went dress shopping with my mom, and 2 of my bridesmaids, and one of their moms. It was incredible, due to the fact that I GOT MY DRESS! Get this, it's a discontinued dress that was $700...but it was marked down to.......$249!!!! No joke! And it's PERFECT! it was the only one I tried on, and I KNEW it was THE dress!!!! Even though the wedding is a year away, you CANNOT pass up a deal like that!

So moving on to Sunday night, Michael and I hung out with our married friendsyu 778 (and my cat just walked across the keyboard) friends Joseph and Nicole. We went to go see Ratatouille and then we grabbed a bite of dinner. I love it when we have group dates :) they are wonderful. Plus they have great wedding advice for us! :)

OK, well now everyone is caught up in the craziness that is my life :)