Our Engagement Story

This March some friends and I went for a long weekend in the Lake District, little did I know that it would be this weekend that James would finally propose!

Watching the proposal

I say finally because James and I had been discussing marriage for a while, I knew it would happen eventually, but I just didn’t know exactly when. (If anyone is a control freak like me you can imagine how frustrating this was for me!).
So I was just waiting to be proposed to, which meant that for a while every time we did anything I thought he might propose and was subsequently disappointed when he then didn’t. It got to a point where I was convincing myself at every event all the reasons he wouldn’t propose!

So imagine my surprise when we were on a walk with friends – surely he won’t do it when friends are around – and he called me over to look at something – I thought it would be a dead sheep – and he proposed! It completely threw me and I actually forgot to even say yes I was so overwhelmed! I am so glad he did it this way as it really was unexpected, plus my friends – who were all in on the secret – were able to take photos of him popping the question.

We finished our walk and when back to our beautiful cottages to celebrate the only way we know how, bubbles and board games!

I have now been engaged for four months now and wedding planning is in full swing, so expect numerous posts on here detailing my plans and excitement!

Have any of you got engaged recently? Or are any of you in the same position as I was where you are waiting for it to happen!

Bella x

Ps. The cottages we stayed in were part of the Hyning Estate near Kendal, I can not recommend them highly enough, it was great. You can find a link to their website here.

Pps. Here are a few photos of our trip to the Lakes.