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My very first and second first wedding magazine
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SanSoi
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10 maaliskuu 2012
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I think there is no shame in buying 1 magazine before you're engaged. It happens around the time when the bride realizes that she is at that moment in life, but the groom.. not yet there.
I was grocery shopping with my mother around April 2011 in a small local S-Market. I had already graduated college and had gone on to work in a small business where I was quietly starting my career. He was 6 months deep into his thesis with another 3 months to go, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel. Clearly we were in different stages of our lives.
My mother and I were talking about weight loss and celebrities, about to go through the check-out line when we kind of both saw it. A glossy covered "Häät" (read "Wedding") magazine just staring at us, the newest issue, thick and beautiful with a lovely summer cover . My mother said "go get it", I said "but they're so expensive", she said "I'll pay". I thought it over for maybe even a second before walking over to get it. I had this feeling of excitement and even a little bit of danger flood over me; "What if he finds out?" "What if I start going all Bridezilla before I'm even engaged?" "What if it's bad luck to buy a wedding mag before he pop's the question?" "...will he ever pop the question?"
I grasped on to the magazine knowing the consequences that buying it could lead to. I didn't even place it down on the grocery lane, I kept it in my hands until all of our purchases had gone through the cashier, then handed it to the sales lady and asked for her to give it back to me instead of putting it down. I kept it in my hands for the drive back to my mothers, I didn't open or peak at it, it was too exciting. I hid it in my childhood bedrooms nightstand and didn't take it out until I went to bed that evening. When I returned home from this eventful weekend at my parents, I hid the magazine in my closet under a pile of sweaters and only took it out on the weekends when He was sure to be gone for over a couple of hours.
My second wedding magazine was very hard to find. After popping the question in a romantic setting on a Sunday in early August, I was dead set on starting our engagement with a brand new wedding magazine on Monday. The problem about this - all wedding magazines, summer editions in particular, are sold out by early July.
We were on a hunt 24 hours into our engagement, mission: find a wedding magazine. First stop - nope. Second stop - nope. Third stop (a book store!), nope. I was starting to feel depressed, like the universe was giving my a sign "San, you did a bad thing buying your first wedding magazine too early, now live with the consequences and wait for fall issues to hit the stand". NOOOOOOOO!
We made our final stop on the way home to Finlands largest R-kioski, where again, we saw no wedding issues on the stands. I went to clerk and asked her "where are all of the bridal magazines?" and she said the next ones will be coming in Sept/Oct. Feeling upset and even a little teary, He and I made for the exit hand in hand. We stopped by the wall full of magazines on our way out of the kiosk and that's when He spotted it. The prettiest magazine. A teal-green cover with a lovely 4-tierd wedding cake that had gorgeous hand made flowers decorating it, I couldn't have been happier! He handed the magazine to me and I literally hugged it! This was the sign I needed, the universe had approved our engagement, given us it's blessing and forgiven me of my sneeky little affair with my pre-engaged wedding magazine. This 9,40€ Martha Stewart Weddings - D.I.Y. issue made me the happiest bride on the planet, and later a huge Martha Stewart fan despite my mothers personal opinions.
Although I had a wedding magazine prior to His and my engagement, I consider my Martha Stewart Weddings DIY issue to be my first. The fabulous -feel good feeling- that purchasing it gave me is incomparable to my first wedding magazine purchase. However - I must bring this point to daylight - I do not regret buying the first mag with my mother. It was an exciting moment and one in where my mother showed her approval of Him 100%, a good feeling too. I am happy to have memories of my two firsts - bride magazines that is.
I was grocery shopping with my mother around April 2011 in a small local S-Market. I had already graduated college and had gone on to work in a small business where I was quietly starting my career. He was 6 months deep into his thesis with another 3 months to go, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel. Clearly we were in different stages of our lives.
My mother and I were talking about weight loss and celebrities, about to go through the check-out line when we kind of both saw it. A glossy covered "Häät" (read "Wedding") magazine just staring at us, the newest issue, thick and beautiful with a lovely summer cover . My mother said "go get it", I said "but they're so expensive", she said "I'll pay". I thought it over for maybe even a second before walking over to get it. I had this feeling of excitement and even a little bit of danger flood over me; "What if he finds out?" "What if I start going all Bridezilla before I'm even engaged?" "What if it's bad luck to buy a wedding mag before he pop's the question?" "...will he ever pop the question?"
I grasped on to the magazine knowing the consequences that buying it could lead to. I didn't even place it down on the grocery lane, I kept it in my hands until all of our purchases had gone through the cashier, then handed it to the sales lady and asked for her to give it back to me instead of putting it down. I kept it in my hands for the drive back to my mothers, I didn't open or peak at it, it was too exciting. I hid it in my childhood bedrooms nightstand and didn't take it out until I went to bed that evening. When I returned home from this eventful weekend at my parents, I hid the magazine in my closet under a pile of sweaters and only took it out on the weekends when He was sure to be gone for over a couple of hours.
My second wedding magazine was very hard to find. After popping the question in a romantic setting on a Sunday in early August, I was dead set on starting our engagement with a brand new wedding magazine on Monday. The problem about this - all wedding magazines, summer editions in particular, are sold out by early July.
We were on a hunt 24 hours into our engagement, mission: find a wedding magazine. First stop - nope. Second stop - nope. Third stop (a book store!), nope. I was starting to feel depressed, like the universe was giving my a sign "San, you did a bad thing buying your first wedding magazine too early, now live with the consequences and wait for fall issues to hit the stand". NOOOOOOOO!
We made our final stop on the way home to Finlands largest R-kioski, where again, we saw no wedding issues on the stands. I went to clerk and asked her "where are all of the bridal magazines?" and she said the next ones will be coming in Sept/Oct. Feeling upset and even a little teary, He and I made for the exit hand in hand. We stopped by the wall full of magazines on our way out of the kiosk and that's when He spotted it. The prettiest magazine. A teal-green cover with a lovely 4-tierd wedding cake that had gorgeous hand made flowers decorating it, I couldn't have been happier! He handed the magazine to me and I literally hugged it! This was the sign I needed, the universe had approved our engagement, given us it's blessing and forgiven me of my sneeky little affair with my pre-engaged wedding magazine. This 9,40€ Martha Stewart Weddings - D.I.Y. issue made me the happiest bride on the planet, and later a huge Martha Stewart fan despite my mothers personal opinions.
Although I had a wedding magazine prior to His and my engagement, I consider my Martha Stewart Weddings DIY issue to be my first. The fabulous -feel good feeling- that purchasing it gave me is incomparable to my first wedding magazine purchase. However - I must bring this point to daylight - I do not regret buying the first mag with my mother. It was an exciting moment and one in where my mother showed her approval of Him 100%, a good feeling too. I am happy to have memories of my two firsts - bride magazines that is.
Nice story.