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I received a rather exciting phone call this evening. My brother and his girlfriend have just returned from a holiday in France and while they were in Paris, my brother proposed and she said yes!


I'm so pleased. They make a lovely couple and I'm getting a sister-in-law. My parents were at my house when we got the call, so me and my Mum did a lot of overexcited jumping up and down

Oooh, congrats

TK[1]

What lovely news liz.
I'm sure they'll be very happy ,congratulations to them,and all the family.

That's great news - I'm sure they'll be very happy together. Congratulations to them!

She sounds like she'll be a really great sister in law .

Congratulations! How wonderful you and your brother are getting such a good catch.!

Oooh, what wonderful news

I spoke to my brother agin last night and the exact location of his proposal was on the steps of the Sacre Coer - as if Paris itself wasn't romantic enough! What a sweetie he is.

I e-mailed a friend with the news and she replied with a memory of something embarassing that my brother did when he was about six years old - I must remember to pass that on.

I've found out today that an ex-work colleague of mine is getting married soon - it's nice to know that love is in the air for some folks.

I think something is in the water - where can I get some?-
A former colleague of mine is going to say "I do" again, my cousin just got engaged, and a friend of my husbands is planning an impromptu (can you plan impromptu?) ceremony end of September......
Good thing it's only 3 weddings; otherwise I might have to go to a funeral too.

Congratulations How long do you have to get 'the outfit'?

I've had an e-mail from 'the groom' today and the date is provisionally set for 23 December 2006, so that gives me 15 months to decide what to wear. I've just been looking up their planned venue on t'internet and it looks nice, although I couldn't get the virtual tour thingy to work.

Pink boots?

I f my memory serves me well you might be better starting to look for shoes now liz!!
It all sounds so romantic...it was our anniversary yesterday,,38 years on eh!!!Your brother sounds like a lovely bloke.Hope you're doing okay.i'll have to post to our old thread,we haven't chatted for a whileThe children are back at school next week,,i shall be lost.

BB - I think the pink boots may be worn out by then - they've nearly had it now.

Do you think I should buy shoes first and then build an outfit around them then Sal?

Congrats on your anniversary, btw

I can't really be bothered to think about wedding outfits this far ahead. I don't like shopping for clothes (and certainly not shoes) at the best of times. I did pop into a well known clothing store whose name begins with 'N' this morning and tried on about half a dozen items, none of which fitted. So I went and bought some groceries and then came home - I'm easily discouraged when it comes to shopping.

My brother is a lovely bloke. There must be others like him out there somewhere - but where to find them?

My Future Sister-in-Law has sent me some photos of the wedding venue and it looks very swish. She has told my Mum that her parents are paying five grand for it!!! I think my parents feel bad that they can't offer to contribute, but as they are both retired they really haven't got much spare cash. My Mum has some money stashed away in a savings account that she has been keeping for about ten years just in case my brother ever got married. She reckons she's got enough to pay for a wedding present, a new outfit for herself and suit hire for Dad. I think she's quite chuffed that she's finally going to get to spend it