I truly believe the Universe decided it was time we meet. I was planning a trip with my best friend Kim. We started planning Thailand. That fell through. We then decided on a huge South American trip throughout the country of Chile. We flew from Newark to Houston for our layover where the Universe stepped in with other plans. Flying standby we could not get on the flight to Santiago, Chile. The flight prior to Santiago was going to London. With 20 min to spare we cancelled our entire South American trip and headed to London with zero plans in place! We were having such a wonderful time in London we decided to stay a third night. On the third night we were striking out meeting cute boys AND the pubs close at 11! On our way back to the hotel Kim had to use the bathroom and darted in a pub that was still open after 11. Since it was still open we decided to stay for a pint. Finally, tired of not meeting any cute Brits Kim went over to a group of boys standing around and introduced herself. Paul was in this group. Paul and I clicked instantly. We chatted all night and exchanged phone numbers. I truly didn't think much of it at the time. We left London the next day to continue our travels. When I texted him a few days later to ask him to meet for a drink as we decided to spend one last night in London before heading home, he instead asked me on a romantic dinner date. He picked me up at my hotel with a bouquet of roses. We again had another night filled with easy conversation. We held hands as we walked around Green Park. We said our goodbyes with a bottle of "fizzy pop" and he moved his NYC trip up from Sept to May to see me. The rest as they say... is history. <3

Our proposal is simple since our story is extravagant. We picked out a ring when Paul visited me in June. Though I knew there was a ring Paul still wanted the proposal to remain a surprise and make it special. We had a long weekend trip planned in Barcelona where Paul walked me out onto the beach sat us down in the sand and asked me to marry him.

We originally decided to elope on 12/21/18, but after realizing the difficulties of holiday time and receiving our marriage certificate we decided to do our civil ceremony sooner than later. We got married at City Hall on 9/19/18 which was a gorgeous sunny fall day. We have our marriage certificate which means we can begin the visa process earlier! Since we had a date and travel set for family on 12/21/18 we wanted to keep that as well. That will be our ceremony date. We will wear our fancy duds and say our vows in front of our immediate family @ Grand Central Station! One of my nearest and dearest friends, Yvon will marry us that day. We will get our professional photos done and then have an intimate dinner with both of our families and celebrate the night away in one of the best cities in the world. We plan to have a small gathering the next day for friends/family hoping to cheers with us as we continue to celebrate our future together.

We are registered at Prezola which will ship all gifts to Paul's house in the UK. It is all UK based, but you can buy from anywhere. https://prezola.com/wishlists/10194900/