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MrsBest2B
Master June 2016

Engagement journal: Anyone else doing this?

MrsBest2B, on March 25, 2015 at 8:32 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 17

I saw this on Pinterest before we even got engaged and loved the idea. I ran out to Barnes n Noble after we got engaged, bought an awesome leather journal and planned on one entry a day starting from the day we got engaged. Well, that was 4 months ago and I've been super lazy and didn't start. Anyone else doing this? Should I just start now and write whatever, or should I start on June 18, 2015 -- a year before our wedding? Does it even matter, because he's a guy and won't read it anyway?


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Latest activity by MrsBest2B, on March 27, 2015 at 8:49 PM
  • FutureMrsCrane
    Master October 2015
    FutureMrsCrane ·
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    I've never heard of this, but I think it's really sweet! Start whenever you feel like it.

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  • Katherine
    Super May 2015
    Katherine ·
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    Aw that's a sweet idea! I really like it. I would start even though it's been four months.

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  • Adoretamm
    Master May 2016
    Adoretamm ·
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    Awe! I wanna do this! How much was it?

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  • MrsBest2B
    Master June 2016
    MrsBest2B ·
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    @Adoretamm just type in "reasons i want to marry you" on Etsy and you get a bunch like the one pictured that are anywhere from $6 - $20. I went to B&N and got a plain brown leather journal and I think I paid $10-$15, but they had some there that were $35 (not necessary lol).

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  • Sky
    Devoted September 2017
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    I love this idea!

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  • Lindsay Y
    VIP July 2014
    Lindsay Y ·
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    Cute idea! I would just start now if you're feeling inspired.

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  • MrsBest2B
    Master June 2016
    MrsBest2B ·
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    Isn't it cute?! Pinterest, they think of everything lol. In December, I was finishing my Masters and I'd pulled an all nighter at my office because it was obviously quieter after hours. I got home and still had plenty of work to do (I think I was up 36 hrs that day), and I realized that I'd left my computer's power cord at the office 30 minutes away. It was almost dead and I was soooo tired, I could bare getting behind the wheel. I was almost in tears when my fiancé just said, "I'll go get it, don't worry about it. Go take a 30 min nap and I'll get it." He went all the way out there for me just for that. The whole time I was thinking, 'I need to put this in the journal right now,' but I napped instead and never put it in there! Haha, I will just haven't yet.

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  • FinallyMrsT
    Master October 2015
    FinallyMrsT ·
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    Oh, that's sooo adorable!! I love that idea. I always want to keep a journal...and can never stick to it...Maybe I'll actually try to do something like this!

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  • Ty
    Dedicated September 2016
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    I am doing this @ MrsBest2B I am not doing a entry every day but I am doing big events. I am calling them love letters.

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  • Ashley&Kyle
    VIP September 2015
    Ashley&Kyle ·
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    I'm doing this! I tried to do every day and failed MISERABLY. Smiley tongue Now it's just when I'm really feeling the love or when something particularly exciting happens. Mines an "I Love You Because..."

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  • Sarahdell
    Master October 2014
    Sarahdell ·
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    I did this. I did it for 6 months before our wedding and I gave it to H after the honeymoon. He read and once and forgot about it. I am still glad I did it though Smiley smile

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  • JamieLynn
    Master June 2016
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    @MrsBest2B we have the same wedding date!! I started a journal right after we got engaged in December, but I too have not done the best.. I may just start over on 6/18 of this year.

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  • J
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    I got this one for Christmas from my parents (I think they got it from Barnes and Noble). It asks questions from our dating days and the proposal and different aspects of wedding planning and also about specific parts of the wedding day. I've filled out as much as I can and I like that it has some structure to it. If it was just a blank notebook I'd have no idea what to write! haha But I love having something to document the memories of the wedding planning process!


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  • Uber Dami
    Master October 2015
    Uber Dami ·
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    Thats cute, id never remember to write in it and im sure fh would never read it though hahha

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  • Kara
    Devoted March 2016
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    I am terrible at keeping a journal - I just never seem to stick with it, but I love this idea! I doubt my FH would really read it or care about it, but it would be a fun thing to show the kids someday!

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  • 8815wedding
    VIP August 2015
    8815wedding ·
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    I am doing something similar. I knew I wouldn't actually write in it every day (or every week, if I'm being honest with myself) so instead I've been writing entries after we do anything big wedding related. I wrote an entry after we met with vendors or booked vendors, or on days when we spent time just discussing things like colors or bridal party attire. I'm going to give it to FH the morning of the wedding. I highly doubt he'll ever read it again, but I thought it would be sweet and it isn't too much effort to keep up with!

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  • MrsBest2B
    Master June 2016
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    Total fail. We were having dinner and my phone was out. FH grabs it to look something up and this is the last online entry. Noooooooooo!!! He wasn't supposed to see this! Lol hopefully he didn't really pay attention and/or totally forgets about it!!

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