The Maid of Honor Visits Houston! (Well, one of them at least)

So I’m long overdue at updating our blog. I’ll back up about 2 months first and tell you about when Rachel came to visit me here in Houston!

So the week after Daniel proposed we went back to work like normal and life continued on (except for the part that we were now engaged!). Then on Thursday I was having a pretty slow day at work, and I was talking to Daniel online (who was working out at a client for the day) and he said that he was having a pretty slow day too and was thinking about going home early. So I agreed to meet him at his apartment, packed up my stuff and left the office. I pulled up to his house, knocked on the front door, and RACHEL opened the door! I was so confused… really super excited, but so confused!

Rachel (who had obviously not only known ahead of time that Daniel was going to propose, but also had been an integral part of the planning process, including picking him up from the airport and taking him to meet my parents for lunch to ask their blessing) had planned with Daniel to fly out here the weekend after he proposed to visit me in Houston. He had picked her up from the airport that morning and worked from home for the day instead of going out to the client site like he’d said. How they both managed to keep it a secret is seriously impressive!

So what do you do when your maid of honor shows upon your doorstep? Go wedding dress shopping OF COURSE! Rachel and I hit a few bridal stores and started the great expedition to find THE dress. Although we inadvertently started with Vera Wang, Ulla Maija and Monique Lhuillier… which albeit fun, wasn’t really realistic. And thank GOD I didn’t fall in love with any of them…




I did my best to show Rachel around Houston over the next few days. We had a little engagement party at a bar called the Cedar Creek Inn with a bunch of our friends, and we even went to the annual chili cook off for Deloitte (which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds!)





The weekend went by way too quickly, but I can’t tell you how happy I was to have Rachel here. I am truly blessed with wonderful friends in my life…including a truly amazing best friend and the greatest fiancé I could ask for!