You know how we feel about adding a new blogger bride to the SMP family, so this Tuesday morning we’ve got good vibes ALL around. Dallas fashion and lifestyle blogger, Allison of Love You, Mean It is kicking off her journey down the aisle, and she’s going to be sharing stories from the wedding planning trenches, right alongside you. Read her engagement story below, and get excited for lots more fun ahead.
Hello, Brides-to-be! My name is Ali and I am the face and voice behind Love You, Mean It, a fashion and lifestyle blog based in Dallas, Texas. My site is all about my life as a woman in her mid-twenties learning how to start my own business, plan a wedding, and all the other things life throws my way.
That being said, my blog hasn’t always been about fashion and lifestyle. I originally started the site as, believe it our not, a wedding blog! Growing up, my dream was to become a wedding planner. I loved the idea of helping two people make their dream day become a reality. I guess you could say I’m a hopeless romantic because one of my favorite pastimes is to get lost in hours of proposal videos online. Seeing as you are here, I bet you can relate!
The summer between my junior and senior years of college, I interned in New York City for event designer and wedding planner Preston Bailey. As Preston’s social media intern, I was inspired to create my very own blog and Love You, Mean It was born!
I am so excited and honored that I get to share my wedding planning journey with you here. I grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and cannot wait to return to my hometown for our wedding next May. To say I’ve given my wedding day some thought would be an understatement, but none of this would be possible without my fiancé, Ben!
Ben and I met on November 5, 2011. I remember it like it was yesterday! I was enjoying my last year as an undergrad and Ben had just started his first year of graduate school at Southern Methodist University. A few of our friends had met previously and we were introduced during the homecoming tailgate. We parted our separate ways, but as fate would have it, we would run into each other again later that day and from then on, the rest is history!
On a sunny day this past February, Ben asked me to come over to his house for lunch. Seeing as this was nothing out of the ordinary, I showed up with no expectations other than a turkey sandwich. When I arrived, Ben had prepared a beautiful spread and right before we were about to eat, he got down on one knee right there in the kitchen! He could have popped the question anywhere, but he knew that proposing in our home would make our engagement a special memory we would be reminded of daily.