{"id":61,"date":"2006-05-14T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-14T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=61"},"modified":"2006-05-14T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-14T07:26:00","slug":"my-best-friend-is-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/my-best-friend-is-engaged.html","title":{"rendered":"My Best Friend Is Engaged!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6216\/1944\/640\/CIMG0091.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6216\/1944\/320\/CIMG0091.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Yippie!!!!!!!! I cannot even begin 2 tell you how excited I am! My best friend is engaged&#8230; oh my God! We have been day dreaming about this day 4 soooooo long, and we have always started it with something like &#8220;Well, whoever my husband will be, I want him to&#8230;&#8221;, and now, we know who her husband will b! Frank is a wonderful, handsome, intelligent, articulte, hard-working, you-really-gotta-see-him man. I couldn&#8217;t have picked a betta person 4 Sola. I don&#8217;t need 2 tell you that the picture you see is that of my one and only, Sola, and her fiance. Oh my God!&#8230; He&#8217;s her fiance. Ah, this don serious o! But u know what&#8217;s even better? I&#8217;m d maid of honor! She hasn&#8217;t told me yet, but shoot, it has always been know that I would be the maid of honor. I have already told Frank 2 make sure that his best man is cute cause I will not b walkin down d aisle wit any&#8230;.. u get my point sha.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s how it happened. Frank was celebratin his graduation (degree in Architechture&#8230;in case u need an architect sha&#8230;), and next thing, home boy takes the mic and his voice becomes all shaky and his eyes are misty. Next thing, he was on his knees askin Sola 2 marry him. I think Sola&#8217;s mouth was open for a good 5 minutes&#8230; as I heard. Unfortunately, I missed d proposal cause I was late 2 the event, but no kwamps sha, I will definitely b there 4 the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>When I came in and heard, I started crying hysterically. I dunno why the hell I was crying, but I was. I called Funmie and cried on d phone 2 her too, and I also called my mom and cried. I was so happy 4 Sola. I just couldn&#8217;t help crying! I have known her since she was a teenager and now she is engaged. You know one wonderful thing about this too? Sola&#8217;s inlaws (Frank&#8217;s family) are the best! They love her, and they are glad 2 have her in their midst. Frank&#8217;s sister and I have already become inlaws sef! You shoulda heard us talking; you&#8217;d think we&#8217;ve known each other 4 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sola appointed me as one of her weddin planners&#8230; yay! I love this kinda stuff. So as the weddin planner sha, I suggested we save money on the dj and use my boom box 4 music, but she rejected my idea&#8230; can u believe that?! She said I am crazy and retarded. Is that a way 2 talk 2 ur weddin planner? She doesn&#8217;t know I can just vex and resign my post ehn? Sola&#8217;s calling me crazy is something I know would neva end; she has always told me so from the very beginning.  I even went as far as offering 2 give her the music cd of her choice 2 play in the boom box while she&#8217;s walkin in2 the aisle, but this yeye gal refused.  I mean, kpata kpata, if the cd scratches while she&#8217;s walking in, we&#8217;ll bring it out, clean it, and continue.  My last suggestion 2 her was that we play &#8216;shake that booty&#8217; by elephant man.  (Actually, the song is called &#8216;jook gal&#8217;), but she refused again!  I tire 4 this kin customer o.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you know what I&#8217;m really lookin 4ward 2? I&#8217;m lookin 4ward 2 writin her a love poem and readin it @ the reception. This has always been a dream 4 us&#8230;and the fact that it will be happening soon is making my heart go paulina-paulina. Don&#8217;t ask me wat that means; I learnt it from my mom. A paulina-paulina heart is a happy heart.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmm&#8230;. I wonder wat my engagement wuld b like. It betta be as crazy as I am&#8230; that&#8217;s all I can say 4 now.<\/p>\n<p>anyways, here r a few tips 2 reduce cost @ the wedding&#8230; and even make some money<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>guests will bring their own food<\/li>\n<li>wedding wuld b held outside, so a hall would not b needed<\/li>\n<li>my boom box wuld b used, so a dj wuld not b necessary<\/li>\n<li>guests wuld bring their own canopy (if they want) 2 protect them from d sun&#8230; or rain sef<\/li>\n<li>Each family wuld share a spoon, a fork, a knife and a cup.<\/li>\n<li>The tap in the bathroom wuld b workin properly, so no drinks have 2 b bought<\/li>\n<li>The cake will be bought at CoastCo, Sam&#8217;s Club or any other wholesale store &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>ALL the guests wuld b mandated 2 get up and spray money on the couple<\/li>\n<li>ALL guests wuld be screened 4 gifts b4 comin in2 (under) the uh.. canopy<\/li>\n<li>ALL guests wuld b mandated 2 bring several zip locks bags and several empty water bottles&#8230; in case they need 2 shit or pee<\/li>\n<li>instead of chairs, mats would b spread on the grass 4 guests&#8230; but they can bring their own chairs if they want<\/li>\n<li>in fact, in addition 2 the mandatory gifts from the guests, there wuld also be a $20 gate fee<\/li>\n<li>ALL the guests (including unborn babies) wuld b required 2 buy a &#8216;sola-weds-frank&#8217; pin whether they like it or not.. and it will cost an additional $10<\/li>\n<li>ALL the guests are required 2 take pictures @ the wedding, but only by the wedding photographer&#8230;and they must pay 2 have it printed out (whether they want it or not) = $15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;.well, that&#8217;s all 4 now.  I bet u too think I&#8217;ve lost my good sense, right?<\/p>\n<p>Bye 4 now jare&#8230; it&#8217;s 3:40am. I got back home @ about 2:30am. I gotta go 2 bed now; I have some serious dreamin 2 do in my sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Nite-nite! <a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"ext\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial\" alt=\"Posted by Picasa\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbp.gif\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yippie!!!!!!!! I cannot even begin 2 tell you how excited I am! My best friend is engaged&#8230; oh my God! 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