princess? me?

thought: at some point in time, every girl wants to be a princess, for at least a day.


if you're reading this, it's either because you're an actual reader of the blog or because you saw me post this on facebook. no matter how you found it, chances are you know me personally. if not, then read a post or 2 and you will get a taste.


for those of you who know me, you know that in recent years i have undeniably become a hopeless romantic. i may not be the most hopelessly romantic person you know. but i love a good love story...a true love story. i have become, in recent years, quite a fan of hearing how people met. some of them are funny stories, other are filled with heartache. they all have happy endings though. i will sit down and cry at a chick flick. or get lost in a nicholas sparks novel (and yes, cry at the end of that too!).


another thing i also really enjoy doing is flipping through wedding magazines or watching something on tv about them. there is something about looking at the colors; picking out the dress, shoes, jewelry; tasting the cake; decorating the reception site and seeing people so crazy in love that i am drawn too.


it could be the storyteller in me. it could be the party/event planner part of my brain. and i'm not going to lie, i take notes. i have some ideas swirling around for my own wedding day.


most girls think about that day. some have it totally planned well before it happens.i seriously know girls who have notebooks already full of ideas. i don't have a notebook but i have some mental notes. 


one thing i know, is that no matter where i get married or the style of the dress, that one day will be my day to be a princess. as little girls running around playing dress up, we don old prom dresses, find something the be  a tiara and a scepter and we rule the world (namely our bedrooms!). then as we get older, the prom dresses are new, our hair gets done and we set out to rule prom night. somewhere between prom and getting married, we catch a glimpse of a wedding gown.


they are the gown to end all gowns.


we start to think about our wedding gown. what it will look like, how it will flow down the aisle, what shoes to  go with it. this day has got to blow all of the days out of the water. seriously. and while i know not every girl thinks specifically about their wedding day prior to being engaged, i am certain every girl has at one time or another dreamed about being a princess. maybe not princess for a lifetime, month, or even a year. but a day at least. and after the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William last friday (4/29/11) i am even more certain that being a princess is on the minds of girls everywhere. young and old.


i watched the royal wedding and all of the coverage before and after. it was an amazing thing to see. it blew every episode of my fair wedding out of the water. well, maybe not. i've seen some amazing things on that show. David Tutera is good at what he does. 


and he makes his brides feel like a princess.


i've spent so much time on this post that i've forgotten my original intent for writing it...


let's see...hopeless romantic...wedding tangent...all girls want to feel like princess...


oh yeah, i remember. 


being a princess means feeling special. the wedding day is an example. and so is playing dress up as a little girl. we do it to feel special...well, and because of the amazing clothes we couldn't normally get away with wearing. 


last week, someone made me feel pretty special. they sent me flowers. not just flowers. but roses. to me. at work. and there were a lot of them. i felt like a princess. i felt special. i blushed.


a lot. 


and i still do when i think about it. 


you never know what is going to make someones day. we all want to be appreciated and to feel special. i'm not so sure we do that enough to each other. sure, we do it on birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and what not. but what about the rest of the time? i know i'm guilty of not showing enough appreciation to those i care the most about. feeling that way last week (and yes, i'll admit, it was my birthday) made me realize how good it felt to know that someone cared. it was a good feeling. a feeling i should pass along more often.


princess me? oh yes. 


making someone else feel the same way? my newest goal.