I’d like to introduce all of you to my anniversary present:

Isn’t it beautiful? My husband is too good to me! Very similar to my reaction to my new handbag, I haven’t worn it yet because I’m afraid to. I also haven’t had it fitted yet, so I don’t want the extra linkage to be clanking around on my desk all day.

You all should know some background on my timepiece collection, though.

Back in the eighth grade, I begged my parents for a Swiss Army watch. I saw it at a store and absolutely loved it. It was around Christmastime and my dad kept telling me, “Erin, you’re not old enough or responsible enough to have a nice watch like that.”

I had one present under the tree that Christmas and it was my Swiss Army watch!

Even now, when I see pictures of this watch I love it. I have worn that watch every day (except when the battery is dead and I’m too lazy to get it replaced) since the eighth grade. Christmas of 1995 until today!

I’m not trying to prove that I “deserved” a new watch, but I am quite proud of myself for being “responsible enough” to have a nice watch like that for so many years.

One year ago today we were…

Dancing to “Boogie Shoes” with my best friends…

Exiting the reception with our guests waving the wands I made…

Riding around downtown Greenville with Earl the horse…

Goofing off with our best friends…

And taking some time from the partying to catch up with each other…

Acting like big kids and eating giant lollipops at my mom’s gorgeous candy buffet…

Preparing to join hands and hearts til death do us part…

Frolicing around the Furman campus with pretty pink umbrellas…

Listening to sweet little girls tell funny stories…

Taking one crazy group pic…

Turning the party over to Walter and The Root Doctors and dancing our tails off…

Stealing a “first glance” before the ceremony began…

Trying to pretend like it was any other day and I was just putting on my make up, as usual, in an effort to not completely mess up and look nothing like myself…

Putting on my wedding dress for the last time, but the only time that it really mattered…

We’re leaving for Savannah tomorrow morning to celebrate our anniversary. A whole year has flown by. We spent most of the year adjusting to pregnancy, but it has been something that we’ve tackled together.

We don’t have many plans for this weekend. We’re going to do a trolley tour and we have dinner reservations at a couple of restaurants that promise to be amazing. I may spend a lot of time just taking a nap. It doesn’t matter much to me what we do.

It’s just nice to get away, out of town, with my husband. I have a few posts scheduled for this weekend recapping the year and looking back at a year ago.

And because it’s our anniversary and I love an excuse to break out some great images from Kelly Moore Photography, here are some of our engagement photos.