Knottie of the Week - Gift928

TysWife2Be

1. First Name & Fiance's First Name

2. Your Birthday & Age and Fiance's Birthday and Age

3. City Born In?

4. City Live in?

5. Where did you go to college?

6. What was your major?

7. What is your current job?

8. What is your dream job?

9. How did you and your fiance meet?

10.  When did you get engaged and how did he do it??

11. When is the Wedding Day?

12. Where is the ceremony and reception?

13. What are your wedding colors?

14. Where are you honeymooning?

15. Favorite wedding vendor so far?

16. Biggest wedding splurge?

17. What is something you wish you could have at the wedding but don't?

18. Another knottie wedding you'd like to attend?

19. Favorite book?

20. Favorite movie?

21. Favorite tv show?

22. Favorite wedding dress designer?

23. Any advice you can give?

24. Anything you wish you could change about your wedding?

25. Share something about yourself!!

TysWife2Be

Sorry I am a day late...I was out of town...

Gift928

HAHAAA, OMG! YAYY me!

1. First Name & Fiance's First Name: Tunu & Miquel

2. Your Birthday & Age and Fiance's Birthday and Age: my bday is 9/28 - I'll be turning 27, and FI Bday is 4 days after mine 10/2 he'll be 32

3. City Born In? Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

4. City Live in? currently New Jersey

5. Where did you go to college? SUNY New Paltz (Undergrad), CUNY Brooklyn College (Masters)

6. What was your major? Communications and Media Management (Undegrad), Communications (Grad)

7. What is your current job? Financial Sales Consultant

8. What is your dream job? My dream job would be to follow in my moms footsteps and be a diplomat, but that would mean i have to go back to school for a few more years.

9. How did you and your fiance meet? We met in college. I made the first move.

10.  When did you get engaged and how did he do it?? Got engaged in 09. I would've loved to say it was this big surprise or extravagant thing, but it was the total opposite. FI and i had talked marriage for quite sometime and we both knew it was in our future. So on my birthday, he just said, "lets go pick out ur ring." I was like "huh? as in today, as in we're getting married?" and then he said "yep, your gonna be my wife." It was just so weird and i was sooo not expecting it . LOL....We laugh about it now. It doesnt help that he is not Mr. Romantic AT ALLL!  But i love him so.

11. When is the Wedding Day? 10/22/2011 (39 days eeeeep)

12. Where is the ceremony and reception? Both are gonna be at our venue in New Jersey

13. What are your wedding colors? Chocolate and Gold

14. Where are you honeymooning? Nothing concrete, but its either gonna be a cruise or puerto plata, mexico

15. Favorite wedding vendor so far? My florist! I LOVEEE his work, he's been so easy to work with and very accomodating.

16. Biggest wedding splurge? The venue

17. What is something you wish you could have at the wedding but don't?
I wish some of my family members from home would be able to attend.

18. Another knottie wedding you'd like to attend? chescam, hatroopes, BluIvory and so manyyy others. I LOVEE weddings

19. Favorite book? Honestly, i'm not a big reader. Its a mystery how i got thru school

20. Favorite movie? Maria full of Grace

21. Favorite tv show? King of Queens, and damn near allll the reality tv shows. I'm a reality tv junkie

22. Favorite wedding dress designer? Vera Wang (cliche, but i LOVE her designs, but not so much her prices)

23. Any advice you can give? Communication and Patience are EVERYTHING. Not just in relationships but in sooo many aspects of life. During this time of planning i've realllllyy had to exercise patience, otherwise i would've been in a psych ward by now.

24. Anything you wish you could change about your wedding? Believe it or not, my venue.---- and my colors. LOL

25. Share something about yourself!! I am a twin. I have an older brother and an older sis. My twin and i are the youngest in the fam (well, my twin is 2 minutes younger than me). My family is my EVERYTHINGGG!!! I am VERRRRYYY close with my sisters and my mom. ALSO, i got a call to go for an interview to be on FOUR Weddings, but i chickened out.

ejagers

WOW!  Very nice to meet you Tunu.  Your name is very unique.  What does it mean?  I'm really nerdy when it comes to names and meanings being that that was how I grew to love my own name. 
I'm going to google the city where you are from too.  What age did you move to the U.S.?

chescam

Hey Tunu, I love your name. I laughed at your answer to #19, that is so me. Why didn't you go through with four weddings? I would have loved to see your wedding. I'm sure the AAW board would have been rooting for you.

hatroopes

Hey date twin!!! I enjoyed reading about you --- 39 days to go!!!

Is your twin male or female? Identical or fraternal? How long have you been in the states?

Carla1019

Hey Tunu, good to learn more about you.

Why would you change your wedding colors? I'm sure chocolate and gold would look amazing.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]WOW!  Very nice to meet you Tunu.  Your name is very unique.  What does it mean?  I'm really nerdy when it comes to names and meanings being that that was how I grew to love my own name.  I'm going to google the city where you are from too.  What age did you move to the U.S.?
Posted by ejagers[/QUOTE]

Thanks ejagers.

My name is a Swahili name (which is the language i speak) and it means Gift. Hence, my knot name....LOL.
I came to the states when i was 13, and have been back almost every other year to visit.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Hey Tunu, I love your name. I laughed at your answer to #19, that is so me. Why didn't you go through with four weddings? I would have loved to see your wedding. I'm sure the AAW board would have been rooting for you.
Posted by chescam[/QUOTE]

Aww, thanks lady. LOL, i always wondered why i dont like reading while my twin LOVESSS to read, and so does everybody else in my family.
I didnt go through with four weddings because i think i just got scared. Like the thought of other people judging my day and criticising every detail that i put my heart into just didnt seem to sit well with me. So i decided against it. Oddly enough, FI was very interested in it.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Hey date twin!!! I enjoyed reading about you --- 39 days to go!!! Is your twin male or female? Identical or fraternal? How long have you been in the states?
Posted by hatroopes[/QUOTE]

Heyyy date twin!!!  My twin is a female. We are fraternal. She's a lefty, im a righy, she's taller, i'm shorter, she's much more of a tomboy i'm the girly girl..LOL..We've been in the states now for 13 years.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Hey Tunu, good to learn more about you. Why would you change your wedding colors? I'm sure chocolate and gold would look amazing.
Posted by Carla1019[/QUOTE]

Heyy Carla!

I think when we decided on an October wedding, we decided to go with the more "autumn-ish" typical colors. As i look at more and more weddings i loveee purple weddings. I also like pink and grey, creams and whites. But its ok, we'll make it work and it'll be beautiful!!

island07b2b

Love your name and its meaning.  Your engagement story sounds a lot like mine.  LOL!  My FH just said "It's time.  Let's do this." and said let's get your ring.  I still told him I want my "official" proposal sometime before the wedding.

What type of venue did you get?  I had seen this awesome NJ mansion on Platinum Weddings a while back and thought "wow".  I know it must have cost a fortune but it made for a fantastic day for the bride and groom. 

MrsBoss2012

How cool you were interviewed for Four Weddings! Yes the AA Knottie's def would've rooted for you. You said you made the first move to attract your FI. What did you do? Did you use a slick line like "your feet must be tired because you been running through my mind all day!" LOL j/k

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Love your name and its meaning.  Your engagement story sounds a lot like mine.  LOL!  My FH just said "It's time.  Let's do this." and said let's get your ring.  I still told him I want my "official" proposal sometime before the wedding. What type of venue did you get?  I had seen this awesome NJ mansion on Platinum Weddings a while back and thought "wow".  I know it must have cost a fortune but it made for a fantastic day for the bride and groom. 
Posted by island07b2b[/QUOTE]

Thanks hun! I hope you get the proposal you want!

There are sooo many beautiful venues in NJ, they just cost hella money! The venue we chose is beautiful, but i think the thing thats throwing me off is the grounds. However, i think with the wedding being in fall, it'll look much prettier because of the leaves and stuff. I'm probably just being too paranoid.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]How cool you were interviewed for Four Weddings! Yes the AA Knottie's def would've rooted for you. You said you made the first move to attract your FI. What did you do? <strong>Did you use a slick line like "your feet must be tired because you been running through my mind all day!</strong>" LOL j/k
Posted by MrsBoss2012[/QUOTE]

HAHAAAA...Oh God no!! LOL...I hope no man or woman still uses that line.

FI kept to himself A LOT. I always thought he was cute but was too shy to approach him. So finally one day we were both in the library and he was in a cubicle that had a computer and a study area. It was FINALS week so every computer was taken. So i peeked and noticed he wasnt using his computer. He was just studying. So i knocked and explained no computers were available could i use that one. He was very polite and said ofcourse. So i went in and started doing my work...i was so nervous - LOL so silly. Then i asked his name and then introduced myself. We started small talk and he was so intrigued that i was from Africa. I knew he was interested the next time we saw each other and he started telling me facts abt where i was from. He did research. LOL. I was smitten from then on.

Gift928

By the way MrsBoss, i never made it to the interview. They called me and wanted to schedule an appointment and i was supposed to call back, but i didnt.

ejagers

Ha! Small world, my name is Swahili too!  It means "life is born."  My dad was on some creative stuff when I was born.

faithlady

I also love your name! I think your wedding colors are beautiful. You mentioned being a diplomat like your mother, is that something you think you may do later on in life?

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Ha! Small world, my name is Swahili too!  It means "life is born."  My dad was on some creative stuff when I was born.
Posted by ejagers[/QUOTE]

OMG!! How interesting! Whats ur name? Maisha?

Gift928

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[QUOTE]I also love your name! I think your wedding colors are beautiful. You mentioned being a diplomat like your mother, is that something you think you may do later on in life?
Posted by faithlady[/QUOTE]

Aww thanks so much. Honestly, i dont think i'll go the route of being a diplomat, but i am very interested in working with the UN and i recently applied for their Young Professionals Programme examination to see if i qualify to atleast get my foot in the door.

ejagers

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Knottie of the Week - Gift928 : OMG!! How interesting! Whats ur name? Maisha?
Posted by Gift928[/QUOTE]

You're soooo good!  That is my middle name.<img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />

PrettyCW5

Hey Tunu!! It's nice reading about you! You said your favorite vendor is your florist. What are your favorite flowers and will he be using them in your wedding decor?

mikimoto6

It has been wonderful learning more about you.  What are some of your fave reality shows?  

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Hey Tunu!! It's nice reading about you! You said your favorite vendor is your florist. What are your favorite flowers and will he be using them in your wedding decor?
Posted by PrettyCW5[/QUOTE]

Thanks Pretty. Thats the exact reason why my favorite vendor is my florist - - because i know NOTHING about flowers! I'm not a big flower person at all. Even FI knows not to buy me flowers because i dont really value them. They're pretty to look at and when arranged right they can look extremely beauitful. So with that in mind, i went to him not even having a vision. He described to me what he could do and made it all come together. When i went to see the mockups - i was EXTREMELYYY pleased! I hope that wow factor will still be the same on the day of.

Gift928

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[QUOTE]It has been wonderful learning more about you.  What are some of your fave reality shows?  
Posted by mikimoto6[/QUOTE]

Thank you. Gosh i dont even know where to start. My recent guilty pleasure was Big Bro. - -but that ended yesterday :(  i watch Project runway, Jersey shore, Basketball wives, Housewives, most of the wedding reality shows, storage wars, tia and tamera and sooo many more.

MarryingmyKnight

Hello! Nice to meet you!  It is so cool you were called for Four Weddings!  I love that show!  Do you regret not calling back at all? I have lots of fanily in Jersey; most of my people are in Trenton. Anyways god bless your wedding!

mikimoto6

It sounds like we are watching a lot of the same shows.  LOL We may have to chat offline about some of the shows. 

Gift928

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[QUOTE]Hello! Nice to meet you!  It is so cool you were called for Four Weddings!  I love that show!  Do you regret not calling back at all? I have lots of fanily in Jersey; most of my people are in Trenton. Anyways god bless your wedding!
Posted by MarryingmyKnight[/QUOTE]

Hi missy! Nice meeting ya as well. I LOVEEE that show too! And i would've loved going to everyones wedding. I dont regret my decision at all, it wasnt meant to be.

Trenton is a distance from where i am but who knows, maybe one day we'll cross paths! Thanks for the blessings! 

Gift928

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[QUOTE]It sounds like we are watching a lot of the same shows.  LOL We may have to chat offline about some of the shows. 
Posted by mikimoto6[/QUOTE]

That would be great! My FI hates anything reality TV related lol so he's no fun! My twin gets tired of me watching "all these bridal" shows. LOL, but for the most part she enjoys the other shows i watch. Would be nice to chat abt the shows we watch in common.