Thank you to everyone who replied...I really appreciate it. I'll keep you posted on details and stuff but my bf (oops...I guess I should call him fiance now which is so weird) thinks I'm crazy for wanting to start planning already.
As for dates...we're thinking of August 2007...that's our "anniversary" of when we started dating back in highschool (August 13th) and we kind of like it so we thought we might stick with it. Gives us lots of time to plan and everything.
And yep, I'm going to change the ring...I've gone back and forth with it but I think it'll be really special to have a ring custom designed by him...but still keeping in the family as the diamonds have been in the family a long time. Plus, while it may be a beautiful ring, it looks really stupid on my finger...trust me. I've tried wearing it around and it just looks so silly. It's just really not me. I wish my Mom was still around so I could get her approval...but I think she would approve.
My Dad and his fiance want to take us out next Sunday to celebrate (they're getting married in April) and his family is going to be down this afternoon and I'm so nervous. I don't know why, we've been living together for 3 years now and they've always made me feel like part of the family, but seriously, I'm so nervous! I wish we could have just told them over the phone like I did with my Dad!