So, we did it! After an eighteen month engagement full of lots of obstacles and changes, we are officially married. I am certain reading this forum (and participating under different pseudonyms) has helped get us this far and help me know I vetted well. This is not a field report about the wedding though...his coworkers asked him to bring me in so they could meet me. At his last job that never happened but maybe wife status makes a difference.

So, even though it has been a busy week and we just got back from our honeymoon (which was fun but not so much relaxing), I got ready to make a good impression RPW style. We live in a conservative area where family oriented values are prized, so it is a social status thing to have a good wife. I curled my hair, put on makeup, chose an outfit based around my warm autumn palette and put on some heels. I baked snickerdoodle cookies using my husband's mom's recipe and chocolate cookies using a recipe my husband found. I brought the cookies in a giant Santa tin with holiday napkins.

Turns out someone had been fired this morning from the company. Multiple security guards were there and tensions were high because the employee had made threats on the way out of the door. I came bearing sweets with a bright smile. My husband took me around to the different administrative offices to introduce me. One of his coworkers asked to take a picture of the company newlyweds in front of makeshift holiday photo booth. His boss (a man not much older than we are) announced that he was a very lucky man. My husband said he chose a good woman and his boss agreed. I was only there for maybe twenty minutes before my husband dipped out for lunch with me. When he got home from work he told me his coworkers loved me and the cookies were a hit. He said they are looking forward to the next time I stop by with treats. (I am thinking of sending in muffins one Monday a month.) My husband was so happy and proud of me.

Thanks RPW for inspiring me to take my girl game up a notch and helping me get the kind of life I have always secretly wanted. :)