Andrea and Cameron are another couple in the running for our Luxury for Less Dream Date Giveaway.

Andrea and Cameron both work for a local Credit Union and met when Andrea was transferred to the accounting department.

After a year, Cameron had bought a ring and was getting anxious to ask Andrea to marry him.  On December 9th, 2009, in the middle of a snowstorm, he asked her to dinner.  As they were waiting for dessert Andrea started joking with him about a time frame she had for her life milestones, including when she wanted to get married.  Cameron said “Is it okay if I ask you before that time frame is up?”  A little taken aback Andrea answered “What, like tommorow?” then Cameron got down on one knee and said, “What if I ask you right now?”

Andrea says she knew Cameron was the one because “he has made me laugh everyday since we started dating. He is thoughtful, romantic, funny, intelligent, and looks at me with adoring eyes.” Andrea has the whole dream, the white dress, the friends and family, the party, the cake. She wants “to look back and remember [this day] with happiness for the rest of my life.”

When asked why she thought she and Cameron should win, “I feel as though my life has brought me so many hurdles that I want  this moment to easy and meant-to-be.  I have fought for my life, my schooling, my career, and my family.  I have finally found the man of my dreams, and I want this day to be memorable for all the wonderful reasons.”

Matt and Alana are another couple in the running for our Luxury for Less wedding giveaway.  These two have such a cute story!!

This music teacher met his social worker bride when they were both cast in a musical called “The Spitfire Grill” put on by the Not So Common Players in Clifton Park.  Music theater is a big part of who Matt and Alana are as a couple, so it only makes sense for their proposal to be themed that way.  Check out this adorable video.

When I asked Matt when he realized that Alana was the one, he said “Of course there are the obvious answers, because I love her, because she is beautiful inside and out, because she trusts and supports me in all that I do.  But there is something more than her amazing qualities that make her “the one”.  Simply put it’s that I can’t live without her.  It’s when I realized that I can’t envision any future for myself in which she isn’t by my side.”

Their dream day includes, of course, the musical theater theme, maybe in the form of karaoke.  They also really want to make it personal, a family friend making the cake, another family friend as the officiant, and Alana’s two Jack Russell Terriers in the mix somewhere.

When asked why they deserve to win this wedding, Matt said “Alana and I have many great things in our lives.  We have loving, supportive families and so many wonderful friends.  We’re fortunate enough to both have jobs and to be able to provide ourselves with an apartment, food and all that is essential.  We’d really love to have our “dream wedding,” but it is beyond our means to do all that we want.  We need to think about the future and cannot put ourselves in debt, even if that means cutting a lot of corners in our planning.  It would mean so much for us to be able to do all that we want – especially to be able to invite all of our loved ones.  There are people in this world who are much less fortunate and we can’t, in good conscience, say that we deserve it more than anyone else.  However, we’d like to think that we’re good, caring, hard-working people and that we deserve it at least as much as anyone else.”