Fair dinkum?!! Nice one Shauny ;) Huge congratulations :D

congratulations!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! Even Steve Irwin, Croc Hunter, couldn't have more exciting news.

Congrats! That's wonderful! Will you be staying in Edinburgh now?

Where's the ring?

Where's the getting down on one kilted knee?

Oh...and what's the date?

WHEW...so many questions! That's enough for me now.

Makes getting up in the morning for one of those "brekie packs" a whole new experience, doesn't it?

congrats!

Oh yay! That is so wonderful.

I am so happy for both of you. :)

Welcome to the club!

Blimey! Congratulations to you both! Does that mean that Scotland gets to keep you now?

Hi there, found your blog via Frecklegirl, and CONGRATULATIONS!! I love your telling of the story. Very sweet.

Congratulations! (don't worry - the proposal doesn't usually work out the way you imagined it::: although i think this one was pretty special anyway!)

Cool and sweet at the same time.

A nice romantic start to the year.

Congratulations!!!

Scott :)

CRIKEY!
congrats, shauny! how extremely wonderful and wonderful and wonderful and wonderful.
so will he be wearing a kilt?

congrats, shauny! how extremely wonderful and wonderful and wonderful and wonderful.
so will he be wearing a kilt?

Congrats!

Oh! You don't know who I am, but I'm a devoted reader and I'm thrilled for you!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

anyone got a catchy name for Gareth-related blog entries?

Congratulations.

Sounds like you're the luckiest couple on earth. You get a reprieve from transportation to Canberra for the term of your natural life, and he gets you.

(Sorry about the TrackBack mess, btw; just ironing the bugs out of my improvised TrackBack pinging system.)

Crazygonuts! Way to go, girl! Congrats to you both!

don't worry acb, i deleted em! thanks for that rockin entry :)

Congratulations!! Your comments keep rejecting me for saying p o i s e d! r e a d y t o w e d ! Is that nasty in Oz talk???

HOORAY!

I'm so excited for you, and so happy he's a smart bunny and knows to hold on to a good thing (the good thing being YOU) .

*chanting* KILT KILT KILT

I'm getting married in California and we've got all our surf-dude groomsmen to hire kilts...and my Dad, the tweed-wearing englishman, will even have a Zebra-striped sporren to complete his ensemble.

~Rosie.

PS - is your face hurting from grinning yet?

Congrats! (Been reading for years and have only commented once or twice.) So happy for you.

oooh, that's great! Congratulations to both of you! Scotland gets to keep you - what a lucky country. I'm so happy for you, this is great news!

Super congrats! This is very Dickens, but only the first half . . The BEST of Times.

Woo-hoo!! What great news. Congrats to you both!

Congratulations, mate. Fantastic news. Will there be Tim-Tams and haggis at the reception dinner?

Are you serious!!!!!!!!!! That's fantastic news! Wow, what a great start to 2005. And just the start of more adventures.

I cannot believe I've never met you and I am so excited I just want to ring someone and tell them - noone I know has even read you, though, so that would be fairly pointless :)

Congratulations! If the wellspring of good feelings is in any way indicative, yours will be a long and incredibly happy life together :)

A Haiku of Congratulatory... Ness!

Gareth and Shauny
Happy, in love and engaged
Like Scott and Charlene

(Only before they were married and they were still engaged)

Congratulations to a wonderful, caring and deserving person! And to Shauny too!

And as Angry Anderson would sing "Suddenly I'm seeing you..."

Or as Kojak might say "Who loves you baby?" to which the answer is lots of people, but predominantly Gareth.

WOOOooooOO00OO!!!

How Awesome and to such a deserving person.

Congratulations Shauny!!!!!!!!

Wow! I'm a long-time reader, very rare commenter. Congratulations to you both. That's wonderful news, and as always your writing style makes the story that much more enjoyable.

Congratulations to the 1,000th degree!!!! Wow!!!!!

woohoo! Brilliant! Congratulations! And not jumping the gun or anything but babies? Are you going to have lots of babies? Having only developed an interest in babies quite late in life I am now one of those you-can-never-have-too-many-babies people. Its such cool news and I hope you're both going to be blindingly happy.

Congratulations! Read you all the time, don't often comment. Our proposal was not how I imagined either, but I haven't forgotten any of it.

Boysadear but that's great news.

Congrats on the great news!

I will be hitting Scottish shores myself soon and hoping you've not taken the last good man in Scotland. From all the things you've written about Gareth, though, it seems likely.

Well done to both of you!

Hooray! Congratulations, you two crazy kids. Loves ya both.

Sniffle... our little girl is all grown up....

Hey, congrats, thats great. My proposal was different to what hubby had planned, but was just as special. The next day I woke up and quickly looked at my ring finger to see if I had just dreamed it!

*hugs* Congrats Shauny, I'm so happy for you. I can't wait to tell my husband. We both live vicariously through you!

ooooooooh!!! can't believe it!!!!
congratulations!!
our shaunster is all grown up!

Have you checked out his father yet - to see what Gareth will turn into in years to come? Ear hair, strange warts, bulging bits, etc etc

heheheheheh.....

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Well, at least it was a suprise, in the middle of the night! Big congrats to Gareth for picking a memorable, yet not soppy romantic way to propose! And for catching a Shauny.

And now you get to stay overseas! Yay. (For you, that is. We'd love to have you back)

Very happy for you both :)

oh miss shauny I am so happy for you both!! Congratulations!

Does this mean you aren't returning to Canberra? *sniff*

*BIG HUGS*

Wow this rocks. :) So happy for you. Congratulations Shauny!

Wow!! Congratulations!! And just a week after you mentioned the "potential mother-in-law" incident!!

Were you hiding something from your fans? You could see this coming, couldn't you? Come on... You can tell me.....

All the best for you and the kilt man!!

Hey lady! Congratulations! It's a fantastic feeling, isn't it?

Who'd've thought we're *both* be engaged this year? Wow.

btw Miss Shauny, I clicked on the "photo of Gareth" link in the "How to write yourself into fame and fortune" entry which showed the beloved hugging a tree in Valencia, and I am proud to say that I have hung out beneath that very same tree, I RECOGNIZE it, it is a tree from the Paises Catalanes, el meu payes, MY COUNTRY (ok, I was born in the Barossa and grew up in Mudgee not far from you) but I have a connection to your stories, even if I'm not engaged to a wonderful man.... and am I insanely jealous? Of course not! But please, you are both welcome in Barcelona anytime. Much love and felicidades..... and I'm serious. I'm jealous, and serious about you both visiting Barcelona....

On ya!!!

Congrat-u-flamin'-lations, as Alf Stewart would say. That made me get all teary, that did. The happiest of wishes to you and Gareth!

If you let me be one of your bridesmaids, I'll frock up as a sabre-toothed kookaburra, I promise.

xoxoxoxoxxoxo

I'm all verklempt!

Seriously, this is wonderful news and I'm so excited for the pair of you!

CONGRATULATIONS!

YAY! Congrats to the two of you!

Woah, congratulations Shauna!

Wow, that's brilliant :)!! Congratulations!!

I have to say this in Public, you deserve very happiness and frankly from what I have read you kiddo are quite a catch, so Gareth should count himself lucky.

BUT

The killer question is...

What has the Mothership said?

Also - where do we send presents.

Congratulations, sweetheart! The very best of good luck to both of you!

*hugs*

oh. my. god.

con-gra-tu-lay-shuns! freakin happy for ya!

also: i can't think of any snazzy names for Gareth-related blog entries but maybe 'the gareth category'?

AWWWW I GOT GOOSEBUMPS reading that!!! I'm so happy for you! Yay!!!!

Let me add my voice to the the chorus: congrats!

(You weren't kidding about the comment count! :)

I reckon the G category has to be called: Oh, Man.

Congratulations! Even Steve Irwin would have let loose a BLIMEY I'm sure ...

CONGRATULATIONS!

Wow! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I wish you two all the best!!!

And planning a wedding will definately give you lots to write about as well.... my sis got married recently, and the organisation involved made me swear to elope to Vegas to be married by Elvis when my time comes....!

What the..?? Out of the blue? Congratulations! And.. and.. and more congratulations!!

Congratulations! I vote for the Gareth Category to be called "There can only be one"

Bit late, but I only just heard (read). Congratulations! I think it was romantic how he was staring at you while you slept - or creepy. You decide ;p

such fabulous news! congratulations to both of you. may you live happily ever after!

such fabulous news! congratulations to both of you. may you live happily ever after!

Oh cool, I might have two weedings to go to...

Umm, I meant weddings.

Wow! Wow, wow, wow, and WOW!!!!

Congratulations to you and to Gareth! What a way to start the year! Best wishes to you on a calm, tranquil, ennui-filled engagement!

We actually have some news as well: we were married on December 30th!

My suggestion for Gareth blogentries: "The Kilt."

your pals in New York,
Trevor & Lorraine

Oh Shauna, I'm so happy for you. Wonderful news indeed!

Just Wonderful!!!

Oh Shauny!!!! I'm so happy for you... my grin probably not as big as yours, but close. Gareth sounds so lovely. And your "Am I awake?" made me smile. (When Jon asked me I was so happy I hugged him and forgot to say yes, and he had to ask again!)

I have to say, I wish I was getting married in eleven weeks instead of fifteen months... it's hard to take in such a distant prospect.

Is the Mothership (and co.) coming over? What did she say when you told her? You have to tell us!

Oh, dear, I've gone all excited and girly.
Anyway, congratulations to you and the kiltie,

Edinburgh Kirsten

HOLY FARKIN SHIT there are a lot comments on here!

where to begin?!

thank you to you all! we haven't decided on a single freaking thing yet, all i know is that it will happen in the next 11 weeks, HA!

more soon, LURVE!

Oh my goodness!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful! Congrats and the very best of wishes from a Houston based reader. Cheers!!

aww. congratulations.
rawk on, you two!

I am too moved for words.

Congratulations to both of you! YAY!

See, I slip out for a few days and you go and get engaged. memo to self: read shauny more regularly else she'll go off and become prime minister. Many, many congratulations.

Woohoo!! Congrats, luv! May the two of you have a lifetime of happiness together!!!

I just surfed in from BE, but wanted to say Congrats! Sounds really wonderful.

sorry, I am BE surfing and lost my place, I came here from the other place of yours. HEhehe. Talk about crazy commenting. But I am so happy for you anyway.

Congratulations Shauny and a man with a Scottish accent... I mean... you can die happy now... but not before breeding at least two happy little bloggers. Bless.

I KNEW IT!!

I KNEW that you said no to me for a reason. It was so that you could fly halfway around the world and marry a DREAMY scottish boy called Gareth with a lovely accent and cute scruffiness.

Feisty and I extend our most heartfelt congratulations on your impending nuptiuals (does anyone actually know how to spell that word?).

I'm not going to make any comment whatsoever about the whole baby thing, except to pass on a piece of stirling advice. When Feisty and I were newlyweds (before we'd managed to lob the pumpkin in the oven, as it were), if any distant relatives or annoying turds asked us any probing questions about the timing of a rugrat, Feisty would pretend to burst into tears and run out of the room. This ensured that no-one in the room at the time would ever ask anything of the sort again. It only took about three incidents before the whole family shut the fark up and let us get on with our own timetable (which involved shagging like little fluffly bunnies, hooray for that).

ANYWAY

congratu
fucken
lations

you right ripsnorter.

Tell the G man that he's the best, and cooler even than Shakin Stevens.

LOVE!

wow! congratulations.

(i said the exact same thing when mario asked me)

Congrats Shauna! I'm very happy and excited for you! :)

Thats fantastic news! Congratulations to you and your guy!

Wow, Shauny has many readery people..

The 88 value must be representative of those who are most loyal.

This is like a new vehicle for becoming famous; sparsely famous with density increasing.

And I extend my congratulations.

Congratulations!

Better late than never, but congrats babe!!

Bit worrying when half the comments above yours say "sorry this is late", but better late tha... oh, they say that too. Okay, then.

Congrats, Shauny!

cheers, you legends! thanks for being so kind.

btw natalie - gareth says he wasn't staring at me, he was actually staring out the window thinking, "FUCK! FUCK! FUUUUCK!". and here i was thinking he'd been gazing at me lovingly. it's hard to tell in the dark!

What great news and it seems it's happening very soon.

I knew you'd get married! Damn it, I should have gone to Ladbrokes. ;)

Congratulations! I'm sure everything will kick total ass.

Ditto to what Daniel said -- I am too moved to truly express what I am feeling right now. In a nutshell: Shauna, I adore you, and could not be more thrilled.

Also, e-mail me your current phone number so I can call you one of these days. It's been ennnnnnnnnnnntirely too long!

Love, love, and more love --

Krissy

Congratulations! I remember how much I grinned when my best friend (he has a girlfriend, it's all very complicated) said he was madly in love with me, and that was a LOT, so you must be grinning like, 1000000 times more than that, so WOW! :)

Congratulations!!!!

Huzzah! Huzzah! Oh happy day!

Congratulations!!!!

Huzzah! Huzzah! Oh happy day!

a hundred congatulations to you both :)

lovely shauny,

I've been reading for years and never had the guts to comment, but this THIS has kicked my fingers into action

yay. yayyay. YAYYYYYY

much happiness and sprinkling of rose petals in joyous cherub fashion for you and scruffy scotsman

sweet jesus! i literally exclaimed "Shite! Shawny's getting married!" and got wierd looks from nearby people.

I'm going to add to the pile of 100+ congrats with another one, i hope it's all great and giggly and wonderful. yay! ^_^

Nice one! Congratulations.

I usual leave your blog grinning, but this grin is orders of magnitude larger.

Huzzah!

Of course you know all the wedding guest are reguired by law to blog the wedding. I'd put together a How-to use blogger+flickr for event recording if so desired.

I'm sure there's a lot of readers who want to see! And it would be a funky present from the mob to document this momentus occasion.

Gareth-related blog entries should be called "squeeze related", or some such.

I'm looking forward to some lovely chaotic wedding organisation posts.

Give Gareth a hug from me!

Que?

I told you so ... Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in purring together in the same direction ...

Congratulations!!!

holy cats! congrats shauny!

Congratskis!! xxx

Congratulations!! :)

Go you good things! Can we see a picture of you both? (just one?)

To celebrate your engagement I will be wheeling my four-burner BBQ from Melbourne to Edinburgh to hopefully arrive in time to cook a Barbie at your wedding reception. Get the lambchops and snags ready. I'll be there in about 14 months.

Good on yez!

Congratulations!

I've been reading for years... and the chick I was reading about back then would have spat her drink back out her nose in disbelief, if someone had told her that in no time at all a cute scottish lad would crawl into her bed and propose! It's a fairy tale I tell you! Congratulations.

What did your sister say when you told her?

This is wonderful news. Congratulations!

Congratulations, shauny! :)

Bloody Excellent!!! a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Been trying to get onto your site for days but it's been a no go - probably because every bastard has been coming on to wish you all the very best!

Wonderful Happy News

Crivvens!

That's fine news. Does this mean you'll be staying in Scotland forever? And maybe even raising bairns?

OMG that's brilliant! A million congrats and hugs!
What about Under The Kilt as category?

Girl, this is magic, magic, magic!

The great thing about beng engaged to an insomniac is that you can tell the priest he never slept with you before the wedding :-)
As another of your long-term lurkers, there's never been a better time for me to come out and say to you you're wonderful and he's a very lucky man. Much happiness to you both.

Jeeez Shauny, I neglect to check your blog for a day or two and suddenly it's all lurve and chaos! Fabulous and wondrous news! You're going to have that gorgeous accent to keep forever! (Not to mention the kilt thing, which is also a huge plus...)

So... areya comin' back home for them ringswaps?

Just had to delurk to say Congratulations!! All the best to you and Gareth!

Another lurker rears his wizened head to offer congratulations and hopes for a long and deliriously happy life together. Well done!!

I must say congratulations! I imagine this means you get to stay in one of the most beautiful cities in the world :o)

Hurrah. This is what happens when I avoid the computer for the entire holiday season. I miss everything. Congratulations!!!!! I'm very excited for you.

I too have been away from the puter for holidays and have only just discovered the wonderful news. Congrats Shauna and Gareth! Long may you love.

To add to the record. Congratulations!!!
This is such a happy occasion that the lurkers are surfacing (including me). Heh.

wow. I'm just bumping up your comment count. Ya yay yay!!! Congrats :)))))))))

Congrats!

I'm late to the party, but I simply had to add my CONGRATULATIONS!!! And 11 weeks? Fabulous! That is the best way to go...

Another delurker. Love your blog; fantastic news! Congrats and best wishes! Y'always make me grin, and this one takes the cake. Very happy for you both.

Oh my god!!!! This is fantastic news *very happy dance* I need to read here more often - sorry for being so far behind on the news!!!!!!!!

Oh my god, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done Shuny. Can't wait to see how obscure your wedding photos will be (judging on Track record).

Congrats! Looks like your very popular! You have so many comments!

(yippieee)
congratulations!

Shauny, it's been far too long since I surfed over this way -- references to DH/MM eventually got me over here. Congrats!