Royal Wedding

It is offical. Prince William and his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton are engaged and next year we will see one of THE most lavish, beautiful weddings of the century. And I will be smack in front of that television watching. I've admired this adorable couple from afar....their courtship, the break-up, that awkward post-split Concert for Diana when they sat rows apart at Wembley stadium, Are they back together?, Are they split?, Will they, won't they get engaged.... and now they are indeed walking down the aisle.

Congrats to Kate... my new girl crush. She's beautiful, she's the "every girl", totally relatable. She's like the royal Jennifer Aniston. You want to have a glass of wine with this one. You want to drink a beer and talk football with her. You want to hit up a Duran Duran concert with her. She's from a "middle-class family". Her parents own a party supplies store that they started 20 years ago... and they actually rake in millions. (Yeah, middle-class...my ass) She drives a Volkswagon beatle. She seems cool as hell. Now... before the engagement, Kate was on her way to being a fashion icon, but now every designer in the world is going to want to dress this one. She will be on every best-dressed list. Move over Michelle Obama and your farty J. Crew sweaters. A new icon is on the loose.

Let me say this right now: I WILL be Princess Kate for the next Halloween. Blue dress. black hat. perfect. Don't copy, cause you heard it here first.

Congrats to Prince William who has picked his bride wisely and he would make his mother, the late Princess Diana, proud.

She's going to be the perfect princess. A beautiful, respectable girl that young girls can look up to. Finally, a role model that's not a coked out former child star or reality show screw up. Now, if only the media doesn't screw it up. We know how Diana met her demise, and we can only hope the media respects Kate's privacy and leaves her alone. (I think we all know THAT won't be true.) You have to respect the girl for protecting herself against the paparazzi and taking it in stride, with class. And now...according to the media, we should be addressing her as "Catherine". Ummm, why is that now? She gets a ring on her finger and all of a sudden it's Catherine?!? If she wants to be Kate, let her be Kate. That's what the public will love about her.

Cute, beatle-driving, relatable Kate.