The Countdown to the 2nd Sugar Weddings Fair has begun!!! Last year Evelyn and her then fiancée won the grand prize ‘Two Roundtrip Tickets to Dubai’ where they went to for their Honeymoon... This year it could be you!!!!!
In March 2011 friend told me about the Sugar Wedding Fair and we agreed to go together but she had to travel and I didn’t want to go alone so I asked Bayo my fiancée who had just proposed on the 3RD of March a few days earlier to come with me. He declined as expected; I spent the whole week keeping him sweet while also pleading with him to think about going to the show. He agreed after so much pleading and attempted blackmail but there were conditions attached. When we got there and they asked couples to come register for the game to win several prizes which the grand one being a trip to Dubai; I asked him to come along and he refused he even said he won’t follow me out when they eventually called out our names to come out and participate in the game I convinced him by telling him we probably wouldn’t win anyways because his answers were going to be random, but I guess God has a way of doing things cause it turns out he knows better than I ever imagined and we WON!!
When we won it felt unreal like one of those things you see in a movie and say yeah it would only happen like that in a movie.
HOW WE MET
We met at a mutual friend’s house. They were both visiting from London and this is how it all began. It was a very sunny afternoon in Lagos and I had stopped at Yomi’s house to chill for the traffic to lighten up before heading home. I was napping when Yomi came in with Bayo.
They came in with takeaway from TFC and unfortunately only bought for themselves as they claimed they didn’t know we (Myself and Yomi’s girlfriend) were going to be home. Bayo offered to share his food with me but I declined out of courtesy plus the fact that we just met.
I joined Yomi to eat with him and Bayo flipped, asking why I would eat from his friend’s food after I just told him I wasn’t hungry. Huh! (My initial thoughts were where did they find this crazy guy?) But for courtesy sake (and also to make him feel better) I ate a bit out of his food and we all laughed about it.
We all hung out throughout the period they were in town, and I thought he was an interesting character. Eventually, they returned to London and Bayo and I kept in touch, shortly after they left, I relocated to London too and we continued our friendship. As the days passed, I felt something drawing me to him like a magnet. Pretty soon sweet dreams turned into long conversations day and night. It was like we had known one another and been in love in another life. A year later we officially started dating and on the 3rd of March 2010, he asked me to marry him and I said Yes! And here we are today. I thank God everyday for his life and for falling in love with this man and he in turn with me.
It could be you this year… check out The Sugar Wedding Fair
Date: Sunday 18th March 2012
Time: 11 AM – 8 PM
Venue: Harbour Point, 4 Wilmot Road off Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos
http://weddingfair.sugarweddings.com