The Countdown to A Royal Wedding

Guess who took off from work to watch the Royal Wedding?!  ME! 

An invitation card for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is seen at Buckingham Palace in London

I may not have an invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding but I definitely plan to watch it - all of it - including the pre-wedding and post-wedding coverage, beginning at 10 p.m. local time!  

I wasn't around for Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding but from all of the footage, and by what people have told me it was INCREDIBLE!  It was a once in a generation event: the crowds, the fanfare, and of course, the dress and incredible train!  

As a bride-to-be who is obsessed with everything wedding, and a person who has been bitten by the Royal Wedding bug, this is a wedding I cannot miss!  

The "Instrument of Consent," which is the Queen's historic formal consent to Prince William's forthcoming marriage to Kate Middleton, is displayed at the Crown Office at the House of Lords on April 21, 2011 in London, England

The British Union Jack hangs over London's Regent Street on April 20, 2011, in preparation for the wedding between Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.

Herald Painter Robert Parsons sketches the new coat of arms for Kate Middleton's family at the College of Arms in London on April 18, 2011. Middleton will use this coat of arms until her April 29 royal wedding to Britain's Prince William, when it will be merged with his coat of arms.

Master Taylor Lance Sgt. Matthew Else checks the cut of an Irish Guardsman's uniform during an inspection in Windsor, United Kingdom on April 21, 2011. Irish Guards soldiers are preparing for ceremonial duties during the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29. William is the Colonel of the Irish Guards.

Household Cavalry prepare for Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate MiddletonA state Helmet is polished during preparations for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, at Hyde Park Barracks in central LondonA state helmet is polished during preparati0ons for the royal wedding