[occasionally, on Fridays, I plan on picking out a photo (or two) and writing up a story that explains it. Since Disney is on my mind, these seemed appropriate :)]
Ahh, March 2008. I was finishing up my last semester of college (finally), it was sunny and warm (like March is supposed to be!), Brian and I had been dating for about a year & a half, and spring break was right around the corner.
Brian and I had been talking about getting engaged, but I didn't want to tell him how to do it, so all I told him was that I didn't want a lot of people watching (like in the movies or on tv when the couple is at a family party or something and he says he has an announcement and everyone watches while he gets down on one knee...no. No, no, no). But I also said that being in a large crowd, at Disney World for example, where the people watching didn't know me, wouldn't be so bad. We also discussed rings, and (after a ton of probing) I said I wanted a princess-cut diamond, in a white gold setting that didn't stick out too much (I'm forever bumping my hands into walls...and door frames).
As spring break approached, Brian said he wanted to take me to Disney for the first weekend of my vacation, and stay at the Dolphin Resort, where I had always wanted to stay (I've always had a things for dolphins). So, I had an idea that he might propose that weekend. We spent that Saturday at the Magic Kingdom, and I kept seeing him adorably check his pockets as if he might lose something :). Then, as we're watching the fireworks in front of Cinderella's castle, his arms wrapped around me, he pulled out the ring and asked me to marry him! So perfect :) (I said yes, obviously!)
The ring itself was stunning! I could not believe he had picked out such an amazing ring all by himself, with limited input from me :) I spent the rest of the week back home, showing it off to anyone I could! That's about the time I started regularly painting my nails too, because I wanted to draw attention to my hand without annoyingly shoving it in people's faces.
We had a pretty long engagement, but we finally got married in September of 2010 and are now living happily ever after!
I'd love to hear other engagement stories! Feel free to share!
Have an awesome weekend!
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