So first I told her that the Jon Schmidt Christmas concert was the night I was going to propose but it really wasn't. It was the next weekend. But I told her it was that weekend because I go every year, she went with me last year and she knows it's a big deal for me, we dress up and do a nice dinner and things. So it was a perfect cover up so she wouldn't get suspicious. I told her I wanted to dress nice and do a special dinner for her. So I got the ring from Rick Huntington (Huntington Jewelers, great place, I highly recommend it!) on Thursday and got everything planned for saturday night (Dec 1st). It snowed ALL day on Saturday and it forced me to change my plans a bit. But I picked her up from her place and we took some pictures and then we got into the car. I blindfolded her (I've done it before so she wasn't suspicious) and drove to where I had dinner set up. I had a private table set up in the most gorgeous building on campus in my opinion (JFSB) overlooking the inner courtyard filled with fresh snow, trees and a water fountain. The table was set with a maroon table cloth, a white lace cover, two candles, wine glasses, and basically everything you'd need for a romantic dinner including a single rose. I had my roommates dressed up as our waiters and they served us dinner and they did a great job about it. When I unblindfolded her I had a black ring box set on her plate, as well as three large apples on the table. I told her 'The apples are for later, but what's in the box is for right now'. She got excited and went over to open the box to find that it only had chocolates in it. Then we took a lot of pictures with us and the table and everything. We sat down and had a great dinner (I prepared chicken alfredo with broccoli for the main dish, a salad with strawberries, cranberries and grapes with raspberry vinagarette, and for desert we had sliced apples with caramel dip and Sparkling Cider for drink).
Then after dinner we were running late for the 'show' but I told her I had one more thing to show her. So I blindfolded her again and drove to this apple orchard that is a special place for us. We took a lot of walks there and we had a lot of 'talks' there. It's pretty because it has trees and feels more like nature rather than being in a big city and the deer come down at night and bed down in it. We get there and she's in high heels and a dress and it's FREEZING outside. I said let's go for a walk and then she started complaining about how cold it was. I told her I brought boots that she could wear and then she gave me a look that said she knew something was up. Anyways after complaining she got the boots on and we went for a short walk. There was a half made snow man (me and my roommates made it earlier) and I said 'let's finish the snow man'. After complaining of the cold she picked up one hand of snow and put it on the snowman. Then she said Ok let's go. I held her and said 'This is an apple orchard right? I think there's still an apple in that tree behind you. Go get it.' Then she went over to the tree and picked up the apple which was in the crux of some branches. I had hollowed the apple out and put the ring in one of those small 25 cent bubbles with a string attached to it so you could pull it out. She looked at the bubble and the expression on her face was dissapointed (She told me later that she figured I was gonna propose when she saw the apple and when she saw the 25 cent bubble she thought I was gonna propose with a 25 cent ring because she was utterly CONVINCED that the ring wouldn't be ready by then (thanks Rick!)). I saw the look on her face and took the apple, pulled out the bubble and then opened it to reveal the sparkling diamond ring. Then she freaked out!!! She couldn't stop smiling and then I knelt down IN THE SNOW and asked her to be my wife. She said 'Yes' and then I found the dozen long stem roses I had my roommate hide along with the apple only minutes before. Then I started to get cold and she still couldn't stop smiling. I said 'um, let's go now, the car's warm' and she said 'I'm not cold anymore!!!' (women!). I held her for a while and then we left, making sure to stop and see the deer.
K, now one of the apples that was on the dinner table at the beginning of the night was the very apple that had the ring in it. I made sure we took pictures of us and it as proof that she had an evening with her engagement ring in the same room. In the pictures it's the one on the very right. I had my roommate run it out to the orchard while we were in the middle of dinner.
2 comments:
What a good idea to have both of you write about your engagement from each of your points of view. That was neat, I enjoyed reading it! :)
You pretty much agree on the story. The main thing is you asked and she said yes.
I love all the photos too, but can't wait to see you both in person.
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