It was just like any other day, It was April 28th, a typical Thursday after work when Mark proposed and I had absolutely no idea, well no idea he chose that day to propose. Thanks to my soon to be mother-in law Joan, who a few weeks prior to the engagement accidentally gave me her camera to figure out a function- instead showing me top secret photos of the engagement ring in which I played completely cool and did not led on to the fact I saw them. The tiny snafu gave me some insight that I was going to be engaged rather shortly, and I had assumed knowing Mark and his traditional style that he would have selected May 12th, our 5 year anniversary which was only a few weeks from the viewing of the photo's to pop the question. You know what they say about assumptions.
Mark had injured himself, a torn maniscus, while playing softball and was out of work for a few weeks with plenty of time on his hands and one morning had asked me what I would like for dinner the following night, now not to brag but I really have myself a wonderful man who happens to be a pretty decent cook and does sweet things like this for me often so I was the least bit suspicious and appreciatively selected something out of a cooking magazine, I chose Asian stir fried beef with snow peas and carrots in a light gingery sauce served over steamed white rice- Had I known it was my engagement dinner I may have gone with lobster :)
It is the night of the "engagement", I get home from work, probably looking like a hot mess- to a clean house, fresh smelling boyfriend, and a delicious dinner waiting on the table next to a vase filled with the most beautiful burnt orange- pink roses- my favorite! As I finish enjoying my dinner, as if it were a normal night after work Mark goes into the other room and says he has a surprise for me- I automatically think something sweet of course and he brings out a table spread of chocolate fondue, right down to strawberries, marshmallows, bananas and angel food cake, he sure knows what makes me happy. As I am stuffing my face with dessert, he goes into the other room- I seriously thought he was going to the bathroom, like I said it was a normal after work night, but instead as I turn, there he was on one knee with a smile ear-to-ear with the most precious solitaire diamond ring that I have ever seen in my life and asked me to be his wife.
Funny thing is after I said yes (the title of the bolg post gives it away) he spills the beans and tells me he has had the ring since January and in a moment of excitement I blurt out "I know!!" which was followed by "what you knew!!" and I rambled to try and get myself out of that one and mumble "well, I mean, ya know, umm, I'm just so excited! He laughed and then said, "you saw the picture that night my mother was over here didn't you?", "Yes", I replied. Can't start our engagement off by lying.
He later tells me that he couldn't keep it from me any longer and that trying to hide it was becoming way to challenging. It was perfect, unexpected, simple and meaningful. I am looking forward to our journey together and will keep you all posted on Wedding plans.
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