The first of many

I'm engaged! Can you believe it?? I knew it would happen eventually, but I didn't think it would be before the year's end. He drove down to Atlanta during Thanksgiving break and bought the ring from a friend's friend who owns a jewelry store. I was actually upset he wasn't spending Thanksgiving up here with me, but now knowing what I know, I forgive him.

How it happened: First we walked downtown Dillsboro to see the luminaries (luminarias if you're from NM) and peruse some stores. On the first two weekends in December, they set up luminarias and keep their stores open late for people. This year they even had fireworks to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the luminaries.

From there we went to Restaurant 553 in downtown Sylva for a nice dinner. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a little annoying because of the people sitting behind us. Chris kept telling me, 'Just calm down...just chill out.' If we're going to spend $20 for an entree, I'd prefer not to hear every word of the next table's conversation. And when the conversation then expands to the bartender...well, you get the point. So we pay and start walking through the courtyard to go to the car. There's a big fountain in the middle and I decide to take the path on the right and Chris goes to the left and says, 'Where are you going?' Well, uh, to the car of course! How else are we getting home?? And that's when he pulled me over to the fountain and starts saying how much he loves me and that he wants to be with me for the rest of his life. And I swear...I got so confused. All that was going on in my head was: uh, yeah. I know this. What am I supposed to say? DUH!? lol But then he got down on one knee and popped the question and then it all made sense. :oD

Some funnies:

I invited my Aunt and Uncle to eat dinner with us that night & Chris about had a heartattack. How was I supposed to know??

He was going to do it during dinner, but didn't because of the aforementioned loud mouths.

We went to his office Christmas dinner the other night and one of his coworkers almost gave it away that he was going to ask. I looked at her just as she stopped pointing at her ring finger apparently.

When he brought the ring home from his office he had it in his jacket pocket while we were doing errands and I apparently kept going to the same side as the ring. He was really concerned I'd feel the box and kept moving me to his other side.

He hid the box in one of his puppets on his nightstand. Well, several Christmases ago my dad gave me an 8.5 x 11 framed picture of my face and I came across it the other day and thought it'd be funny to set it up on his nightstand. So he got home that day, laughed hysterically, and then wondered if I found the ring. He told me later that he figured if I had found it I would've said something.

That's it for now...don't be surprised if the majority of my posts are about wedding planning now.