My Engagement Story

This has been the craziest month so far. I am officially no longer in a triple-digit countdown! Having realized I'm in serious crunch time, I'm quite overwhelmed.

On that note, I realized I've never shared my engagement story with you! Here it goes...

It happened last summer over July 4th holiday weekend. (That's right, it's officially been more than a year!) We had plans to go away to our share house in Southampton with friends. Despite the fact that I was deathly ill (and I do mean deathly - my head was ready to explode), we headed out!

So all weekend, B said we never go to the beach, so it was a top priority. My response: "Why would we go to the beach when there's a fabulous pool in the backyard?" We compromised and decided to go Sunday.

Well, Sunday rolled around, and I wasn't any better. In fact, I felt much worse. When we woke up, I was in no mood for the beach, so B gave in and made us breakfast. (He's the best!)

I had fallen back asleep to awake to the smell of an egg & cheese muffin. Yum! B and I ate in bed as I told him about a crazy dream I had the night before.

In my dream, B had proposed to me with a green ring! (We had talked about getting engaged every now and then, but I had no idea it was coming!) I described to him that the stone and band were bright green and looked plastic. In the dream, he insisted I would love the color since I'm so eco-friendly!

We were laughing as I continued to eat my breakfast. B walked towards the foot of the bed and pulled a box out from his bookbag. He then removed a smaller ring box, and I completely froze!

He got down on one knee, opened the box and said, "Did the ring in your dream look anything like this?" I immediately broke into tears. Trying not to choke on the sandwich I shrieked, "No it didn't! Is that real? Oh my gosh!"

(This was definitely nothing like the ring in dream.)

He asked if I would marry him, and I obviously said yes!

Every person in our house knew it was coming. After making a few important phone calls, we headed downstairs where everyone was waiting with champagne and a full-blown BBQ!

It was perfect and so 'us.' I'm so glad we never made it to the beach because I love our story :)

Here are a few shots from that special day!