Tuesday, May 29, 2012

stacked.

Well, the word is out - Todd and I are engaged!

He proposed while we were in St. Thomas, USVI celebrating four years of being cute, being gross, being hilarious and being in love. (That's just a little sampling of the "cute" and "gross".) And yes, he did ask my dad's permission before hand. And yes, we did look at rings together before hand. And yes, he still caught me completely off guard!


It was the end of our first full day, and Todd had just made a delicious dinner that we ate on the balcony. I told him how lucky I am that he is good at so many things that I am not good at. (Like cooking and carrying luggage, among other arguably more important things.) And vice versa. He agreed, saying - as he always does - "We make a great team." A few minutes later, he cleared the table and returned to the balcony with his hands behind his back looking a little suspicious. I laugh-cried through the whole thing. The next thing I knew, we were engaged!


We had actually been looking at rings online for awhile. A lot of the things we looked at were very gorgeous. Very sparlkly. And very not-me. We finally went into a couple stores to try things on a week before the trip. Some good. Some bad. One perfect. He didn't buy anything while I was with him because he wanted the final decision to be a surprise. But I was really hoping he would go with a certan option. So, when he opened the box and the yellow gold "rope" style ring was inside, I thought to myself "HE KNOWS ME SO WELL!" And also, "OHJEEZE WE'RE GETTING ENGAGED RIGHT NOW!"

Instead of a larger sparkly ring, Todd and I came up with the idea of a small stack of skinny rings that I can mix-and-match after we're married. The day after we got back from our trip, Todd took me to get "Part 2" of our engament ring.


I know, I know. I'm a brat. (A brat with gray hair.)


I love them.

And this is what the final stack will look like. I am so excited about what Todd chose that I just want to wear them all now! He says if I want the third ring, I'll have to marry him to get it. Oh, darn.

4 comments:

TheCookieJarvis said...

HOOOOORRAAAYYYYYY!!!! Oh my goodness this continues to make me so very happy. I love the ring(s), I love you and I love Todd. Can't wait to hear more about your trip and everything!! By the way, how did Christian Bale take the bad news?

stacey erin said...

Oh HEEEEYYYYYY!!! CB took it pretty hard. But then I asked him to sing "Santa Fe" as I walked down the aisle, and he felt really honored to be a part of my special day.

Anonymous said...

I love the story! It was so fun to ready what happened and the story of your ring! I can't wait to see you guys! Congrats, love you, miss you!

~Sara

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy for you. You deserve the best.

-Rich