Here Comes the Bride

I apologize for the lack of posts over the past few weeks. Too much has been happening!

It finally happened - after 3 long years, Alex proposed. : ) Now, this is quite the story. On Monday, January 12th I came home from spin class to find him at my house. It's not unusual that he would be at my house, but he usually calls me before he comes over, so I found that a little odd. He said that he wanted to get dinner and he works right by my house, so he just came over. I told him that I needed to shower and change, since I just got home from the gym. He said that he was hungry and it didn't matter - we would just go somewhere casual.

So, off to the mystery location we went. I had a feeling that he was going to propose soon, since I knew he went to look at rings with his friend, Jeff. However, I figured he would do it on a weekend.

We ended up in Los Gatos and he said he wanted to eat at Andale's. It wasn't weird to me, because we eat there all the time. We had our first date there. So, I walked in and went up to the counter to order. He pulled me away and said he wanted to look at something out front. We walked down to the old movie theater and before I knew it he was down on one knee. I honestly can't really remember everything he said. I was in a daze. I remember him asking me to marry him and I said yes, but that's about it. It was perfect - he recreated our first date.

I told this story to Corene (my longtime friend from the law firm I worked at in college) and she nearly had a heart attack. Corene is always put together and never without makeup, even though she really doesn't need it. She said "I can't believe you got engaged in your GYM CLOTHES!" She is still having a hard time getting over it. So, that's now the running joke.

Stay tuned for many more wedding related posts. I'll get a picture of the ring up here - I promise!