funnytaffy's Chocolate wedding

Regina Spektor is presently one of my favorite music artists. I started listening to her music when her song "Us" constantly played on (what was then) the Austin Music channel (channel 15 for those local to Austin). At first the song was new, quite annoying. But then it grew on me, and also grew on my fiance Jeff.

So when Jeff saw that she was going to be playing in Dallas , he told me we should go see it. I was excited, because the school year had been really hard, I'd had no break from school, so the show was going to be a really nice mini-break for me.

We drive the three hour drive to Dallas and at they Gypsy Tea Room enjoyed the show very much. Although it also made me realize that I was now an adult and no longer a fan of crowds. Jeff and I stood in the back of the room, away from the horde of people, and enjoyed the show from there.

After the show....we walk back to the car and as soon as I get in my seat, Jeff tells me he has a gift for me. I immediately thought he had gotten me something from Victoria's Secret (since I was a recent addict). He brings out this huge gift bag and I am convinced he has bought me something from VS. Here's the surprise...if any of you ladies have seen the movie Serendipity with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale then you know what's up ahead. Remember that scene when Kate comes home to a big box? Well Jeff's proposal was pretty much like that. So I am going through this bag, that has a smaller bag in it. And in that bag there is a smaller bag...and after about the fourth bag or so I realize what he's doing. I am really nervous...and I'm wondering if I am going to say yes or no...I mean I knew I was going to say yes. I get to the last bag and it is empty!!!! He kneels in front of me and tries (it really was an effort) to get the ring out of his pocket and says..."will you marry me?"

I think the drive home to Austin was a lot quicker than the drive to Dallas and needless to say I had butterflies and knots in my stomach the entire time. I don't know what else I did that day, this was November 9, 2006. But I remember that I got a marquis solitaire and the promise of eternal love that day.