Engagement

It actually happened!

Yup! That's right! We got engaged February 14th, 2010. Which btw.. before you say anything... is just another day to us. We have celebrated V-day in the past, but this year I decided NO MORE! It's one of those holidays that girls expect WAAAY too much and there's that unnecessary expectation put on the guy to do too much. Where EVERYTHING needs to be absolutely perfect or you have lost the love of someone you love. or respect.

So I told him no way are we celebrating it. So here's what happened:

Craig and I have been talking about getting married for quite some time. We even went to look at rings starting back in November 2009. I knew that if he didn't have an idea of what I wanted or liked, he would put it off even longer than he did. After searching high and low for the perfect ring, we found Scott Kay's Nexus from Helzberg Diamonds, then it turned to a matter of when.

I thought I would be able to tell when he at least bought it, but looking back, he did an awesome job hiding it. Craig bought the ring when I was out of town to see my newest baby cousin. It was also the same weekend he set up a new bank account so he could deposit checks (both our banks are in WA). We usually go over our bank statements online, at the very least, every other week because he's always worried (erm... me too), but we didn't look at all for the two weeks since he bought the ring.

When the ring was done being sized, Helzberg Diamonds called him. I was standing right next to him when he got the call, so he had to make the split decision: hang up, or talk. He said later that he was going to hang up but the lady on the phone was really loud so he didn't know if I heard it was a female, and if I did & he hung up, I'd start asking questions and then I'd ruin everything. So he kept going with the conversation and claimed it was the new bank calling to tell him his checks were available for pickup. He didn't ever want to go pick them up while we were out, then when we received them in the mail I didn't think anything of it.

Fastforward to two weeks later (yes! he waited 2 weeks!): Craig was so bored and calm all day. He read, wrote, watched tv. He was completely calm, cool, and collected... until we started making dinner. He got really antsy, walking from room to room, chasing kitty, etc. All common things since he'd been sitting all day; at least that's what I thought until afterward. We made a really nice chicken & steak dinner (chicken for me, steak for Craig). We finished cooking, ate, and Craig dug the ring box out of the shoe next to his chair and came over to me. I believe the first thing I said was "Craigbear.... what are you doing?" in a freaked out voice, and I know my eyes were huge and scared looking to match.

He did get down on one knee, and he did say "will you marry me?" but otherwise I don't remember anything else besides me saying something like "yes" or "okay" or... "yekay"

**sidenote**

Craig said that when he went in to go buy the ring, the Helzberg representatives said he was the calmest guy they've seen. He wasn't sweating bullets, didn't need water, or step outside to breath because the nerves were overwhelming. I thought that was really special and worth sharing because he was so sure. It's probably due to the fact that I told him what I wanted so he didn't have to worry about me liking the most expensive purchase he's made in his life so far...


I wish I had a decent picture of our ring on me. I'll have to update it at home when I upload our engagement pictures :D