We were supposed to go out and do grocery shopping together as we always do. So we headed out of the house (I'd stayed over the night before to see his mom since she was visiting with a family friend), but when we got to the Tube station, Sebastian decided we should shop somewhere else since it was a gorgeous morning out and if we went to Kensington, not Wimbledon, we could walk through Holland Park beforehand.
I was absolutely unsuspecting and went along with it. We got into the park and into this adorable little Japanese garden with a pool and a waterfall and peacocks and everything and sat on a bench. I thought for 2 seconds that it would be a good place to get engaged, but then I thought, "nah, I'll just be patient: he'll ask when he's ready." Not 30 seconds later, he turns to me and says, "so I know this was a long time in coming..." (my eyes got huge and my hands flew up to my face!), "and I'm sure you saw it from a mile off..." By that point, my brain was functioning enough to realise that he was proposing, and I yanked my gloves off *so* quickly! At that point, he was getting off the bench and onto one knee! So he pulled the ring box out of his pocket and opened it up and asked, "Will you marry me?" I think I said "yes!" about five times in a row. Needless to say, I cried (luckily, the light is so bad in all the pictures that you can't tell!) and we had to sit there for another 20 minutes just giggling and taking pictures.
We're hoping, tentatively, to get married in June. I know: prime wedding season. But that seems easiest with my Master's programme because my classes end the first week of June, and then it's nothing but dissertation writing until the end of September.
I was absolutely unsuspecting and went along with it. We got into the park and into this adorable little Japanese garden with a pool and a waterfall and peacocks and everything and sat on a bench. I thought for 2 seconds that it would be a good place to get engaged, but then I thought, "nah, I'll just be patient: he'll ask when he's ready." Not 30 seconds later, he turns to me and says, "so I know this was a long time in coming..." (my eyes got huge and my hands flew up to my face!), "and I'm sure you saw it from a mile off..." By that point, my brain was functioning enough to realise that he was proposing, and I yanked my gloves off *so* quickly! At that point, he was getting off the bench and onto one knee! So he pulled the ring box out of his pocket and opened it up and asked, "Will you marry me?" I think I said "yes!" about five times in a row. Needless to say, I cried (luckily, the light is so bad in all the pictures that you can't tell!) and we had to sit there for another 20 minutes just giggling and taking pictures.
We're hoping, tentatively, to get married in June. I know: prime wedding season. But that seems easiest with my Master's programme because my classes end the first week of June, and then it's nothing but dissertation writing until the end of September.
All the pictures we have so far are up on facebook in that latest album I made. We'll be going out with his parents this Saturday, actually, to have lunch for an anniversary/engagement celebration and talk wedding details. Maybe, if Sebastian and I aren't too indecisive (let's all hope!) we might have a date by the time the day with the in-laws is done.
I wish I had more details than that, but as much as we've known we wanted to get married for a while, we haven't done any serious planning. That said, I definitely have a five-page list of things we have to think about in order to plan everything the right way. :-) I already have a dress in mind - I can't find a picture of it online, so when it comes in January, I may have to discretely send a few snapshots along to get everyone's opinion. I'm trying to decide between a veil and a coloured sash. The sash is the Oasis one from David's Bridal: that much I do know. I picked out colours: black, white, and teal. Think the colour of my purse.
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