The story...drumroll please

I know you have all been waiting on pins and needles to hear our engagement story. What, you haven't? Ok, well just humor me!

Here goes.
On Thursday the 30th, I went to work at Just the Thing. Around noon, WEG sends me a text message to see if I wanted to go to dinner that night at our favorite restaurant, Mr. Friendly's, since we hadn't done anything special for Christmas really. Not thinking anything of it, I responded yes, of course. Ironically, we had just been talking at work about how good Mr. Friendly's is, so I told them I would be going there for dinner. One of the girls I work with, who I started working with when WEG and I first started dating, said she had a feeling he might propose that night. I didn't think that was the case either because I was almost certain he did not have a ring- if he did, it would have happened sooner because it would have burnt a hole in his pocket.

So, the day passed and after work I went home to change and get ready for dinner. WEG was already ready to go, so I was hurriedly running through the house trying to find something to wear. I was digging through my closet when he came up behind me to ask if I was choosing something nice. I responded that of course I was. And he again said, "Ok, make sure you choose something nice." I asked why and turned around as I asked to find him down on one knee with the ring in his hand. He said "I want you to wear something nice to celebrate the night I asked you to be my wife." He tells me that I did this little shake thing- of disbelief, probably. And then I started bawling. I said yes, of course, and then thought to make sure he had asked my daddy. Of course he had, so I said yes again.

I could barely get ready to go to dinner I was so excited- and my face was a WRECK from the crying! But happy tears are okay. It was the perfect engagement for us....at home and a complete surprise. I never would have wanted a public engagement, and it was sweet without being over the top sappy, which is not either one of our styles.

And, just so you know...I was right about the burning a hole in his pocket thing. He bought the ring, asked my dad, and asked me all in the same day. I know him quite well ;-)

I have not been able to take a good shot of my ring- it always comes out too blurry on my camera. Any advice on how to fix the problem?