I'd already bought one!
Yes, I'd been planning the proposal since March, I bought the ring in October, and I finally proposed in December, as planned, on a beautifully bright sunny day (I didn't plan for the weather but it cooperated!) on top of Grouse Mountain in Vancouver.
We went to Grouse Mountain together in October 2010, and Nicky hasn't stopped talking about how wonderful it was, how beautiful the views were and how it was her absolute favourite place on earth. How could I have proposed anywhere else?
It wasn't perfect, but it was. There were loads of people around, skiers prevented us getting to see the view I wanted, I was apparently getting green with nerves, and there was no dropping to one knee in the snow, but there was a whole lot of love and I managed to get the words out eventually. Thankfully she said yes!
(The ring is on the wrong finger in the next photo as it was a size too big and we didn't want to lose it!)
Nicky's mum (who was on holiday with us and was in on the secret) was thrilled and after we'd all shed a few happy tears (and had been to the Capilano Suspension bridge on the way back into the city) she took us for a celebratory meal at the spaghetti factory.
Strangely (and I only know this from the daisypath counter on this blog) the day we got engaged, we had been together exactly 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days! Completely unplanned, but quite cool!
A few days later we came across two huge engagement rings (I think it must be an art installation but I haven't actually looked it up!) in English Bay, and asked Angela to take our photo under them. This is going to be on our save the date cards.
Roll on December 2012!
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