I'm engaged!!

So, Eric and I went out October 16th and bought rings kind of on a whim. We'd been looking for a while, but we just happened to be at the mall, went looking without really an intent to buy (at least I don't think there was an intent, lol) and found a ring that I really like, so we bought the engagement ring and both wedding bands for a very good deal. We had to get mine resized, and we were told it would take a week to get them back (which would have been October 23rd). So, a few days go by, and on Oct 21st, after I got home from school, I heard our home phone ring, which I never answer, and the message came on the answering machine... "This is Bernie from Littman Jewelers. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but we got a new manager in [at this point, I was starting to panic, thinking this new manager didn't like that we were given such a good deal... yes, I really do live in my own little world], and there was a mix-up with the jeweler. The rings will be delayed about 7-10 days..."

Grrr. You can imagine how disappointed I was--I was expecting to be proposed to that weekend, dammit (little bridezilla that I am, lol). So, in order to make me feel better, Eric suggested we just go out to dinner that weekend anyway, and even get dressed up. I liked the idea, and ran with it.

So, Saturday comes around, we get all dressed up, get in the car, and it starts raining. Well, whatever, we had an umbrella. We go to Wawa for gas, head to the restaurant, and it starts to POUR. The restaurant we were planning on going to required walking a block from the parking lot, so I suggested we just turn around and go to Bacco, the restaurant Eric had kept trying to gently talk me into, lol. At least at Bacco, we wouldn't have to walk in the rain.

We get to Bacco, and I was really quite impressed. It was such a cute little restaurant. We ordered our food, Eric talked me into ordering wine, and we sat back to listen to thunder and the rain pouring on the building. I kept catching Eric trying to hide little smiles, and he was talking about how it would have been the perfect night to propose (I was starting to suspect at this point, but I didn't think in a million years that he'd be able to talk Bernie into leaving that message), and then he suddenly got down on one knee, and pulled out a piece of tissue paper with a ring--I was seriously expecting him to have a sort of "temporary" ring, but nope, he had the real thing! I was shocked! I never thought he'd be able to talk Bernie into leaving that message!!

I immediately called my family (literally two minutes after he proposed), and we were served champagne while the other waitresses came up and congratulated us. :)

Yay, I'm engaged!