Clairitek
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This weekend FF and I celebrated our one year anniversary. Everyone that I work with and a few of my friends were convinced that he would be popping the question this weekend but I truly believed otherwise. He offered to plan the whole day himself and told me that he would just tell me what to wear and when to be ready.
The morning was wonderful! He woke up and cooked me breakfast in bed. He pretended to get up to use the bathroom and came back 10 minutes later with eggs, toast, jam, and tea. After some more snuggling we got ready and he just told me to wear shorts and a tee shirt and something comfortable to walk in. He had packed a backpack and tote bag but wouldn’t let me see what was inside. We got in the car and I asked him “Are we going to Valley Forge??” to which he replied a very convincing NO. We drove a little bit and arrive at… (I guessed right!) Valley Forge. After walking for about 20 minutes we finally found a secluded spot- which FF insisted on- to settle down. He produced yummy cheese, crackers, berries, pepperoni (turkey-based… much lower fat and just as tasty as the alternative), and wine (though it was only about 9:50 am).
The wine explained the need for some seclusion so we wouldn’t get arrested for public consumption. We munched on the great snacks and talked about our relationship and just marveled at how lucky we are. I’ll admit that in the back of my mind I though that maybe this would be it… I was a little nervous because my father had told me the night before that FF hadn’t asked for my parents blessing yet. Though, I wouldn’t put it past my father to fib to throw me off course. I took advantage of the gorgeous lighting to take some pictures of my emerald cut aquamarine ring with filigree and a diamond halo (that was a birthday gift) with some fun backdrops. = see following pics for photoshoot = At some point during the morning FF commented “there isn’t any diamond ring hiding in my pocket today.” At this point I was a little relieved/disappointed. Disappointed for obvious reasons because a one year anniversary proposal would have really romantic but relieved because then I wouldn’t have to wonder all day long about it.
After Valley Forge we wandered over to a huge mall near our house- King of Prussia. I thought maybe he was there to buy me an outfit for dinner that night. We went in through the entrance by Tiffany/Cartier. We walked a little past Cartier and then FF grabbed my hand and led me into the store.
At this moment my heart started POUNDING. I thought that maybe he was there to buy me a ring!! I just let him do the talking as he informed the sales lady that we were there to look at engagement rings. I tried on pretty much every setting Cartier offers with the exception of the Declaration setting. I fell in love with the plain band 1895 round brilliant solitaire. It looked gorgeous on my hand combined with this new wedding band they have that is the thinnest eternity band of shared prong round brilliants. This wedding band was probably only 1.5 mm and it GLISTENED.
The whole set was very very dainty and totally my style. It seems that their pricing is about the same as Tiffany’s and I decided that I liked their plain band solitaire better than the classic Tiffany 6-prong. FF was extremely curious in what I thought about everything so the longer we stood at the ring counter the more I believed he was about to propose. Eventually we left the store and sat down on a bench in the mall. I was so confused about what was going on and I didn’t know whether to be really happy or just a little peeved at this little game he was playing with me.
He knew I had wanted to go check out Cartier rings with him but at the same time he had to have known it was a little difficult on me to go in there on such a big day. I know he meant well and was just trying to treat me on our big day but it ended up totally backfiring. I began to cry a little while sitting there talking about everything and I could hardly look him in the face. I think that my tears were mostly due to the roller coaster of emotions. I really didn’t want to make him feel bad about everything.
On the car ride home we talked a lot about our situation and the process of getting engaged. He confessed that he had thought about proposing on the big day but then realized there were things he wanted to do before going through with it- talk to my father in person (which is hard since my parents live 5 ½ hours away) and have a big talk with his parents. He DID tell me that he was planning on proposing “soon”- within the next few months- and that he wanted to go to my parent’s house ASAP to talk to my father.
We ate out at a restaurant in Philly that we both really love and enjoyed some really delicious cocktails. I gave him a Movado watch that he was ECSTATIC about- which is a real accomplishment because he doesn’t get excited over material possessions at all. I plan on getting the watch engraved eventually- I am thinking about “I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine.”
So… no engagement on our very big weekend but we are both a lot more relaxed and happy about the whole engagement process. I think that he truly feels better about everything and I believe him when he says that it will be coming in the next few months.
Sorry for the long post- if you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading!
The morning was wonderful! He woke up and cooked me breakfast in bed. He pretended to get up to use the bathroom and came back 10 minutes later with eggs, toast, jam, and tea. After some more snuggling we got ready and he just told me to wear shorts and a tee shirt and something comfortable to walk in. He had packed a backpack and tote bag but wouldn’t let me see what was inside. We got in the car and I asked him “Are we going to Valley Forge??” to which he replied a very convincing NO. We drove a little bit and arrive at… (I guessed right!) Valley Forge. After walking for about 20 minutes we finally found a secluded spot- which FF insisted on- to settle down. He produced yummy cheese, crackers, berries, pepperoni (turkey-based… much lower fat and just as tasty as the alternative), and wine (though it was only about 9:50 am).
After Valley Forge we wandered over to a huge mall near our house- King of Prussia. I thought maybe he was there to buy me an outfit for dinner that night. We went in through the entrance by Tiffany/Cartier. We walked a little past Cartier and then FF grabbed my hand and led me into the store.
On the car ride home we talked a lot about our situation and the process of getting engaged. He confessed that he had thought about proposing on the big day but then realized there were things he wanted to do before going through with it- talk to my father in person (which is hard since my parents live 5 ½ hours away) and have a big talk with his parents. He DID tell me that he was planning on proposing “soon”- within the next few months- and that he wanted to go to my parent’s house ASAP to talk to my father.
We ate out at a restaurant in Philly that we both really love and enjoyed some really delicious cocktails. I gave him a Movado watch that he was ECSTATIC about- which is a real accomplishment because he doesn’t get excited over material possessions at all. I plan on getting the watch engraved eventually- I am thinking about “I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine.”
So… no engagement on our very big weekend but we are both a lot more relaxed and happy about the whole engagement process. I think that he truly feels better about everything and I believe him when he says that it will be coming in the next few months.
Sorry for the long post- if you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading!
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