Date: 10/6/2009 6:35:26 PM
Author: ButterRex
Hi,
Haagen_dazs, the secret sapphire is inside the wedding band, so...when she''s wearing it, no one can see it....but if you take it off, you can find it just under where the split on the shank ends. If you look at the 3rd Picture I posted, you''ll see a blue sapphire on the inside of the band.
As far as the proposal goes....
The planning started last week actually....I was going to an amusement park with her on Sunday and I had scheduled a recovery day off on monday. When she heard I did that, she decided to take the day off also...which provided me an opportunity....
I met with the assistant manager at the restaurant in hopes of having my proposal and note written inside their menu. He helped with the planning and gave a few suggestions...and we were set.
We had lunch together in the restaurant and after eating lunch, the manager came up and suggested that we have dessert in their courtyard since the weather was so nice. My FI agreed and the manager led us to the courtyard (no one was here, since they weren''t serving there, but he made an exception for us). There was a preset table for just the two of us and he handed her the custom dessert menu with my message and the ring tied inside on a ribbon.
The restaurant was great......they took a few pictures for us....brought us some complimentary champagne and desserts.... then left us alone to be in private. Afterwards he handed us a gift bag with belgian choclates for us to take home along with our custom menu....it was great....no pressure, just time to enjoy the moment.