He Proposed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kanne]

This morning, my BF (uh, I mean fiance

) asked me to help him with a photo shoot of the Fire Island Lighthouse (spectacular day and crystal clear views of the Atlantic Ocean). I was supposedly there to "hold the tripod". We trekked though the snow to the lighthouse and knocked on the door..there were a few volunteers inside, but they said that the lighthouse was closed to tours until noon...but they would let us go up anyway. We were escorted to the top by a volunteer tour guide who filled us in on lighthouse history etc. At the top, the guide let us go outside by ourselves. My BF told me to start taking photos..I snapped one and then turned around to find him kneeling and holding a ring box!!! His proposal was so sweet and the setting so perfectly "us" that we both cried but managed to take lots of pictures to remember the moment!!!! The folks at the lighthouse were fantastic and toasted us with a bottle of wine.

When we returned home, the house was filled with flowers. One of our good friends had worked with my BF to transport the bouquets from the florist while we were gone. He even set up a champagne bucket.. ohmygosh guys, it was the best. Still IS!! I'm FLOATING!

and OH MY, OH MY, OH MY the RING. Leon outdid himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven! I will post pictures!!!!

-lovey

...guess this means I'm OFF THE LIST!!!!!!!!! But hopefully I'll still be on the "guest list" lol! Thanks to all of you who have filled my stay here with caring and thoughtful posts...

 

[blueroses]

LOVEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am speechless and SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!! I feel like a kindred spirit is leaving the list...as my fellow 30-something- LOOOONG courtship-asscherlover-newyorkgal is now officially a FIANCEE!!!!!!!!! I am THRILLED FOR YOU!!!!!

Can''t WAIT to see the LEON MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You''re ENGAGED, You''re ENGAGED!!!!!! And what a gorgeous proposal too!!!!!!! AAAHHHHHH!

 

[Blue824]

Lovey!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

That is such a sweet proposal, up on the light house overlooking the ocean! And then coming back to the house all decorated..he put so much effort into that, so adorable.

Ok, now that I''ve said congratulations....get us pictures of the ring

 

[appletini]

Lovey! Congratulations!!! What a fabulous and romantic proposal! I''m floating just from reading it. I can''t wait to see pictures of the ring!

 

[goldengirl]

Wow, this is amazing--two girls off the list in one day!!

Lovey, how sweet and SNEAKY of him!!

CONGRATS on your engagement!! Now post some pics!!

 

[icekid]

awwwww lovey!! that is such a sweet proposal.. i''m so excited for you!!!!! and you know i am salivating at the thought of your wonderful leon ring! congrats... and may you have a wonderful life together

 

[kanne]

thank you everyone!!! I''m so happy!

Here''s a pic of us at the lighthouse... I wish I could put all these pics in one post, but I don''t know how..any ideas?

 

[kanne]

and the flowers at home..

 

[kanne]

more flowers at home lol!

 

[kanne]

and the view....!!

 

[kanne]

hmmm.. ok ok I know you guys are all really interested in the view so here's one more pic. Sorry, I am picture happy and must do this quickly before going out to celebrate. bye!

....oh did I forget to post the RING? oops!!

 

[kanne]

here''s the preciousssssss ...I''ll post more in SMTR tomorrow!

 

[allycat0303]

Lovey, what a beautiful, romantic proposal. Congrats on your engagement. AND your ring... it is simply incredible. I love it!

 

[Brittany]

Yay!! You look soooo happy and your ring is OMG Gorgeous!

CONGRATS!

 

[goldengirl]

Hooooooooooooly Craaaaappppppp!!!!!!!!!!!

That baby is GORGEOUS!!!!

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Lovey, your ring is the definition of my absolute perfect dream ring! You two look so incredibly happy, and the proposal was unbelievably sweet! Congratulations from one Asscher-lover to another! We''re all so happy for you!!!!!

 

[blueroses]

OOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!! You guys look SO happy! And the VIEW!! And all of the flowers

And the PRECIOUS!!!!

First of all, it looks massive on your hand in that adorable pic of you two, and second of all........
.....well put me right there with Lauren, because that is just THE DREAM RING!! You have just an amazing piece of art--it incorporates all of the things I love--the asscher, the fabulous pave, the cut-corner-boxter-"ballerina"-head and....the double claw prongs!!! It's just PERFECT!! Leon is just, wow. WOW!!! I think that what will henceforth be known as "The Lovey" has moved to the top of the stack of my inspiration rings.

Can't wait to see all the pics, and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

(p.s.....is this one you can wear a wedding band with? Honestly, I think you have outdone the Daniel K!!!!!)

 

[jenwill]

WooHoo! Lovey got engaged, Lovey got engaged!

I am so happy for you and can''t wait to see even more pics of that stunning ring!

 

[fatafelice]

Congratulations and Felicitations, Lovey! It seems you received a beautiful proposal and a beautiful ring all in one day! Even better, you received the knowledge that you will spend the rest of your life with your clearly outstanding man! What could be better (certainly not that RING!)? I wish you both the very best!!!

 

[TravelingGal]

Lovey, you look absolutely radiant! Congrats!

Add me to the list of a fellow thirty-something happy to see another thirty-something get a lovely proposal. And your ring...I always thought I liked plain, but goodness! "The Lovey" is magnificient! Gives a girl something to think about...

Again, congratulations to you and your fiance.

 

[Franny]

Yowza! Your ring is AMAZING!!!!!!!! As was the proposal, the view (I''ve never seen that lighthouse in the winter), the flowers, etc. Be well and be happy together always.

 

[BLINGQUEEN]

Wow Lovey,

congradulations!!I think he chose a lighthouse so you could direct boats with that diamond!!!!

 

[Jennifer5973]

You guys look great! And that ring is out of control!!!!

More pics! Congrats!

 

[mrssalvo]

Lovey,
Congratulations!! How very exciting.  You guys are adorable.  I LOVE your ring.  I know it was a long wait but it sure looks worth it with Leon''s Masterpiece.  I can''t wait to see more pics. 

 

[heartsonfire]

Lovey, Congratulations to you and your fiance. What a sweet proposal! I bet you are still on cloud nine and you can''t stop looking at "preciousssssss". She is truly gorgeous. I love your ring (can''t stop looking)!!! Can''t wait to see more hand pics.

 

[kanne]

good morning and thank you all so much!!!!
I'm about to post more pics in SMTR, but here's one more that we took last night...
This ring is so far from that simple, elegant RB solitaire in yellow gold that I orginally thought I wanted..lol! We took one look at Reena's ring and were lost..

. It may not be everyone's taste, but the ring is was beyond my wildest dreams..and of course that goes for the man too!!

 

[icekid]

oh WOW lovey... that ring... stunning!!

i knew that your LM would be wellllll worth the wait... it''s incredible, and even better- you guys look soo happy

i seriously can''t wait to see more pics. congrats again

 

[MelissaSue]

YAY YAY YAY YAY!! lovey! Your ring is absolutely freaking amazing.. And gigantic. Have I mentioned how much this board has made me want a big asscher like that (and I know I am NOT alone in that!). Your proposal was a wonderful suprise.. and all those flowers look GORGEOUS!

 

[cute330xigrl]

WOOOOOOOOOOW! Funny, I was coming online to post my good news.. but get ths story. We went to see the "Arrrteeest" Leon this past Friday and dropped my stone off. When he brought us into his office, we interrupted a photoshoot of a lovely octagonal assher mounted ring (know who's ring this is???). Well needless to say, he opened my design form , which coincidentally has an octagonal head and said, "OH HERE, LOOK AT THIS THIS" Well, I was floored... Dre was truly outdone! Truly! He tried to contain himself when we were there... but when we left he just kept saying.

"Wow Chris. This guy is no joke."
"That ring was amazing. Love that center stone." "Wonder who's getting that bad boy, cos that thing is HUUUGGGGE."
"The detail is sick"
"Wow."
"Wow"
"Wow"

hahaha.. get the point!

So my dear, your band has striked an unreal amount of excitement out of my future hubby. Mind you this is a guy who doesnt get excited about ANYTHING. He has a rather blahh attitude. But since then, all he keeps saying is, "I can't wait now." I said to myself, " Wonder if this belongs to someone off PC." Smallworld!

Congradulations lovey! Charming story. So happy for you! And "we're" glad we got to see your ring in person. It's truly a masterpiece!

 

[onedrop]

Lovey!! You''re ring is GORGEOUS!! I am going to say it again....GORGEOUS!!! I keep coming back to this thread to ogle it! The "delay" in receiving your ring I am sure, seems well worth it now.

Congratulations on your enagagement and the beautiful ring!