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ashby

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Hi ladies!
Phew! Would you believe that I am writing to you as an engaged woman?? Yes, my darling bf (now Fiance
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) proposed yesterday. So, as my post last week said, he had told me that the ring, which was originally supposed to get here on Thursday, was delayed until Monday - I was a bit suspicious, but ended up convinced because as it turns out, he's quite a good liar!! It was delayed, but only till Friday. Anyway, we had planned a picnic for Sunday a while ago (earlier in the week), but we often have picnics in Spring, so still not suspicious. We had also planned to go to the Melbourne Zoo, which I have been dying to visit for AGES, as I love animals. In hindsight I can see all these things about that morning that should have been hints, but at the time I wasn't looking for any, so I didn't notice - he woke up really early (for a sunday, and for us!) and shaved even though he wasn't particularly hairy. Also, he was unnaturally interested about where we would go for a picnic. We drove around and I was saying, "Why not just there?" and he would say, "No, let's keep driving" and eventually we went to this beautiful little reserve, which was secluded, birds chirping, etc etc. and laid out the picnic stuff. Then he kept taking photos with my digital camera, and he usually hates photos. And the dead ringer, which he is lucky didn't give it away at the time, was that when I look back at photos we took before he proposed, you can actually see the square box outline in his pocket!!!
Before we could start though he suddenly started saying sweet things, and before I knew it he was proposing!! I was so surprised I think I said, "Of course I will!" and he had to say, "you're supposed to say Yes!" Then he put the ring on my finger - a perfect fit. It was a perfect day, and a perfect place - he told me that he chose to do it in a park because so much of our first part of going out was spent in a park (wagging school, ha ha). We spent the rest of the day at the zoo, which was so us and so much fun
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and then he had booked us dinner at a gorgeous restaurant on St Kilda Beach. Dinner was delicious, and we went for a walk on the beach after dinner. It was such an awesome day - the best of my life.
I really want to post pics but I don't know how to make them small enough to post - any tips?
Thanks to everyone at pricescope, even though my stay was short, it was fun while it lasted!
 
congratulations! Sounds like a wonderful suprise!

I hope you can figure out how to get those pics smaller. Did your camera come with any sort of photo editing software?
 
Thanks MelissaSue! Now for the wedding planning
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I have Photoshop, but can''t for the life of me figure out how to resize my photos!
 
Sounds like a perfect day, congratulations! Cant wait to see pictures, wish I could be more help in posting them, but my photo program is dummy proof, you simply go to resize/resample.
 
Congratulations! That sounds like a wonderful proposal! Can''t wait to see your ring
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ps. I currently use a program called paintshop and resizing is under the "image" menu. Just look around for yours, it has to be there somewhere!
 
Oh.. in photoshop you just open your photo, and then I think resize is under the edit menu. For PS pics I usually shrink the width down to about 400-500 pixels, and its small enough to attach. Then you just have to save the pic, I usually save it as a different name so that i keep the original big size.. but make sure it saves as a JPG or GIF not a PSD file, because those won''t post!
 
Congratulations!! What a sweet proposal and a wonderful way to celebrate your engagement!! Can''t wait to see pix!!!
 
Congrats Ashby! Sounds like you had a super spiffy day!
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congrats ashby! sounds like you have a really sweet and thoughtful new FI! hope you figure out how to get your pics posted
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congrats ashby! that sounds like a very sweet and personal proposal
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can''t wait to see the pictures! please post soon!!
 
I hope this works - will post more if it does!!

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The ''aerial view'' as my fiance calls it - sorry, just wanted to say ''fiance''

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And one more for good measure!

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ur ring is beautiful and suits u perfectlY! please do post more and more pics for us to see
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do u have any specs on the ring??
 
Oh wow! That is very spiffy I love how it looks like the bezel is cupping the diamond! Very neat!
 
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Congrats!!
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The ring is beautiful!
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Wow, your ring is gorgeous, ashby, and what a sweet proposal! I''m so glad the ring wasn''t delayed after all!

Congrats on your engagement!
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Beautiful!!! Glad you were able to get your pictures to post
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Congrats!!!!!
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Now head on over to "Show me the ring" and start a thread for that puppy!!! That is GORGEOUS!!!! Such clean, elegant lines--classic!!! Beautiful!!
 
Oh good call blueroses!
Is there a show me your bezel thread...if so add that lovely to it as well, if not you could always start one.
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so pretty! very clean. congrats!!
 
Ashby- that is great- CONGRATS!!!! What a beautiful bezel- he did good!
 
wow, love that ring! The bezel is great- smooth and classy! congrats again
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Thanks so much everyone! I am thrilled to bits about my ring. It''s a 0.45 ct diamond, in a white gold setting - not many people notice but it''s actually a two tone ring - which I like. It''s G colour, VVS and my ring size is 4.75. That''s all the specs I can tell you, don''t know any more! All I know it, everyone comments on how sparkly it is!
Have been fielding about a thousand phone calls/emails/messages on my phone and relaying the proposal story a million times - still not sick of it yet
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Many congrats, ashby! I hope you enjoyed your short stay with us.

That ring is FABULOUS!!!!!! Maybe I can add that to the list of style ideas to give my BF!!! Beautiful!
 
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