Going to the Chapel!

...and WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED!

In case my overly obvious context clues didn't give it away, S and I are engaged as of Friday night! To put it mildly, he took me by complete surprise and popped the question about 10 minutes before the stroke of midnight.

And the ring....oh my Lordy. This emerald cut beauty speaks for herself, doesn't she?

Blurry iPhone pic, but you get the idea!

The night started out just like any other date night. We had planned to get food from a local restaurant and go to a movie, which we did.

Here's what I wore:

And here's what my gorgeous fiance wore:

We came back to S's house after watching Black Swan and laughed and talked about the evening and prepared to toast at midnight.

S had told me earlier that evening that he had a couple surprises for me. The first? A Lite Brite. Let me explain...

I told S a few months ago that I missed my childhood Lite Brite, (it was my fav toy as a kid.) So S comes walking out of the room with this:

I laughed SO HARD.

I had honestly kind of forgotten about the remaining surprise until S told me he had one more thing up his sleeve.

...and this "surprise" was brighter and shinier than any Lite Brite.

Ignore the lack of make-up and disheveled hair...there was lots of hugging and crying!

It was a perfect proposal. Just me and my sweet angel boy. He got down on one knee, said some words I'll never forget and I bawled like a baby.

We plan to wed in September and we couldn't be more thrilled! Although this blog won't turn into a wedding blog, I will be doing posts from time to time about the planning process and the exciting moments along the way!

One last thing. About this time last year, I was pretty jaded by the whole romance/relationship thing. I wanted so badly to find my perfect someone. I prayed and prayed to God to show me the man he meant for me to marry. On July 15th, S fell into my lap and I knew immediately he was The One.

Single ladies, do not ever, ever give up. Just when you are discouraged, God will reveal his plan to you. Don't be afraid to pray to Him and ask for your heart's desires. I did and I have never been so happy.

Be blessed, lovelies-