Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Engaged!

We were in Quebec City. It is pretty. Especially at night.
Vince said he wanted to go out to eat at a nice restaurant, and that I should wear some nice clothes. But we were going to walk a long way, and it was cold, so I told him it would make more sense for me to wear sneakers, not heels, and pants, not a skirt, and a sweater over my shirt. Simply put: I did not look attractive. But he seemed okay with it.

We went out to dinner, and then wandered around for a while. Eventually, we decided to take a horse carriage ride around the city. Vince mentioned something to the driver before we took off, but I had no idea what he said. He told me that the driver said we would stop at some famous gardens to give the horse a break and give us a chance to walk around. We drove around for a while, then stopped at the garden. The driver told us there were hundreds of flowers there and the trees smelled really nice. So, I went off to smell a tree. Then I felt stupid because the tree didn't really smell (or at least not any different from any other tree). I turned around and felt even stupider because Vince had a huge grin on his face and was starting to kneel. So I laughed, and said yes, and here we are...engaged!

Here's the ring (very beautiful..and it fit perfectly, even though we'd never even looked for rings together and I never wear rings, so there weren't any for him to steal!)