the price is right...

don't be confused with the game show...

since i've been ENGAGED for five and a half months already i guess i could explain the story of how j proposed for those that care (which may not be anybody.. but i'm okay with talking to myself)!



this is what i wrote in my little lisa frank journal when i was 12 which coincidentally happens to be my age when i met j and his family (by the way... he was 18 then... gross huh?!) anyways... when i was going through old papers i came across this awesome journal. i got to this page, took a picture, and sent it to j. at the time (around june-ish) it was a hint that it was time for me to get a little extra lovin' (which was asking a lot because he was in the middle of the academy).
SO... october rolled around (about two weeks after the academy ended)and still no "dream date". i really hadn't thought much about my cliche desires and was just enjoying my extra sleep in the mornings!

on sunday october 3rd j said he had something planned to thank me for my support through the academy. he was all uptight about timing which for me is a struggle... but luckily i was ready when he came to pick me up! we headed towards the beach and once i realized where we were going he apologized for it not being a "summer evening" (as stated in my cliche dream date). we got to the beach and he was rushed to get to the sand(for the sunset). he made one of my favorite meals...(chicken alfredo, green beans, and rolls with a diet coke to drink) and packaged it all up in a cardboard box (a personal touch of his that made me laugh but i truly LOVED)! we began eating... my hair was blowing everywhere... i was crying windy tears... but was having so much fun. after i devoured the entire bowl of alfredo... he was trying to keep me warm but was being really awkward about it (because the ring was in his pocket..duh). as the sunset reached my favorite part where the colors across the sky are always amazing he pulled out a folded lined piece of paper. this wasn't unusual because j uses lined paper... for every occassion... so i just thought it was a "thank you"! i opened it up and started to read it while he sat there. i would post the letter but if he ever found out he'd kill me for embarrassing him. it was of course the sweetest letter i've ever read and it obviously made me cry... real tears...not just windy ones! the last sentence was "so..." and as i got to that part...yes... he got "up" on one knee and asked the question. i don't really remember what came after that... i think i said "it's about time" but then asked if he was for real and then said yes...of course!! then... i thanked him... i'm not gonna lie... immediately following the big moment i really didn't know what to say... so i thought thank you was appropriate... for the ring of course!




both his and my family were in on the whole thing so we left the beach to go celebrate with them.

so...my cheesy dream date desires turned into my engagement story and i love it! i love him! and i love that i'm marrying him in less than three months!!!

moral of the story: write everything down in a lisa frank journal... you never know when it will come in handy!! :)