I'm engaged!!!!

YAYYYY!!!!

OMG! I have been waiting for this day.

Thursday, October 24, 2013... after 6 years and lots of changes (mostly moves on my part)... my man finally popped the question.

I said yes. (Surprise Surprise :P)

Chris and I at a Long Island Ducks game (Summer 2012)

Since getting engaged I've noticed the trend in questioning, which is completely normal. So I figure I can use this blog to document my excitement, planning, history, and just overall feelings on getting married and changing my ENTIRE life to be with the man I love until I die. That's really deep.

WANNA HEAR IT? HERE IT GOES...

How long had you been dating?

Chris and I have been dating for 6 years.

How did you meet?

We met online on October 24, 2007 (Thanks Match.com). We started slow and worked our way through Yahoo messenger, phone calls (he had a dreamy voice), and the eventual first face-to-face Starbucks date. That date would be our cover for actually meeting online for a while. We would tell people "we met at Starbucks"... it was true. We did. ;)

Have you set a date?

Not yet, this is less than a week old.
Ballpark: We are thinking a Spring 2015 wedding.

Where is he from?

Chris is a native New Yorker from Corona, Queens.

Are you both staying in New York? 

Currently we are both gainfully employed in New York, so if it ain't broke....

How did he propose?

October 24th was the 6 year anniversary of the day we "met" (Depends on what you consider "meeting" but its the only date we can remember, so we work with it). We planned a low-key dinner at Bobby Flay's (my fav celebrity chef and Queens native) Bar Americain in Midtown. No gifts, just dinner and a good time.

As probably any woman in a long term relationship, I wondered where this was going. So that morning, I felt a little anxious to talk. Chris gave me assurance the day would be a happy day and to put any worries aside until the weekend. Just focus on the now and be happy. He's a sweetheart. I love him for that kind of stuff.

So I did. All day I felt anxious, with a knot in my stomach and couldn't figure out why. I thought because I had to give a presentation at work. But it went off without a hitch and I still had a knot. But I gave my worries to God and decided to just have a good time.

We had a great dinner, steak and raw shellfish shooters and enjoyed a couple of cocktails. We spent the date reminiscing over the past six years, sharing inside jokes and enjoying each others company. As we got back to my apartment, we walk up the steps of the brownstone and into the building. As we get to the top of the stairs and in front of my door, I try to unlock it. I hear the doggy bag hit the floor. My thought was "did he trip over the stairs?" I turn around and he is on his knee.... It still didn't click, I still thought he tripped on the stairs. lol. I swear, the rest happened in slow motion, he pulls out a ring and blurts out "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" and I'm stunned. I totally did not see this coming, let alone in the hallway of my apartment.

I stared and had to gather myself.. and counted to 6. Six seconds for 6 years is a fair exchange ;) And I said yes.

HE DID GOOD!!!  (It's been resized since this pic. I promise, it fits) 

After I finally got my door open (which was a struggle given the events) and got the ring on my finger. I screamed, I shouted, I jumped up and down, I did a celebratory booty dance.

Next Steps: Call the parents.... 

We tried to hold it in and revel in it for a while, but I was totally bursting. I called my Mom first, who was elated. Then I put Chris on the phone with my father to ask for his blessing. Chris informed his father and brother the following day and his mother a few days later (she was in India and they played phone tag for a while). The came extended family.

There is so much protocol to this, its insane. Who do you tell first? How? Text? Email? Call? Do your parents do it?

I swear, telling people ended up being a first-come first serve situation. We held it in until his mother knew, and then it kind of became a free for all. No regrets. Everyone knows now.

Peep this extra-cute announcement my friend Aja made for her us to share on social media...

He's cute, huh??