I''ve been lurking here for a few days now. Some of you guys have made some AWESOME proposals. I''m not looking to top anybody, just to do it a very meaningful slightly romantic way.
Ok, the preface: I''ve been with my GF for just over 8 years now. We met @ Publix (a FL based grocery chain) the week she got hired there, which also happened to be my last week of employment there. She was a cashier and I was a stock clerk. I saw her right after she got hired and couldn''t resist asking her out. I went through her line, asked her out, and attempted to give her my phone number, although neither of us had any paper. I made fun of her for not knowing how to get register tape out of the cash register for us to write on and proceeded to show her how so I could write down my number..
With all of that being said, I''ve planned to propose this Friday evening. I''ve already told her I''ve made reservations at Shula''s Steakhouse (our favorite restaurant). I''ve also made reservations at a gorgeous hotel on the water in downtown Tampa for the evening. I don''t plan on telling her this until she gets home from work on Friday. My plan is to pack everything I can for her Friday morning so she won''t have to pack much at all when she gets home. Then, early Friday afternoon while she''s at work I''m going to check-in to the hotel, place a bunch of roses and rose petals in the room, chill a bottle of wine, etc. That way when we go there after dinner it''ll be ready for me to pop the question.
So, my biggest question is regarding how I should actually propose to her. I could just walk her into the hotel room and do it right then and there, but I''d like to somehow make it more meaningful by working in how we originally met. I''ve come up with one idea thus far:
* Place a toy cash register on the table in the hotel room with the words "Open me!" on it. When she opens the register have a note saying something like "This time I want a little more than a phone call... Will you Marry Me?"
I''m not too certain that''s the best idea, but it''s certainly one idea. I''m looking to get other opinions and as many other ideas as I can.. Anybody? I''m trying not to involve the hotel staff if I don''t have to as that will just make it more stressful and more likely to not go as planned
Thanks!
Ok, the preface: I''ve been with my GF for just over 8 years now. We met @ Publix (a FL based grocery chain) the week she got hired there, which also happened to be my last week of employment there. She was a cashier and I was a stock clerk. I saw her right after she got hired and couldn''t resist asking her out. I went through her line, asked her out, and attempted to give her my phone number, although neither of us had any paper. I made fun of her for not knowing how to get register tape out of the cash register for us to write on and proceeded to show her how so I could write down my number..
With all of that being said, I''ve planned to propose this Friday evening. I''ve already told her I''ve made reservations at Shula''s Steakhouse (our favorite restaurant). I''ve also made reservations at a gorgeous hotel on the water in downtown Tampa for the evening. I don''t plan on telling her this until she gets home from work on Friday. My plan is to pack everything I can for her Friday morning so she won''t have to pack much at all when she gets home. Then, early Friday afternoon while she''s at work I''m going to check-in to the hotel, place a bunch of roses and rose petals in the room, chill a bottle of wine, etc. That way when we go there after dinner it''ll be ready for me to pop the question.
So, my biggest question is regarding how I should actually propose to her. I could just walk her into the hotel room and do it right then and there, but I''d like to somehow make it more meaningful by working in how we originally met. I''ve come up with one idea thus far:
* Place a toy cash register on the table in the hotel room with the words "Open me!" on it. When she opens the register have a note saying something like "This time I want a little more than a phone call... Will you Marry Me?"
I''m not too certain that''s the best idea, but it''s certainly one idea. I''m looking to get other opinions and as many other ideas as I can.. Anybody? I''m trying not to involve the hotel staff if I don''t have to as that will just make it more stressful and more likely to not go as planned
Thanks!