I could use some help on a couple ideas. First off, I’m planning for everything to take place in downtown Charleston. It’s kind of a romantic city, even though we are used to it by now from living there. I am going to try and incorporate a variety of these in some fashion:
1) Proposal at romantic location (Battery/waterfront park, if you’re familiar with Charleston) (anytime)
2) Carriage ride to restaurant from proposal site (can be scheduled anytime)
3) Eating dinner at nice place (reservations anytime)
4) French Quarter Art Walk at downtown galleries (she loves art) (Friday 5-8pm)
5) Parade of boats decorated with Christmas lights in the historic harbor (we love boats) (Saturday 5-7pm)
6) Tree lighting ceremony (prefer not to pop the ? here) (Saturday 4:30-6pm)
I need to use some of these events to drag her downtown AND get her out to the romantic location AND convince her to wear something besides bluejeans and flip flops for the dinner. I am thinking I might have to go ahead and spill the beans about dinner so she will dress appropriately. One potential glitch is that there is a 40% chance of rain on Saturday and a high of around 58 (cold for us), and she hates being outside in the cold.
I also don’t want to do it in the restaurant, so am kind of leaning toward the parade of boats (got to be at the edge of the water), or faking the wine walk to Saturday, and when we stop by the first gallery and they are closed, just say “well lest go walk down to the water”.
What do you think?