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MaggieB

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About a month ago . . . But was too superstitious to post my story!

My fiance and I had pretty much decided to get married very early this year. However, he went on an extended quest for the perfect ring. Once he finally got it, then he had to come up with a special way to give it to me, so finally, last month, all of the planets aligned and he proposed.

He booked a beautiful room in a very old bed and breakfast in St. Augustine, Florida. We had an amazing dinner, a very romantic evening altogether, he asked me if we could go out on the balcony, and as I walk out with him thinking THIS IS IT, we look over only to realize that our private balcony is actually shared with the next room, and there are two large men without shirts drinking beer and smoking about two feet away from us. Screeching halt to proposal.

We go inside where he decides, oh well, I guess it''s going to be in the hotel room, drops to his knee, says all the wonderful romantic things, yada yada yada, I say yes, he goes to put my ring on, and it''s too small. Way too small. Will not go on my finger. I am at this point tipsy and pretty determined to wear the ring so I shove it on like nobody''s business. My finger immediately swells and turns purple. He begs me to take it off so that he doesn''t have to take me to the emergency room to get it cut off, I begrudgingly use soap to remove it, and that was my engagement!

The size issue was just a misunderstanding and Mark at ERD got it fixed for us right away. The delay was that I was simply not willing to send it back, so I wore it on my pinky until I could let go of it. Just got it back and it''s on my ring finger, so I thought it was finally safe to post!

If you are interested in seeing my ring, I have a thread over in SMTR.
 
Congrats! BTW your ring is gorgess! It''s actually very simialr to my dream ring (your center stone!)
 
yay!!!! congratulations and best wishes! your ring is GAWGEOUS!
 
Love it love it love it!! The ring and especially the proposal
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somehow they''re even sweeter and more memorable when they dont quite go to plan! Congrats on your engagement and lovely býg cushýon
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Ahhh! There''s the story I was waiting for! Hysterical! BUt you know what... all those funny things jkust make it that much more memorable. And I don''t blame ya for wearing it on your pinky... I actually wear mine on my necklace quite often. Just so I have it!
Anyway.... so glad Mark fixed the size for you. Wear it on your ring fing and enjoy it! Any wedding plans yet??
 
Congratulations MaggieB. Beautiful ring.

Which B&B did you stay at in St Augustine? I love the old city. In fact, we went for the 4th of July weekend and stayed at a lovely B&B. Did you do much sight-seeing while there?
 
Awww, I LOVE your proposal story! I don''t blame you for not wanting to part with that ring! Am so glad Mark fixed it and it''s back on your finger where it belongs.
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RedRose: Thanks! It was my dream center stone too
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Doodle: Thank you! I love it so much.

Blackpaw: We totally agree. So much more fun to have a story about what went wrong . . .
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Crooked Rock: I actually do have a ton of wedding plans. I''ve got some different threads going with details but as soon as I can get glloyd77 to scale down some pics, I''m going to start a wedding thread that puts everything in one place - the dress, the venue, the food, etc.

Oshinbreez - It actually wasn''t a bed and breakfast. It''s just that if you are not familiar with St. Augustine, you wouldn''t understand some of their old hotels are actually more like bed and breakfasts, so I just called it one. We stayed at the St. George Inn. We really didn''t do a lot of sightseeing because we have been so many times (we live in Orlando). We mainly ate and lounged
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I love St. Augustine though, and we try to visit as often as we can.

CDNinNYC: Hey! I thought you would like the ring because it looks very much lilke yours
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I actually reactivated your old thread to show it to you but it looks like you found it already.

Hope I didn''t skip anyone. Thanks so much for taking the time out of your day to congratulate me!
 
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