The Engagment

This is my engagement ring. I tried putting it on my hand to take the picture, but then the pores in my fingers looked like something out of a horror movie. So I decided to put it on my pebble fruit plate. This was a wedding present from Nancy and Richard, I love it. It has the effect of pebbles underwater.

Ricky and I got engaged on August 18th in St. John. The trip had been planned for a while so it was not a surprise, but it is worth it to mention that I was in Hong Kong for like 2 months prior because I had some time off after I had quit my job and before school started, so there was som planning on his part! On like the third day after we got there he took me to the beach after dinner. We walked along for a while and he suggested we stay and sit on one of the beach chairs. There we just cuddled and chatted for a while, listening to the sounds of the waves and the reflection of the moon in the ocean. It was really quiet on the beach at that time of the night, the only light came from the moon and the torchfires that lit the walk way which we had carefully avoided. At some point, he started talking about the engagement ring I wanted, I stuck to my guns and said, 3 carats!

He said: " I can't afford that"
I said: "You better or I won't marry you!"
He said: "But I bought the ring already!"
I said: "No way, I don't believe you."
He said: "I'll show you!" and pulled out a small velvet black box...
I said: "No way! Bu*lsh*t." Sigh...I have such a potty mouth....

... after what felt like eternity, he actually asked the question. I said... woah...um, ok! Haha.. not quite the script I had rehearsed but the idea was there. After the ring was on my finger, we walked to the beach cafe to have the best warm chocolate cake ever. And the rest is history!

By the way, it was too dark on the beach for me to cross examine the diamond itself. But it turned out to be pretty impressive all the same... PASS!