I am ordering my flower girl dress now.
A few minutes ago, right after I crawled into bed, my cell rang. It was Allie, also known as the female half of The Most Awesomest Couple Ever.
“Hey, are you awake?”
“Yeah… what’s going on?”
“Well, I’ve got a gift card for Roomie and wanted to give it to ya’ll tonight. Can you come outside?”
Lo and behold, both members of The Most Awesomest Couple Ever were in my driveway. We made small talk for a minute and then, without warning, Allie said the sentence I’ve been waiting to hear for awhile:
“Well, we also wanted to tell you a little something… WE’RE ENGAGED!!!”
I’m not sure what happened next because I was hugging her, then Ryan, then back to her and then Ryan again. What can I say? News this great calls for Major Hugging Action.
They came inside and I went up to Roomie’s bedroom to get her downstairs so we could have round two of engagement shareathon. She is a bit more reserved than me but I did notice some Minor Hugging happening (even though she’ll probably never admit to it). She and I lived across the hall from Allie during our sophomore year of college, so it was pretty exciting news for all of us.
Now, because most of ya’ll are girls, I must tell you how it went down:
Ryan had planned to propose this Friday, since it will be Allie’s birthday (Ryan left a comment saying he was actually going to wait ’til Saturday because proposing on her birthday would have been lame — my bad Ryan!). Late last night, as they were sitting on his porch, he asked her to dance (still not planning to propose that night). It was raining outside and, as they were dancing, Allie said “Do you remember the first time I told you that I loved you? It was raining outside just like this…” Without warning, Ryan pulls her out into the rain, gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him. She said yes and then he said “Really? You’re really going to marry me?” When she said yes again, he jumped up and said “Hold on a second — I’ve got to go get something from the house!” The ring was upstairs and so he left poor Allie standing in the rain (update: Ryan, in the comments again, says he brought her to the porch!), sobbing (when Allie cries about something, she really cries). He brought the ring out and ta-da! They’re engaged!
I tried to get her to let me take a picture — especially since she was wearing her Starlite t-shirt. I mean, what kind of great campaign is that? I can see the posters now:
“Come volunteer with us while earning your Mrs. degree!”
I wasn’t a PR major for nothing, you know.
Thanks for sharing the details! Give her my congrats- and tell her former Starlite members deserve pictures pronto! I am so happy for her- I can’t stop smiling! Another one of the original Starlite groupies crosses over to the MRS side- the rest of us have got to band together.
In the rain?? No way.
This is me being so jealous.
I’m so happy for them, and I don’t even know them. When you wrote about all they did for you and Roomie last week, I ALMOST wrote, “Oh, I hope they get married” in the comments. But then I thought, “Hmm, Vicky, you know nothing about them and how long they’ve been together… they may not appreciate you saying they should get married…” Turns out, I could have made the comment.
Congrats to the Most Awesome Couple Ever!!!
All I have to say is if you can promise an Mrs. for volunteering with Starlite, let me know where to sign up!!
Congratulations to Allie and Ryan! (Can I say that to people I only know through the Internet? Ah well. That’s the beauty of the blogosphere.)
My hubs couldn’t have done that. I have curly hair….I would have been fighting w/ all that was in me.. DO NOT GET MY HAIR WET! IT’LL FRIZZ!
Your blog is just way too fun. thanks for sharing the stories. I feel like I know all the people already. What color dress should I order for my bridesmaid dress?
Awww…what a sweet story! And congrats to “TMACE”!
I love the spontaneous engagement stories the best. Congrats!
Okay – that is such a sweet story! The rain & the dancing … awwww … to be young & in love!
K, one minute I’m surfing through blogs, and the next minute I have tears streaming down my face. That was too sweet!
First time visitor, but I’ll be back!
can i clarify! i promise i didn’t leave her there in the rain sobbing. i brought her back on the porch while i got the ring. and IF she was sobbing they were definitely HAPPY tears people.
also, i was originally going to propose on that saturday because i wanted to avoid proposing on her birthday. i’m sorry but that’s cheesy, at least to me it is.
thanks for all the comments though!