Fiona and John » Engagement

I bought his ring today!!

fiona — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:31:06 +0000

OMG!!! I just bought John’s ring today. We went to the Wedding Ring Shop after work, and looked around for about half an hour before deciding on a Christian Bauer men’s band. Will post pic later.

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Street Magician Proposal

john — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:08:22 +0000

Very well played. Caught completely off-guard.

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Engagement Party

fiona — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:14:16 +0000

My parents threw us an Engagement Party, and we were lucky enough to have John’s parents join us as well! The house was so beautifully decorated! We also spent the weekend hiking Diamond Head, being tourists, and fishing on Monday!! Posted some new pics – take a look in the Picture Gallery!

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The Juicy Stuff: How It Happened

fiona — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:16:01 +0000

I bet you all are dying to hear how he proposed. Well, how about we start with how he didn’t. John’s original plan was to have his parents fly over for a surprise visit, and then do a very traditional asking-for-your-daughter’s-hand-in-marriage-with-both-side’s-parents-present type of thing… As most of you know, no one in my family can keep secrets for very long. He told my mom, and my mom told my dad, and my dad blurted it out in front of me while we were watching TV. Okay, plan #1 = failed. On to plan #2. Purchase a package of Reese Peanut Butter Cups (they’re my favorite candy), cut a hole in the middle of one, place engagement ring in the hole, reseal. Problems: too messy, and Fiona might eat it. Plan #2 = failed. On to plan #3 (third time’s the charm, right?). It was the Monday before Valentine’s Day, and we were at home watching our normal evening shows: The Big Bang Theory & How I Met Your Mother. John suddenly steals my “trainer ring” and starts stepping on my stomach, trying to make me feel the urge to use the bathroom. That didn’t work until 20 minutes later. I run to the bathroom during a commercial break, and rushed back as to not miss the episode. John kinda sat there with a confused look on his face. I didn’t think anything of it. After the show, he said to take a shower, so off I go. This time, I turn on the lights to the bedroom (on my previous trip, I ran straight to the bathroom without switching on the lights). And there it was on the bed. No, not the box. The Wedding Ring Shop bag, with the box inside. I knew it was empty, but I looked anyways — a girl can always hope, right? I just figured it was another of his teasing tricks again (he does that a lot). So I shower, and come out. Now I don’t have my contacts or glasses on, so I can’t see very well. The bag is still on the bed, so me being all hopeful goes back to look in the empty box again. Then I hear him say, “Look, I found it!” I turn around, and all I saw was him as a blurry mess holding something. I walk closer to him and spotted THE SHINY!! John does this thing called the “air shiny” where he pretends to be holding my ring and slipping it on (or trying to take it off) my finger. This time he did it with the real thing. At first, I thought it was another teasing session he had planned — I expected him to pull the ring away as I tried to slip it on……… but he didn’t!! And there it sat on my finger. Sparkly… oh so sparkly!! Yeah, I didn’t get much sleep that night, and I was still giddy for the next 4 days. Hahaha! And that’s the story!! And here are the pictures!!

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Officially Engaged!!

fiona — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:06:38 +0000

As of February 9, 2009, 10:15PM, we are happy to announced that we are now officially engaged!! Thank you to all who have congratulated us. We are so excited!! Pictures to follow!! :)

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How to Propose?

john — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:00:08 +0000

Even though she knows it’s coming. She doesn’t know when and how. So I’ve been looking for ideas on how I will propose. Here are some proposal videos I found.

Failed Proposal at a Basketball Game
I’m not going with this idea. And I would hate for that to happen to anyone.

iPhone Fake Commercial Proposal
This is actually a pretty cool idea.

Chrono Trigger Proposal
Well made and pulled off. Especially if the person plays the game.

Little Big Planet Proposal
Very well made for the game. But I found it very odd that she didn’t stop playing when she saw the note…

Zales String Proposal Commercial
This is very very nice. The music goes very well with the video. Great job for the company.

Artistically made Art Gallery Proposal
This one is just crazy. Extremely well done.

How did you propose? What are you ideas?

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Lord of the Rings

fiona — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:59:33 +0000

This is the one!! It’s a Hearts on Fire diamond solitaire with side accent diamonds. I actually had another design in mind for over a year, but our sales associate introduced a new design to me while we were at the Wedding Ring Shop the other day. I was torn between the two, but once I saw it with the matching wedding band, I knew this one suited me best. It’s called the Hearts on Fire Envelop Twist Solitaire. It’s ordered and will take 4-6 weeks to be ready for me to try the “real deal” (semi-mount + center diamond). I’m excited, but bummed at the same time because I know I can’t have it yet. T^T

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