And that is how I knew

An update:

For the 4 or so people who read my blog (haha)

(Tangent: If you’re out there reading and have never commented, say hi!  I got a few delurkers with my last post and it overjoyed me!)

Okay so my weekend was fantastic!  I gotta say, though…I was hella nervous on Saturday.  I even considered not going.  (I know, I know!)  I had butterflies in my stomach.  I think I was mostly nervous about how the salespeople were going to be.  As in, whether or not they would be friendly and helpful.  Truthfully, you know how most salespeople are at a jewelry store.  They find out that you’re “just looking” and you lose their attention.  They basically just show you what you point out, don’t offer suggestions, and generally can be quite rude.  I have to say, we had a great experience and it ended with a result so perfect I still can’t believe it myself.

Right off the bat, we were happy.  The store was beautiful and had a lot of options and variety to choose from.  We walked around and glanced at settings and talked it over with each other while waiting for the sales guy to come over.  He was very nice and went over options and logistics with us for a long time and I tried on a bunch of rings.  Immediately I decided on the one that I had seen before.  It was so much more beautiful in person.  I am in love with this ring!  The setting is 14k white gold with about 6 small diamonds on each side of the main diamond.  (The main diamond can be any shape you wish.  I told B he could decide on that detail.) Afterwards, just to be safe, I tried on many many other rings.  Rings that were just okay.  Rings that would be okay for someone else.  Beautiful rings that just weren’t me.  We both kept going back to THE RING.  Once I put it on, I just knew.  I looked over at B and he had a huge smile on his face.  Gary, the sales guy, said “I think you’ve found your ring.”  I was in total agreement.

B was so cute.  He was a little nervous but he talked business with the sales guy. (I will forever have a soft spot in my heart for him.  He was part of one of the best days ever for me in my whole entire life!)  We were in there for a long time.  After we had our questions answered and I had practically SQUEED all over the store (haha), we got his business card and walked outside.  I looked over and B had misty eyes.  Then my eyes teared up.  We hugged right there on the sidewalk in front of the store and kissed. 

B pulled away, brushed some hair out of my eyes and led me to the car.  Once we were sitting and we had both breathed out a huge sigh (of relief?  of excitement?  just happy that I had made a decision finally?), B said to me “are you sure that’s the setting you want?”

“Yes!  It’s beautiful and I love it and I didn’t want to take it off!”

“Okay, come with me.” He came around to my side, opened up the car door and held out his hand and led me back into the store.

“What are we doing?”  I was totally freaking out!

We walked back inside and I just stared around as the security guard looked at us and laughed.  He was probably thinking “we got a live one!”  B walked over to the customer service desk and said “Can I speak to Gary again, please?”

I stood there and said “B, what are we doing?  I thought you had all your questions answered!” But he just smiled and said “be patient.”

After a few minutes that felt like hours, Gary the sales guy came back over to us.  B wrapped his arm around me and pulled me in to his side tightly and said to Gary “I want to order that setting today.”

I almost fell out in the floor!

The setting that they had in the store was assembled together with a wedding band, and both rings were too big.  Gary fitted me for a ring and filled out some paperwork.  The vendor will assemble the setting and send it to the store.  In 4-6 weeks (!!!!!) the setting will arrive, at which time B will go to the store to select a diamond for it.  And shortly after that, I will have my ring!

I know, I seriously am in shock!  I was NOT expecting him to do anything of the sort.  I thought it was just a window shopping trip to try some on, get an idea, etc.  When I asked B why he decided to do this today, he said “I knew as soon as I saw your face when you put it on that it was the ring.  I don’t want to go anywhere else.  Nothing could ever light your face up the way that one did.  I love it too.  I want us both to love it.  I’m not going to wait any longer.”

As we sat there side by side, staring at this beautiful setting, my eyes started to tear up.  This was going to be the ring that I have on my hand for the rest of my life.  I put them both back on my left ring finger, one at a time, and then together.  B put his arm around me and said, “When the time comes, I think that should be the wedding band you get.  It’s beautiful.  It’s perfect for you.” 

After B signed his papers and paid for the setting, we set off for the rest of the day.  We did some Christmas shopping.  We had lunch together.  But the events of our morning were all I could think about.  I would randomly smile, then start laughing and shaking my head.  B would laugh at me and say “it’s all you can think about, isn’t it?”  It certainly was.  That, and the fact that it was finally happening.  It was REALLY happening!  I could hardly believe it. 

We’re not technically engaged yet.  That won’t happen until the ring is here.  That won’t happen until he gets down on one knee and asks me to marry him.  I decided I didn’t want to tell anyone because I want them to be surprised.  This is the best, juiciest secret I’ve ever had to keep in my entire life.  I feel like I’m walking around with this great piece of good news and it’s only for B and I to share.  Luckily, I have perfect strangers to share it with!  I was about to burst!

And that is how I knew that he was serious.  That is how I knew that he would be my fiance, and one day husband.  For better or worse.  In sickness and in health.  Just as soon as the ring is finished!

SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!