It Finally Happened – I got engaged!
It finally happened…I got engaged! While we were on vacation in Charleston, South Carolina in early December, Kevin got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him. It was a magical, and exciting moment for the both of us! We are in total bliss!
Be on the lookout for a new series that I will start publishing, on our wedding planning journey. I will be going over everything that I have experienced – from when I first got engaged, all the way up to the wedding and honeymoon! Planning a wedding nowadays is an adventure all on its own. With COVID as well as everyone postponing their 2020 wedding to 2021, we are finding creative, outside the box ways to celebrate our journey to marriage. Now onto the proposal!
One year ago…
Yes, our proposal did start one year ago. Kevin and I have never been ones to do things “normally”. We (and by we I mean me and dragging Kevin along) started looking at engagement rings about a year ago. If you know me, you know that I am VERY picky about jewelry. I have a Cape Cod bracelet that I wear, a KJP infinity necklace, and pearl earrings in my jewelry collection. That’s it! I am very minimal and classic when it comes to the pieces of jewelry that I wear. That being said, I knew that I wanted to be involved in the process of picking out an engagement ring.
This is the first step of our abnormal proposal story. Some people have been super weird about the fact that I wanted to be involved in the engagement ring process. But here’s my point: this is a piece of jewelry that I am going to wear for the rest of my life. This is something that I am going to look at every single day. Since I am super picky about jewelry, I want it to be exactly what I want!
Finding the perfect ring
This was hands down the most fun part of the whole process! What girl wouldn’t want to go into all the different jewelry stores and try on all the rings you want! Now I will say, if we could do it over again, we probably shouldn’t have started our ring shopping at Tiffany and Co. For most of 2020 we exclusively went to Tiffany’s and tried on all sorts of rings. Different cuts, colors, clarity’s and styles of rings. It was a glorious six months!
After about six months of figuring out what I wanted, we then got serious about buying a ring. At this point in our engagement ring hunt, we knew that we wanted an emerald cut with a halo and diamonds on the band. Beyond that, we were willing to explore what our options were.
**Disclaimer: I will be writing a whole blog post on the ring and all the details! Be on the lookout for that post.
Pre engaged
Flash forward to August when we decided we needed a vacation. We had always wanted to visit Charleston so we decided to check out prices for a vacation. After a few weeks of figuring out when and where to go, we decided on December because we wanted to escape the heat. People from Florida will understand LOL!
We also planned a trip in October to see my family back home in Maine. During our trip, I suspected that Kevin would be asking my dad for my hand in marriage. After a sneaky trip to Bass Pro Shops with my dad, I had a feeling that Kevin was talking to him about the possibility of proposing. Of course my dad stayed silent and wasn’t wiling to give up any of the juicy details.
While I knew that Kevin was planning on proposing in Charleston, I had no clue as to where he had scoped out to pop the question. While some people may think it’s not normal to know when you are going to get engaged, Kevin and I do things differently. I LOVED being a part of the process of finding an engagement ring that suits me best.
Stay tuned for more wedding content and the next post will be about actually finding the perfect ring!
Xoxi,
