Money-Saving Proposal
This is my story of how I proposed to my girlfriend. It was August 11th 2006 in Rhyl, Wales and I didn’t have a lot of money to do anything extravagant…I was so very nervous and originally I had a date planned for the proposal but for some reason I did not stick with it & just woke up that morning & said “Today is the day”.
I quickly saw Els, my girlfriend, off to work that morning. I sat there in the flat with my pen & paper, jotting down ideas of how to make the day special & romantic in every way that I possibly could…so with my ideas written down, I got dressed & headed into town to have a look at the shops. I picked up candles, packets of red balloons, rainbow poster board, and tape, then went to the grocery store & picked up a few items for the special dinner that I was planning.
I hurried back home with all of my items in hand, sat them on the bed & took a deep breath…I blew up the balloons, using some to make a big heart upon the wall & then the rest I put upon the post of our bed. I colored red hearts on paper, cutting out several sizes & putting them on the wall as well, I sat out the heart candles in various places then I sat down with the poster board & wrote/drew a few messages & pictures upon it & posted it up. Finally I lit a few incense to get the room smelling good.
With the decorations all set it was now time for the dinner I was fixing—we were going to have sweet & sour chicken with noodles, chocolate cake with strawberry delight & vanilla ice cream for the desert. After I got all of this fixed, I cut my cake out & iced it, then took some of the strawberry delight & made a heart upon the slice of cake and stored the engagement ring in the fridge.
Els comes home from work, tired & sees the decorations but doesn’t think anything…she thinks I am just being sweet, so I don’t let on that anything is up. We ate dinner as we watched a film, and then as it was time for desert, I placed the engagement ring in the middle of the heart on the slice of cake…I came from behind her with the plate & asked her if she would marry me. There was lots of hugging & crying–it was such a huge step in my life & a very happy moment for us.
