We're Engaged!

On the third anniversary of our coupledom this past Monday, Geoff proposed to me. His mother gave him the ring a year ago (let's call it an heirloom and not a cast-off from a first marriage), but he was waiting for the right time. Turns out the right time is after a lot of badgering and whining on my part, go figure.

Geoff was planning on driving me up to the park in Caballero Canyon, where the sunsets are gorgeous, and proposing to me there. Of course I didn't know that; I didn't think we were doing anything at all because we had celebrated our anniversary on Sunday, so I didn't actually show up in time for his plans. I took my time leaving work, and then I stopped by Target to look for some stuff I needed... anyway, by the time I got home, the sun had set and the park had closed. We went up to the Canyon anyway, in the dark, to the locked gate of the park, and he did it there.

Our good friend Justin sells jewelry part time, so he is going to help us shop for a new setting for the diamond (he also sells paper so he's going to be very useful to us). This ring is pretty but it is a bit too thin to be comfortable when typing and we would also like to make it our own. My friend Marianne suggested I get it blessed to erase the taint (she was kidding I think). More later on how that turns out. Possible before and after pictures.