Here is a little background since this is my first blog, Joey and I met in late July 2005 over myspace (of all places), I found his profile whilst surfing and noticed his love of Le Tigre, Hole, Literature and art however at the time I was living in New York City and he was in Montgomery, AL. We began a correspondence and on September 1st 2005 we decided to become an item. We met for the first time shortly after and from the first moment it was magic. We moved in together in Las Vegas after 10 Months of dating and about a dozen plane tickets (I know that might sound crazy to some of you) and we’ve been together ever since.
So on our 3rd anniversary (September 1st, 2008), I took Joey on a sort of Easter egg hunt with clue cards about each special event I had planned. When he woke up there was a red envelope taped to his door and inside was a card letting him know he would be receiving a variety of cards throughout the day on one side would be a clue about what the next activity was and on the back would be a clue towards what the final present would be. We went to see a movie he was excited about, ate taco bell (our first “date” was there, we love some taco bell), went indoor black light miniature golfing, went record shopping and then the big surprise was Bob Dylan tickets. The concert was… unique to say the least. Truthfully I think Bob Dylan might be dead and being controlled by strings like a giant marionette, but it had always been a dream of Joe’s to see him perform. After the show I took him up on the roof of the Hard Rock Hotel which overlooks the entire Las Vegas Strip and I handed him one last card…
The front...
and the back :-)
Images via Photobucket With tears in both of our eyes he said yes. I had always said I wanted a long engagement and Joey knew this right away. This summer whilst watching the movie Bride Wars (which is horrible by the way and sets women back 100 years) we got to talking about our wedding and we decided maybe we should set a date. We picked one a decent way off in the future to allow for a long engagement and financial planning for the wedding. So the day is set for October 16th 2010.
Great story! Glad to know I’m not alone in having a long engagement.
I love your story. It is so romantic. It is like a movie proposal, except that they have scriptwriters. I kinda of wish I could do mine over to have it be as creative.
Fab! I love that you wanted a long engagement. I don’t think any love story ever sounds crazy!
Awwww! What an romantic engagement story!
Also, just realized your wedding and our California wedding on are the same day–woot!!