The Proposal

Finally! After seven long, dramatic, emotional, ahem- wonderful years, Corey and I are finally making it official!

Although I swore I would know when he was going to propose, I have to say I was completely surprised! There were so many times where I thought 'maybe this it it', and was completely wrong, this time he got me- which I have to say is pretty hard to do.

It was Friday December 21st, I was coming back from a long week of "working" at L'Oreal in New Jersey, although there was way more eating going on than actual work. Anyway, after bickering for almost the whole week I was ready to get home, it was my brother's 25th birthday and I missed my puppies Madison and the new addition Cooper- oh and of course I missed Corey ;o)

Looking back I should have thought the 50 phone calls on my drive home were a sign, but Corey always did love the phone, and of course he just missed me so much he couldn't wait for me to come home :o) I was set to arrive sometime around 4:00pm or 5:00pm, and Corey had to work until 6:30pm - or so I thought. as I got closer Corey called and called, and it got to the point of hitting the ignore button! When I finally answered I had to pee so bad and I was counting down the signs to the rest stop, of course answering the phone made me miss it! So I decided to swing by Corey's work (which is right off of I66) for a potty break, and being the lovely girlfriend I scored some tasty treats from the party at L'Oreal, I thought the Koons of Manassas boys and Corey would enjoy. SO I go in and Mr. Dahl is not there! The other advisors and mechanics played it off much better than I thought they would, and they simply told me that he was on a test drive with a customer, I tried to stay and wait but they convinced me it would be a while. Now I'm no idiot, I have listened to Corey talk about Koons for 7 years now, a test drive does NOT take 30 minutes... but anyway I got my potty break, left the goodies for whenever he would return, and got back in the car- to promptly call my boyfriend to see for myself what he was up to. After 3 calls he finally answered- whispering- sticking to the story that he was on a test drive, and it was a problem customer- well my business skills kicked in and I said - well if you're in the car with them DON'T call them a problem to their face! - he rebutted with well SHE's really cool- AHH hah! Caught you! you're out on a test drive with some hussie! ASS! I was so mad, but I just blew it off because of course Corey wouldn't do that! I'll just have him explain later.

Well I finally get home - to Corey's condo- and I walk in to my puppy!! Madison was there to greet me with all her might- she misses me so much it hurts sometimes! I thought oh I love my boyfriend, he brought my puppy for me :o) Then I head upstairs to get the other puppy who is still in his cage, crying like a banshee, I stop to see a note on the door- It tells me how much someone missed me that week, and where I could find my next letter. I toss it on the table and take care of the puppies- they've been inside all day and of course they have to pee. When I got back from our walk I go to check out the second note- which was in the closet with the dog food- at that point I thought the note was from the dogs and there would be some new toys or something to play with, but no just another note, with another lead to a clue. I got to note number 3 easily and again it lead me somewhere else. At this point I knew they were from Corey, but I thought maybe he left me a present somewhere or flowers, something - of course to cover the fact that he was out with some HUSSIE! haha just kidding.

Well I couldn't remember where the water leak started - which was where I was supposed to find note number 4, so I proceeded to unload my car, eat something, play with the puppies, and I almost we out to target for some shopping- I was feeling fat from my week of eating- all of my clothes were snug. Anyway I decided to find my prize first. I looked everywhere- and could not find where the water leak started! I finally called Corey- who remember was at work- and quickly asked 'WHERE did the water leak start?' and he spat off 'the back porch!' I quickly hung up because I knew he wasn't waiting for that phone call, he was waiting for the 'I love you so much thank you for the ___' call, and I thought oooo he's gonna be mad at me for hanging up--- and when I opened the door - AHHHHH Corey was outside!

Now the rest is a little blurry, I remember his face- he looked scared! And I remember him pulling the ring out of his pocket- and opening the box- then I tackled him, started crying, then I gave him the chance to get on the knee- but then I promptly tackled him again- I remember spitting out a YES in my sobbing, but Corey begs to differ, BUT I don't remember him even asking- so THERE were even!

When we went back inside- poor Corey was out there in the cold with a t-shirt on for a while- he gave me my first Bride magazine! Since I always told him I wanted one but it was bad luck to plan your wedding before you were engaged, and the moment he asked me I'd make him drive me to the store to buy me one! He took care of it!

All in all, it was amazing! The fact that he actually surprised me was incredible, and even more incredible that with everything that happened that day I HAD NO CLUE- I guess the blond thing works sometimes.

That night we met up with the family and some friends for Christopher's 25th birthday, we went to Tony's pizza, had pitchers of beer, and headed off to Bowl America- and not the classy one on Balls Ford, we went to the Liberia one! A couple more pitchers, lots of horrible bowling, and a oh so classy announcement on the loud speaker ended our evening perfectly! It may have been a little low class for some, but a night out with the parents and my brother plus the Nasites was the perfect engagement celebration!