Friday, March 2, 2012

Leap Day: My Proposal Story

Leap Day was a very big day! I only let the cat out of the bag to a few people beforehand and literally only 1 person in the blogging community. What's the story? Well,
I had class on Wednesday, so I planned around it and it actually helped. I went to the party store before class and bought a dozen balloons, all different colors. Thankfully, they lasted in my car. I told him to meet me after class outside the bar where we first met, The Independent. On the way to class I felt excited, scared, nervous, nauseous, happy, and terrified....all at the same time.  


Chris looked a little confused when he saw me with a bunch of balloons. He asked what they were for and this is how it went:

Me: "I thought we could tie them to our house like the movie Up and go on adventures."
Him: (confused, but not surprised at my spontaneity) "Yeah?"
Me: (pulling the pin out of the pocket on my shirt) I asked him, "Will you go on adventures with me?"
Him: (confused)
Me: "Will you marry me and go on adventures with me?" (by now I'm starting to tear up a little)
Him: "Yes!"
Me: "Are you serious?!?!? Because I'm being serious right now! It's Leap day and girls can propose on Leap Day!"
Him: (taking off his sunglasses) he says, "Yes, I'm serious."
Me: (melted into a puddle on the sidewalk)

I didn't get down on one knee, I was wearing a skirt. Plus, I felt that the one knee thing was too masculine and what I was doing was masculine enough. I tried to make it 'me.' 

After that we had a drink at the Independent and then scooted off to Magic Kingdom. They were actually open 24 hours for Leap Day and my original plan was to propose there, but I really couldn't skip class. It also wouldn't have been as personal as I wanted and what if he said 'no'????

The ring? I didn't go that route. I bought him a pin instead. This pin, to be exact:
It's the pin Ellie gives to Carl in the movie Up. We love that movie and like everyone else, we both cry through the beginning. I had a light bulb moment on Valentine's day when he tweeted a picture of Ellie and Carl to me. (sigh)

Leap day is not Sadie Hakwins day. That day is actually sometime in November. It comes from a comic, but the general idea is that it's a day when a lady can ask a guy to go with her. I can see how the two would get mixed up and even merged, but to me Leap day sounds so much more romantic than a story line from Lil' Abner. Mental Floss actually has an article that explains the tradition and it's history a little better than wikipedia.

I feel like this was a huge leap (see what I just did there?) for me and it was pretty brave. Did anyone else propose today?
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15 comments:

  1. What an adorable story! Congrats to you both!

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  2. What a BEAUTIFUL story...and btw, I adore the movie UP!!!

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  3. YEAH!!! I teared up in your story! HOW SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to you both!!!

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  4. OMG!!!!! That is sooooooo awesome! Congratulations Pretty Lady!
    Cheers,
    Messy

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  5. This is so adorable! I love it so much. Congratulations! <33

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  6. oh my how freaking adorable is this!!

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  7. I love this...so so much. Your idea was so perfect and just right for you two. I'm SO happy for both of you!

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  8. Thanks everyone, I'm really excited for our future! Thank you for following along and taking the time to let me know what you think!

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  9. Soooo sweet =) I hope your upcoming marriage will be as awesome as Ellie and Carl's.

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  10. Cute. I didn't know girls could propose on Leap Day. I just learned something new! Good luck with the wedding planning =)

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  11. Jenny, you are just that awesome! This was really cool to read. :)

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  12. Jenny, you are just so awesome! This is a really cool story, I'm glad I saw it! :) Love ya, Aunt Jenny

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