Weddingbee Blog

Part I

WARNING: Long! Hence the bullet points. Bite-sized pieces are much easier to swallow, especially when pieces are sappy.

[Exposition - aka the only three hints I was allowed]
- We were going to someplace “local long-distance” for the weekend in celebration of my [sort of] milestone birthday.
- It involved doing something we had wanted to try for awhile, but the timing had always been off up to that point.
- I needed to pack one nice outfit and a swimsuit.

[Rising Action]
- The alarm clock goes off at an ungodly hour on Saturday morning.
- He makes sure I am all packed up (I tend to always forget something when packing).
- We head south on PCH (so confused but still hopeful. “He’s not really taking me to San Diego, is he?”)
- At a certain point, we head east toward the desert. “Vegas?” I guess. Wrong. I was right about the desert but have the wrong desert.
- We had headed out too early, so we stop and do some outlet shopping.
- I buy an orange silicone spatula for dirt cheap. It’s the little things that make me happy.
- We check in early to our resort and hit the pool and hot springs. Air temperature at this time: 115 degrees farenheit.
- Massage time at the spa! This is the “something we had wanted to try for awhile, but the timing had always been off up to that point,” in my mind.
- That’s not all, we have dinner reservations. We head to the room to shower and get ready for dinner.
- My normally no-to-low-maintenance man stresses because he forgot his dress shoes. That alone should tip me off. He rarely cares if he’s too casually dressed for anything.

[Climax]
- We are seated in a semi-private room and are the only ones seated there. I turn to put my purse down. When I look up, he’s down on bended knee.
- Cute, nervous speech.
- YES!
- He manages to do this with no one else noticing.
- This is the real “something we had wanted to try for awhile, but the timing had always been off up to that point.” As in getting engaged.

[Falling Action]
- Porterhouse for two is served on a 500-degree plate.
- Yummy wine.
- The waitress mistakenly contiues to call us Mr. and Mrs. Lime all throughout dinner, as all she saw was something on the all-important finger in the dimly lit room.

[Resolution/Conclusion]
- He corrects her, finally, telling her we got engaged earlier that day.
- Dessert on the house! Anything involving chocolate and the word “free” is fine by me.
- We completely forget it is my birthday.
- We blow out the single candle atop together.