So, as of Tuesday night, June 3rd, I'm now engaged.

It was our three year anniversary, and we started out the evening by going out to Blue Ginger in Wellesley for a very nice dinner. My sister Rachel was just married the previous weekend (and I didn't want to step on her toes), and we were about to move into a house that we had just bought together. So it seemed like a pretty good time to do it, but I still wanted her to think it wasn't going to happen. (You have to surprise them, no?)

Anyway, we had a very nice "regular" anniversary. I waited until she fell asleep, and cleared all of the boxes out of the dining room, found a nice little lamp from the office and set it up on the dining room table, turned on some classical music, put the opened ring case under the light, and left a note that says "You Win".

I made sure every light in the apartment was off except for that little lamp, and climbed into bed. I know Sara pretty well, and knew that light would drive her CRAZY. Immediately she says, "You left the light on..."

"I'm sooo tired, it's fine, just leave it," I replied. I knew this would never fly with her.

She angrily got up (it's way more fun to piss them off right before you make them happy) and went to turn off the light and got the surprise of her life.

She said "yes" :)