The vacation surprise
Last October we had a trip planned to Disneyland. We were really looking forward to going and seeing all the Halloween decorations. A few weeks before the trip my DF brought up the fact he wanted to go to Vegas.
Vegas? Vegas?!?
No! More time in Disneyland, please?
I told him what a long drive that would make. 1st driving to Vegas, then from Vegas to California, then back home. I tried my best to talk him out of it as I really wanted to spend the extra days in California.
He was insistent.
I figured if he could make me happy with the Disney trip, then I could make him happy with the Vegas side trip. It had been a while since we had gone gambling, and I eventually agreed.
Being back in Vegas really brought back memories. Neither of us had been there since we had our first alone time without mutual friends surrounding us at outing. We had both flown in to go to a friends wedding together, and after the wedding we walked past the Bellagio fountain. I had talked this fountain up BIGTIME before we arrived, and sadly the fountain was not running the entire night due to high winds. This puzzled both of us as there was no wind.
Seriously.
We waited. We laughed about the "wind". We fended off the people trying to sell us $20 roses. Sometime during this time the both of us felt like we were whacked upside the head with a 2x4. It was one of those corny "soulmate" type moments (which I never thought existed!) and had our first kiss. (He ended up surprising me with one of those $20 roses after that.
!) *sigh* He's such a sucker!
Ah, memories!
When we arrived on our recently-convinced-that-a-Vegas-sidetrip-would-be-fun vacation, he asked me "What do you want to do while we are here". I instantly rattled off a few things...most of which involved some form of a game of chance. After he had heard my
listofdemands suggestions, he told me the only thing he wanted to do was go watch the fountain with me.
I'll admit. I melted a little. Until he added "You talked it up, I never got to see it. I might as well see what all the fuss is about." - Right! So much for that romantic swoon I was working on, turns out he just wants to see the fountain. Anyone see where that $20 rose romantic sap of my boyfriend went?
During the trip we walked past that darn fountain at least five times. All of those times he didn't want to stop or we were in a hurry to get somewhere.
Finally, near the end of our trip we made a specific trip to the fountain. Low and behold, it was actually running that day! No mysterious "high winds" in sight. Frank Sinatra's Luck be a Lady was the song for this show, and I was happily singing along with the lyrics when he turned around and casually asked "Madam... Do you want to marry me?".
Uh. What?
I didn't know if he was serious. Was he? My grandmothers alexandrite was staring at me from a jewelry box! That sneaky sneak had gone and worked this out with my mother ahead of time! And he was really proposing!
I did what any sane woman in love would do. I burst into tears.
Awesome.
Way to go me.
I am so good at this romance thing!
He looked a little confused, and it was all I could do it nod my head yes. He has surprised the pants off me. It turns out this was his master plan all along and I was oblivious!
** Side note on the whole Madam thing... I almost forget where it happened, I think it was some silly
youtube meme that was floating around at some point. He calls me Madam and I call him Sir. I'll have to dig that up and post here if I can remember what it was from! **
We decided to not tell our parents that evening as they would freak out and think we might do something spontaneous and get married in Vegas while we were there.
The thought did cross our minds - but you know how our womanly brains work. I was instantly thinking DISNEY!
Alright... so it was Disney and the fact that both his parents and my parents would murder us if we didn't do a big wedding. The thought of facing the firing squad by telling them "Surprise! We're Married!" kept us from doing anything rash. Oh, and did I mention I was already thinking Disney?
This was October 20th, 2010. The morning of the 22nd, we packed up and headed to Disneyland with plans of telling our parents when we arrived in California that afternoon.
But something happened in the car on the way to California....
Stay tuned!!
