the day of our engagement was one of the happiest, best ever. for two people who love to travel, we couldn't have had a better trip to the boston area... seriously, so much to do and see:) our itinerary each day was a bit redic (not like type a abbey would have an itinerary or anything).
We decided to take the train (just a short 1 hr trip) to Providence for the day on Saturday. I wanted to see Brown's campus because that's where Serena VanDerWoodsen ("S" from GG) was accepted + a number of other sites, so we set out walking around the town. It was warm, but beautiful outside! We cruised around campus, then to Thayer Street - it's like a little hippie village with lots of shops and restaurants near Brown. Afterward we grabbed lunch downtown at an old pub that had been there for 100+ years, walked up to Federal Hill (the Italian part of town) where I proceeded to stop into every Italian bakery along the way... buying both a cupcake and a canoli. I am disgusting.
After so much walking, we were both in-need of a drink so we went to the local brewery and sat outside! We got a couple tall, cold drinks + I also sampled some local cider (Woodchuck-esque), which was delicious! We had dinner reservations at Gracie's and heard such good things, we were excited to try it! Again, we walked down to the restaurant (common theme to our whole trip... WALKING) and sat at the bar while they fixed up our table. We ordered so much good food and more drinks along the way! All-in-all a fabulous night!!
Then, we walked back to the hotel because it was nearly 11p (ET) and we were both beat. I got inside and immediately started taking off my heels... Eric nonchalantly said he had a small bday gift he'd forgotten to give me, but it wasn't wrapped so I had to close my eyes. {At this point you'd think I would be expecting it... but I wasn't. I was literally thinking, "Hmm... hope it's not a cupcake or anything to eat because I'm SO full} When he said to open, I did + he was in front of me down on one knee!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is where I semi blacked-out... and where he started telling me all sorts of wonderful things that I'd always imagined: wants to spend the rest of his life with me, loves me so much, best thing that's ever happened to him, more nice stuff and I started crying immediately. Not a sob, but a cute happy cry with big tears (trying to be as descriptive as possible). Then I said YES!!! And then, (this is the best part) he attempted to put the ring on my finger. But, I'd been eating so much seafood that my fingers looked like sausages... so it wouldn't slip on:) Ha! So, I cracked up + so did he! Then, after I shoved the ring on my own finger; we hugged + laughed and smiled + proceeded to take awkward pictures of ourselves to capture this magical moment.
We had two more days in Boston + it was so fun traveling with my fiance:) (which I've accidentally been spelling finance, ironically makes sense because Eric is such a numbers nerd-like accountant!). So excited!! Let the planning begin!
