No actually I didn't...I guess I forgot about that part.(What a nerd I am!)
He took me out to dinner(to the restaurant where we had our first date) and after dinner he took my hands in his (I thought it was coming then, and started to tear up...was trying not to, but it didn't work) and he started with "You mean a lot to me and I love you very much." I started to get all teary and he asked me to stop because it was going make him teary too. So I stopped and he continued (after a bit of mushy stuff) and asked me to be his wife, pulled out the ring and held my hands until I said yes and stopped crying (out of joy of course).
The ring is exactly what I wanted
, .70 carat round solitaire 4 prong setting. I would have been fine with white gold, but he went platinum, it's so beautiful. I will do my best to take a pic and post it.
Thanks sisters for the well wishes, and I have been thinking of how to involve AOII from the time I was initiated.
Let me know if there are any cool ideas as we are trying for Christmastime in Ireland. (He wants to get married on New Year's Eve this year....we shall see)
(insert girly excitement here)