Officially Engaged!!

Despite obstacles this weekend, I finally gave Nicole her engagement ring. My plan had been to surprise her with it. On our way up to L.A. for Easter, I meant to drive to Malibu (site of our first date), lead her down to the sand, and give her the ring as the surf lapped at my knees.

We never made it to L.A. and the event was more modest. And for whatever reason, Nicole was able to guess that I’d gotten hold of the ring earlier than I’d told her I would. Nevertheless, she was very pleased and she has officially agreed to marry me.

My darned camera can’t take a decent close-up, but you can see the ring on her finger there. We’ll be up in L.A. at the end of the month looking at wedding reception venues (what’s the hurry, we’ve still got about ten weeks before the wedding), so many folk can see this ring in person. The band is decorated with diamond pave, which Emily Post does not recommend – she suggests that a plain band is best – but Nicole is having a quiet, ongoing war against my Emily Post book.