9 years ago today, yes on Halloween, my beloved husband proposed to me. We took a picnic at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. After driving around trying to find the perfect picnic spot (I think it was at least 45 minutes), we finally settled on a place under a tree. Imagine that, a good place under a tree at an arborteum. :-)
We first ate our lunch, then Brian gets out one of those pumpkin trick or treat bins to put your candy in. Inside it was a ton of candy corn, my favorite halloween candy of all time! I was like ooohhhh sweet, my favorite. All of a sudden, Brian gets out a sheet of paper and he says I wrote a poem for you. It was titled "Candy Corn" and was very sweet (haha get it, pun for dear Grandpa Fred). I had no idea Brian could write poems and good ones at that! He had managed to touch on our years in college together when we were just friends in our civil engineering classes and then the year we had spent together in Chicago. I shed quite a few tears and didn't even realize what was going on, until Brian said look in the candy corn. Buried in the candy corn was a ring box with my engagement ring in it. I was completely surprised and had no idea it was coming. Of course I said yes, and a year and few days later we entered "marital bliss" on November 4th, 2000.
Most people don't remember the specific day they got engaged, but thanks to my creative husband, I will never forget how it happened on Halloween. Thanks baby for the memories!
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