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Since everyone is so curious, I’ve uploaded a few photos of Amanda’s engagement ring. :) You can find them here. I’ve made a photo set on Flickr that I’ll hopefully keep updated with various engagement-related photos as they come about. Of course, since we currently have absolutely no idea when we’ll actually be getting married (think: more than one year from today), it might take a while for that set to get updated. I’m just saying, don’t go holding your breath or anything.

But yeah! Have some ring pictures. I fell in love with this ring because of its really unique side profile, so be sure to check that out. But despite all of the interesting, modern lines, it manages to look like a very traditional, respectable solitaire from the top. Way to go, ring makers. Oh, and I got it from Anglo, in case anyone is curious.

So, for the half-dozen or so readers who haven’t heard yet, I got engaged over the weekend! :) I asked Amanda on Easter morning, and after a fair bit of prodding and prompting, I managed to get a “yes” out of her.

Since I’ve had a couple of people request it, here’s the abbreviated version of how I proposed:

Since it was Easter, I put together a little basket of goodies for her. There were two large eggs filled with Cadbury goodness, and one small gold egg in the center. The gold egg contained (you guessed it!) a piece of paper. On the paper was a note… something along the lines of “There’s one more gift.” I don’t quite remember the details, because I wrote it in quite a hurry. Once she’d read the note, I pulled the ring box out of my pocket, got down on one knee, and asked. Poke, poke, prod, prod, plead… affirmative.

This was a modified version of the original plan. The ring+box was supposed to be inside a large Easter egg, flanked by candy goodness. Unfortunately, none of the oversized eggs I bought were big enough for the box the ring came in, and I didn’t think the presentation was good enough without the box. Luckily, I’d bought the little gold eggs for just such an emergency, so they got used instead. Only now I have something like $10 worth of useless, opened and discarded Easter eggs in the trunk of my car. It looks like I robbed the Bunny or something.

I’d like to say a big “thanks” to Megan, for going ring shopping with me for many hours and trying on a good hundred or so rings so that I might judge them (and for being pretty good at keeping a big secret). And thanks to my boss, Brian, for letting my leave the ring locked up in his office for a couple of weeks while I figured out the best timeline for propos-ed-ness. Also, I should thank my parents, for giving me permission to marry Amanda (even though I didn’t exactly ask them for permission)… and thanks to Amanda’s parents for giving me permission when I did ask (even though they insisted that asking wasn’t necessary).

And because I know there are a few lady-readers, I’ll do my best to update within the next couple of days with some photos of the ring. :)