Descriptive Essay-The Engagement
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Shawn Stacye Mr. Neuburger English comp 101 101 February 29th 2013 My Engagement This all started with everyone and their mother getting married, and posting about it on Facebook where Taylor could see it. She had been dropping hints left and right for a few months now, but every time I would get ready to propose she would do something that just made me stop and think is this really what I want to do. It could be something as simple as throwing a fit about us not being engaged already to just being the head strong redhead she naturally is. Recently I have come to the conclusion that I think I am ready to take the plunge again, my first marriage was not the best thing in the world and kind of spoiled me to the whole being with someone for the rest of your life idea. But Taylor had opened my eyes and my heart to the thought again, and I want to do it right this time. My first marriage I didn’t even get to propose or say I do, she kind of just pressured me into it and then the pasture messed the vows up, Hmmm here is your sign. Taylor started a couple months ago planning things out and making comments that all I need to do is just grow some balls and actually pop the question, so I got the hint loud and clear. We looked up rings on websites for nights on end, but I quickly came to the realization that she is a very particular taste. We continued to research and I finally pinned the style of ring she liked, I still had to stay with in a set price range though maybe that’s why it took me awhile to find one that just called out her name. We had stumbled onto the Zale’s website and she found it, the perfect one and it was one the home page too. She quickly retracted the statement when the price had popped up, The Vera Wang series started out at 7000$ and I snickered at the thought of me paying for a ring that cost more than my car did. She continued to go through their website entering in all the specific criteria’s she wanted and I got to input the price range this time, she started to lose hope in finding one when she arrived at page seven. The perfect halo/solitaire diamond in the middle and she had found it in my price range, she decided not to stop just to make sure
she wouldn’t pass on any others. Taylor always came back to this one every time we would pull up the website, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it because the solitaire diamond was only 1/5th CT but since it was a halo style it looked allot bigger than it actually was. We both had off together the next day so we decided she would like to try it on and see how proportionate it was on her hand, when we arrived at the store a sales associate didn’t waste any time brining us over to cases to show her some rings. I pulled out my phone to show her the picture and said this is what we would like to see, she complimented our choice and took us to the Vera Wang counter. I said oh no that’s defiantly not one of those, she glanced at me with this awkward look and asked really? I explained the price so she just had to look it up herself and sure enough there it was, not anything close to what she had thought it was because of the diamonds on the side but she was still taken back at the beauty or that’s what she told us. It turned out to be an online item only and she reassured me to purchase it at the store so when it came in she had a chance to try it on and if she didn’t like the item I could use the money as in store credit on something else. The sales associate took Taylor over to the display cases again to show her the size of the diamond and a ring that resembled it so she could get a feel for the ring and the band that went along with it. She found a couple other rings that she said she kind of liked but none really stood out screaming pick me pick me, I had to wait on buying it any ways for my taxes to get in so she wrote down a couple numbers on her card so I could make sure I came back to the one she had seen. As we were walking away she stopped us and asked me what type of ring I was into and of course I spouted off a black tire tread because my heart runs off of oil not blood. She smiled and said come back just a second and look at this, she pulled out of a case a Teflon coated z rated tread titanium ring and said for us it would only cost 175 and if she wanted it engraved it would be only 25 more. That was so much cheaper than the ones we found online so Taylor knew where to come back for my ring now, I would have been fine with the Walmart black ring but Taylor wasn’t. We left the shop and went home for the night a couple days later I get an email saying my taxes are already done and due to be in my account tomorrow, I waited and sure enough there it was in my account. I left work a little early to arrive at Zale’s and nothing jumped out, I just know it has to be a
specific ring I can’t come home with just any ring. I left the store a little down hearted and disappointed but I knew when the time is right I would know it, so I took the long way home to help cheer me up. I stopped in at my buddy’s pawn shop on Glenstone to look through his stock of systems, and still no luck on finding something I’m sold on, god I must be really picky today. All of a sudden this urge came over me to look at the jewelry. There it was glistening in the glass show case second shelf down in the second jewelry display, it was the ring I had been looking for. Better yet it even had a band to go with it, I had to see it, and so I had Dan pull it out of the case. I was expecting it to go for a thousand plus but when he read off the price and then included my discount I couldn’t say no. it was like the scene in Harry Potter where he took the liquid luck serum and footsteps appeared showing him the way He pulled out his monocle and asked me to look the diamond over, I didn’t know what I was doing but he walked me through the process and what to look for. I couldn’t find any imperfections, all I could see were beautiful colors reflecting from the lights. He also measured the center stone and it turned out to be two times bigger than the one I was going to get but for half the price with a bigger total weight. I took some photos of the ring and sent them to Taylor like I did all the other rings and played it off like I had passed on the deal. She immediately called me to tell me she really liked that one, she fell in love with it, that I should get it, and I told her I had to wait because I had already left. The rest of the night I spent in class went by so quick, I guess I was so eager to give the ring to her even though I knew I needed to wait. When I got home I could tell she had not had and enjoyable day with her client, which made me, decide to give her the Valentine’s Day presents early in hopes it would cheer her up. It did for a little while but she still wasn’t as happy as I felt she should be so I thought I would play a little joke with a ring box. I wrote on a piece of paper and put it in the empty ring box and acted like I was going to propose to her, she called me a dick when she read the paper but had a good little laugh. She had looked out the window and had me come over to look at the snow falling, it was a beautiful cloud of white. The perfect snow and I took that as a sign because I knew her dream was to be proposed to in the snow, I really wish I would have had time to ask her father first but when it feels right I just have to go with it. I sent a text to my little niece letting her know what I was planning on and where
to meet me at, she did without hesitation. Taylor and I went on a ride to get ice cream, halfway through the drive we came to fast night where we had our first date at. She glanced at me with this questioning look, I explained that I just had this feeling we should go on a walk. This one lamp in the middle of the park cast a spot on this gorgeous area of snow, simply breath taking spot. The snowflakes were falling ever so slowly onto the soft surface of a park bench, I stopped her and that moment I told her how much I loved her and how it took a million people to make a world but only one to make mine and that was her. I knew my niece was hiding behind a tree, I seen her footsteps off in the distance. I got down on one knee and came up with a speech off of the top of my head, to explain what she does for me and why I want to marry her. She started crying and said yes, her answer rang out like a single ray of sun light shining through the clouds after a Sunday shower storm. Cheyenne came out from behind a tree taking photos of her special moment, something she said she would always cherish. On our way home she had already posted the pictures on to Facebook and received over fifteen comments at eleven thirty at night. Now comes the extensive planning’s and let’s not forget the apology to her father for not asking him first.
she wouldn’t pass on any others. Taylor always came back to this one every time we would pull up the website, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it because the solitaire diamond was only 1/5th CT but since it was a halo style it looked allot bigger than it actually was. We both had off together the next day so we decided she would like to try it on and see how proportionate it was on her hand, when we arrived at the store a sales associate didn’t waste any time brining us over to cases to show her some rings. I pulled out my phone to show her the picture and said this is what we would like to see, she complimented our choice and took us to the Vera Wang counter. I said oh no that’s defiantly not one of those, she glanced at me with this awkward look and asked really? I explained the price so she just had to look it up herself and sure enough there it was, not anything close to what she had thought it was because of the diamonds on the side but she was still taken back at the beauty or that’s what she told us. It turned out to be an online item only and she reassured me to purchase it at the store so when it came in she had a chance to try it on and if she didn’t like the item I could use the money as in store credit on something else. The sales associate took Taylor over to the display cases again to show her the size of the diamond and a ring that resembled it so she could get a feel for the ring and the band that went along with it. She found a couple other rings that she said she kind of liked but none really stood out screaming pick me pick me, I had to wait on buying it any ways for my taxes to get in so she wrote down a couple numbers on her card so I could make sure I came back to the one she had seen. As we were walking away she stopped us and asked me what type of ring I was into and of course I spouted off a black tire tread because my heart runs off of oil not blood. She smiled and said come back just a second and look at this, she pulled out of a case a Teflon coated z rated tread titanium ring and said for us it would only cost 175 and if she wanted it engraved it would be only 25 more. That was so much cheaper than the ones we found online so Taylor knew where to come back for my ring now, I would have been fine with the Walmart black ring but Taylor wasn’t. We left the shop and went home for the night a couple days later I get an email saying my taxes are already done and due to be in my account tomorrow, I waited and sure enough there it was in my account. I left work a little early to arrive at Zale’s and nothing jumped out, I just know it has to be a
specific ring I can’t come home with just any ring. I left the store a little down hearted and disappointed but I knew when the time is right I would know it, so I took the long way home to help cheer me up. I stopped in at my buddy’s pawn shop on Glenstone to look through his stock of systems, and still no luck on finding something I’m sold on, god I must be really picky today. All of a sudden this urge came over me to look at the jewelry. There it was glistening in the glass show case second shelf down in the second jewelry display, it was the ring I had been looking for. Better yet it even had a band to go with it, I had to see it, and so I had Dan pull it out of the case. I was expecting it to go for a thousand plus but when he read off the price and then included my discount I couldn’t say no. it was like the scene in Harry Potter where he took the liquid luck serum and footsteps appeared showing him the way He pulled out his monocle and asked me to look the diamond over, I didn’t know what I was doing but he walked me through the process and what to look for. I couldn’t find any imperfections, all I could see were beautiful colors reflecting from the lights. He also measured the center stone and it turned out to be two times bigger than the one I was going to get but for half the price with a bigger total weight. I took some photos of the ring and sent them to Taylor like I did all the other rings and played it off like I had passed on the deal. She immediately called me to tell me she really liked that one, she fell in love with it, that I should get it, and I told her I had to wait because I had already left. The rest of the night I spent in class went by so quick, I guess I was so eager to give the ring to her even though I knew I needed to wait. When I got home I could tell she had not had and enjoyable day with her client, which made me, decide to give her the Valentine’s Day presents early in hopes it would cheer her up. It did for a little while but she still wasn’t as happy as I felt she should be so I thought I would play a little joke with a ring box. I wrote on a piece of paper and put it in the empty ring box and acted like I was going to propose to her, she called me a dick when she read the paper but had a good little laugh. She had looked out the window and had me come over to look at the snow falling, it was a beautiful cloud of white. The perfect snow and I took that as a sign because I knew her dream was to be proposed to in the snow, I really wish I would have had time to ask her father first but when it feels right I just have to go with it. I sent a text to my little niece letting her know what I was planning on and where
to meet me at, she did without hesitation. Taylor and I went on a ride to get ice cream, halfway through the drive we came to fast night where we had our first date at. She glanced at me with this questioning look, I explained that I just had this feeling we should go on a walk. This one lamp in the middle of the park cast a spot on this gorgeous area of snow, simply breath taking spot. The snowflakes were falling ever so slowly onto the soft surface of a park bench, I stopped her and that moment I told her how much I loved her and how it took a million people to make a world but only one to make mine and that was her. I knew my niece was hiding behind a tree, I seen her footsteps off in the distance. I got down on one knee and came up with a speech off of the top of my head, to explain what she does for me and why I want to marry her. She started crying and said yes, her answer rang out like a single ray of sun light shining through the clouds after a Sunday shower storm. Cheyenne came out from behind a tree taking photos of her special moment, something she said she would always cherish. On our way home she had already posted the pictures on to Facebook and received over fifteen comments at eleven thirty at night. Now comes the extensive planning’s and let’s not forget the apology to her father for not asking him first.
