I'm engaged, finally!

Well it has been a long time coming but it has finally happened... Dave finally got his butt into gear and asked me to marry him, after 4 years!!

We went out for a meal at the Hilton Hotel close to our house and i have to admit that i thought it was a little strange that we were going anywhere else but the local balti house to get his 'mother nan', leaving me with very little other than heartburn and waterfilled eyes!

Anyway i got a message at work and he told me that i was to rush home from work, get my so called 'glad rags' on and be ready to head out to eat at 7.30pm.

So not one that was going to miss out on a surprise i took the afternoon off work (i need a good few hours to get ready for a night out!) and headed home to find that he had also taken the day off work.

Looking sheepish on the computer i asked what he was doing and he simply said that he was checking on the football news and to see what poker games were coming up (he likes to think that he's a professional but it costs us more in his poker losses than our bills, usually).

Anyway we head out and the meal was great, white wine by the bottom, ordered whatever i wanted and was a little shocked when he even pointed out that we were staying over! Then it happened...

The lights dimmed and Dave started his tongue tied speech that he seems to do when he's nervous before sliding off his chair and onto one knee.

From there the whole room seemed to stop eating and turned to look at us as he asked me to marry him, i prayed that he wasn't about to unveil some hidden cameras somewhere as that is the sort of thing that he would do!

I accepted and what i feeling it was!

I've (we've) not chosen a date as to when we will get married just yet so i have alot to think about but I know that i want a summer wedding!

Once the numb feeling had worn off, i looked down at the ring to see the huge diamond sat on my finger, how could he have afforded this?!

So me being my outspoken self asked him outright and he seemed only too happy to tell me that he had joined a new online poker site that had offered him "a huge poker bonus" where he had managed to win an online poker tournament, cashing enough to cover the ring and the stay at the hotel!

Okay so we still have the wedding to cover but if this is a sign of things to come, i'm ready and willing to stand by him as he looks to win another tournament!