CarrieT Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 'Nuff said... :love: 28 Link to post Share on other sites
Keenly Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Sweet. Now the rest of us can sit here and cry Link to post Share on other sites
movingon12 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations and salutations. A wine country wedding. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tigressA Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Aww, congrats Carrie! I remember when you first said you weren't sure about this man and now look at you! How lovely! You MUST spill at least some details of the proposal! Link to post Share on other sites
darkmoon Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 i'm very happy for you xxx Link to post Share on other sites
amaysngrace Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations!! I'm with Tigress on this...you should share some details on how you got engaged. Link to post Share on other sites
LittleTiger Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 'Nuff said... :love: That's awesome Carrie! Congratulations! :bunny: I am sooo happy for you What a great start to the New Year! :love: Link to post Share on other sites
ImperfectionisBeauty Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congrats!! It's so funny my friend made a post at midnight about all the people who will get engaged and how it will clog up our newsfeed tonight.. Not really my thing to get engaged on new years but to each their own congrats!! Link to post Share on other sites
anne1707 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations Carrie from both Wuggle and me :bunny: Link to post Share on other sites
Eternal Sunshine Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Aww; best wishes Carrie Link to post Share on other sites
TaraMaiden Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I expect wedding pictures - and nothing less than black latex will do.... Congrats Carrie - I wish you everything you could possibly ever wish for yourself! XX TM 1 Link to post Share on other sites
todreaminblue Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 congratulations carrie i wish you happiness for you and yours..:bunny::bunny:...deb Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congrats, Carrie! Many happy years to you and your Master. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Silly_Girl Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Woooohooooo!!! I wondered when that might happen VERY pleased for you. Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
sweetkiwi Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congrats!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
OpenBook Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Now THAT'S how to "ring" in the New Year!! (he he) Great news, happy for you Carrie!! Link to post Share on other sites
xxoo Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites
Minka333 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congrats! Wow..what a great way to start the year! Another happy lady on the planet will smile extra bigger tomorrow:D Sending you lots of love and luck:bunny: Link to post Share on other sites
BetrayedH Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Holy cow. Hearts are breaking all over LoveShack tonight. Congrats Miss Carrie. Link to post Share on other sites
january2011 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations Carrie! Link to post Share on other sites
Author CarrieT Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 So here are the details... I was told several weeks that I needed an evening gown for New Years but wasn't told where we were going. The whole gown-acquisition was difficult (due to my ample bosom) but that that's another story - I actually ended up buying two gowns, one that will be resold at some point. Driving around San Francisco, we arrived at the Mark Hopkins hotel which is famous for being the apartment that Kim Novak walks out of in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. The top of the Mark Hopkins is an elegant restaurant, Top of the Mark, one of San Francisco's iconic and historical locations. It has a 365-degree view of the city and considering that most of the time, the city is socked in with fog, the fact that it was a clear and bright evening made for stunning views of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges as well as Coit Tower and the Transamerica buildings... So, the interesting thing about spending New Years at Top of the Mark is that it is fairly exclusive (around 200 seats total in the restaurant) - and five years ago it was where my alcoholic Ex (the one that brought me to LS) and I went to Top of the Mark for New Years and he walked out on my at three minutes to midnight. I didn't tell this to my current partner. He didn't need to know that I didn't have good associations with the locale. The evening was lovely; a pianist serenades during the hors d'oeuvres which included a caviar bar, hand-carved prosciutto, charcuterie and cheeses, and each table was already set with a Moët Chandon Champagne. Around 9:00, the band started in and that was when he did it. "We won't be able to hear each other over the band and while I had a big speech prepared, I just have a question: Will you marry me?" There were tears and kisses and, no, no ring yet... Being a jeweler and an artist, he said he wanted to make sure that I had the ring I wanted and he didn't want to pick something out that he knew I "might not like but would be gracious enough to pretend I liked." He had asked his kids first before he asked me and he said it was important for him that the kids fell in love with me as much as he did. I've been in the process of packing to move out of wine country and to the coast (they live a few blocks from the ocean just south of San Francisco). It has been a long journey for me - all pretty much detailed here on this site when I came here to struggle through the ending of an abusive, alcoholic relationship in July of 2008. After that relationship ended, I slept around, went on dozens of OLD meet-and-greets, and one-night-stands and then some. It took almost 50 years to find the person I can grow old with. I knew that the past relationships were never with guys that would stick around. True love can happen. 17 Link to post Share on other sites
Mme. Chaucer Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I am very very very happy for you and for the lucky fellow, too. Happy New Year indeed! Link to post Share on other sites
knitwit Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 What a wonderful evening- and talk about truly coming full circle! Congrats to you, and may you have many happy years with your fella! Link to post Share on other sites
Art_Critic Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It took almost 50 years to find the person I can grow old with. I knew that the past relationships were never with guys that would stick around. True love can happen. Hot dog.... I knew it was coming .. I could tell... I am soooo happy for you CarrieT.. your a keeper from my side of the fence. Congrats to you both.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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