Tales of the Ordinary Days

It's official. Garrett and I are engaged. And I never thought there would be an engagement. A marriage; yes. But an engagement? That was a complete surprise. We have recently been discussing marriage. But I thought the next step would be an entry into our combined Outlook calendars for a wedding date. Ultimately Garrett surprised me with the unexpected. As you can surmise, there is a story that I will share. In this case there are really two stories that link together. One four years ago and the main feature; last night. Let's start with the story of last night. This story centers around a ring. A beautiful ring. As Garrett and I discussed getting married, we agreed that details like a fancy white dress and wedding hoopla were unnecessary at our age with round two into the marriage arena. I was happy with this laid back approach. The only detail where we differed in thought was on the ring. Garrett thought simple wedding bands would be nice. I didn't want to appe...