Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Niagara Falls

Time: 10:40pm
Mood: On Cloud #9
Song of the moment: Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

So for St. Valentines Day, Jimmy decided he would whisk me away to Niagara Falls for 2 days as his gift. We arrived in Niagara Falls around 12:30pm, just in time for lunch, except I got really hungry before we left and I managed to devour 6 chicken nuggets and a whackload of fries from McDonalds. So I wasn't quite hungry. So what did we do? We hit the Fallsview Casino for some nickle-slot action (cuz I'm cheap that way). I always have so much fun playing slots, even though I end up loosing the $5 I pop in. But I find that when I play with someone by my side, I make a whole spectacle out of it... like it's the Price is Right (commmoooon down!). I tend to get a bit over excited when I get one of those bonus rounds where u choose something and you get extra credits for it. I think Jimmy found watching me more entertaining than playing the slots themselves! haha! Around 3:30 we checked into our room.. @ the Marriot. It was a fallsview room and it was AWESOME! We had this jacuzzi tub and a fabulous view of the falls. It was great! We chilled for a bit, mainly sitting by the window to enjoy the wonderful view we had, then we headed out for more casino excitement.

We had dinner at the fallsview Keg that night. It was by far the best Keg I've been to. The view was excellent, the service was excellent.. I had an excellent time! haha! Afterwards, we decided to head back to the hotel and catch the falls light show (where they shine different colour lights at the falls to make it look all purdy) from our window. Then....

I was sitting down in this armchair, watching the falls change colour when Jimmy told me he had a surprise for me. I was like.. oooOOooo another surprise! He told me to close my eyes. He held my hand and told me to open my eyes. I open them to see him, and he was down on one knee. And that's when he proposed to me, in our wonderful hotel room overlooking the white-lit falls. He presented to me the most gorgeous ring I've ever seen. The whole moment was just beautiful! *if you're all wondering.. I said YES! haha*.

So guys.. Jimmy and I are engaged! I've told a few people so far.. I'm slowly getting around to telling people, so if you read it here first before I tell you.. sorry I didn't get around to telling you yet (I'm trying to make telling people more personal... trying to call ppl or talking to them over MSN...). It's been a crazy few days, just telling people and sharing in the excitement I'm experiencing right now.

No date is set.. actually nothing is set yet. It all just happened! I can't even begin to express the happiness I feel.. everything just.. feels complete.

For those who are wondering... we beat the bank.. by 70 cents *yes* :D

3 comments:

Michael said...

Congratulations! I'm totally happy for you guys!

Anonymous said...

Congrats Karen!

Kare said...

YAY!! I'm so happy for you guys! Jimmy sure knows how to do it right. =D ha ha! Congratulations!