During the day on Friday, Ben, his mom, and I went to Fernwood Botanical Gardens. It's this awesome little nature reserve park that has all these different kinds of gardens with all different kinds of plants/flowers/etc. in them. My knees were suffering a bit from all the walking, but it was SO pretty there.
Friday night was a big night in our lives. Ben and I had been planning to go out to eat one night when we were in South Bend to celebrate my graduation. There's a seafood restaurant there called The Blue Lantern that is really reasonable and REALLY delicious. We went there to celebrate both of our birthdays this past year. On Friday though, we kind of decided we weren't really in the mood to go there and we were going to pick somewhere else.
I decided Thai food sounded really good. We hadn't had any in a while, and because our first date was at a Thai restaurant, it kind of holds a cute/special place in our relationship. Little did I know, I'd chosen the perfect restaurant!
The food was delicious, and the restaurant was right in downtown South Bend, so we were able to walk from the restaurant to the South Bend Chocolate Factory's Chocolate Cafe and have Fondue for dessert! If any of you follow me on Twitter you've seen me declare my love for SBCF chocolate many times before! To say I was full after dessert is an UNDERSTATEMENT!
After leaving the Chocolate Cafe, Ben said he wanted to take a walk down by the river that is right there (the St. Joseph River). I told him I was full and my knees hurt, but I guessed we could. He said we needed to go to the car first. I guess I misunderstood this because when we got to the car I was very upset that we weren't driving to the river that was 2 blocks away, haha! Anyway, we walked down to the river, to a little island landing behind the Century Center and Ben gave me my "present" that he had needed to get from the car.
I opened the box and there were three layers of tissue paper. Wrapped in each was a set of stickers somehow relating to engagements or proposals. At the bottom of the box was a piece of scrapbook paper that said "Will You Marry Me?"... I looked up and Ben was on his knee with a gorgeous ring. I was excited and nervous and happy and embarrassed all at the same time. So what was my natural response? To say NO! Of course I corrected myself and said yes though!
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