Monday 24 December 2012

The proposal...


Hey beautifuls, a very merry Christmas eve to you :)

A few of you have been asking me to do a post about my engagement, there's so much more to say than this but I'll try and keep it as short as I can...

On Wednesday night 12/12/12 Stef asked me to marry him. It was such an amazing surprise, I won’t ever forget it, it was beautiful, romantic and perfect, and I can't possibly even put into words how happy we both are.

Stef told me we were going to pick up his sister from the airport, and I'd booked half a day off work so we could all go for dinner together.
Luckily for him, I have no sense of direction whatsoever, so I didn’t notice until the last minute that he had actually driven me to the beautiful Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire, the first place we ever stayed together.
He'd booked out the same suite we'd stayed in when we were first falling in love, and arranged for me to take the next day off work so we could really relax, what an absolute sweety.

We started off our evening drinking champagne and ordering room service next to the roaring fire in our suite, it was soooo cosey and we were having such a giggle. Later on, and full of bubbles, we headed down to dinner.
When the restaurant was empty apart from us, and the time rolled round for us to order dessert, the waiter came over and put a big silver tray with a dome lid in front of me. Ooooooh, I thought, surprise desert, 'Stef what's this?' I said, 'I don't know, have a look'. I lifted the lid and there was a ring box there, and then he asked me to marry him :)
The waiters must have been watching, as soon as my eyes started to well up with tears they brought over tissues and a plaque of congratulations chocolates with a sparkler on. And that’s how it happened J I swear I’ve cried about a billion times since then hehe

The next day, after a lovely long lie in, in possibly the most comfortable bed ever and a delicious breakfast of fruit and waffles, we took a chilly stroll around the grounds. After all that snow and cold weather, the lake had frozen and frost covered everything, it was stunning, like how I imagine the gardens from Alice in Wonderland or Narnia.

It really was the perfect little pre-Christmas get away to the countryside, I'm a very lucky lady indeed. Stoke Park is beautiful and has so much history, it was honestly like something out of a movie or a dream. It was the perfect proposal.





23 comments:

  1. Congratulations one more time. This was a perfect proposal! You are so lucky :)x

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  2. Such a beautiful post im so happy fot you hannah and ridiculouly jealous xx

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  3. That actually enarly made me cry, my eyes filled with tears. That's so romantic and wish you both all the happiness in the world together! xxx

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  4. such wonderful photos :D congratulations, wish you the best ♥ have a wonderful Christmas together:)

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  5. Ahh Hannah I'm so happy for you! Ok, maybe 90% happy 10% jealous ;) What a perfect christmas this is going to be for you - definitely one to remember!

    Hope you have a great Christmas together and look forward to your wedding planning posts, there is going to be wedding planning posts right?! You can't plan a wedding without your bloggers aha

    Merry Christmas!

    www.SamuelJamesMorris.com

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  6. Congratulations Hannah! That sounds like the most perfect proposal.

    Hannah www.cagneyandlace.com

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  7. Aw so romantic! So happy for both of you and I love the ring :) x

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  8. Its looks absolutely magical!! Congratulations:)

    thebeautymist.blogspot.co.uk

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  9. Hannah this is just beautiful. So perfect! X

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  10. This is such a cute story!!! And it sounds like such a perfect day, congratulations!! :)
    Saadiya x

    www.thatgirlsaadiya.blogspot.com

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  11. Awwww that's amazing, congrats! You seem to be a perfect couple. He's definitely a very lucky gentleman ;)
    Merry Christmas!

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  12. Congratulations on the engagement :) and Merry Christmas!!

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  13. aaah this is so sweet! congratulations again! i wish you both an amazing life together! :) can't wait to see some wedding posts too! haha soooo happy for you! <3
    xxx
    http://eleanorcos.blogspot.com/

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  14. Aww congratulations! That was such a lovely way for him to propose! The place you stayed at looks amazing too! xxxx

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  15. Congratulations again lovely :) Reading your post made me well up. Such a beautiful place, really does sound like the perfect proposal. Love the pictures, still so happy for you! xxx

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  16. Congratulations!!!!

    You both look happy and very cute together. LOVE your ring!

    I wish all the happiness in the world!

    Txx

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  17. Sounds perfect, congratulations!

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  18. Congratulations!! Sounds like the perfect proposal and from the pictures it looks like it was beautiful :-) I wish you both lots of happiness for the future xx

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  19. This is THE cutest story :-) congrats! X

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  20. awwh that is soo cute! congratulations! x

    khxo.blogspot.com

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  21. My heart is bursting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ohhhh!!!!!!! I'm reading this out to my boyfriend, he has to know how romantic this is! awwh! Did you keep it a secret between the two of you that night? Or did you tell your families and friends right away?

    Flora
    www.twowithseven.blogspot.co.uk

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  22. He's such a sweetie as I've seen in your later vids-pre baby :) & post baby. I knew he had to have planned a most romantic proposal :)

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