Today
a trip to the jewellers is on the cards.. we have in fact returned to La Fleche
to pick up Noush’s engagement ring! Now, there are several very different
schools of thoughts on purchasing an engagement ring: do you surprise your lady
and pray that she likes it? Do you let her choose? Do you choose it together? We
both had a pretty clear idea of what we wanted to get and although some people
might consider it an unorthodox approach we ended up choosing it together.
Sitting opposite the jewellers last week Noush was unable to resist going over
for a bit window shopping and got all giddy because she’d seen something she
liked and when Jon went to have a look
and picked it out independently it was clear that that was the one. Unfortunately
Noush has ridiculously teeny fingers and the jewellers had to order a new one
to fit, hence our return. Bouncing with excitement and anticipation we enter
the jewellers, will it fit? Will it be as beautiful as we remembered?
Thankfully it’s utterly perfect. In fact
the jeweller has a bit of a time trying to get it back off Noush! We take it
away all wrapped up in a beautiful box, face splitting grins in place. We go
for a celebratory drink and last all of about five minutes before we unwrap the
box and have another look. The jewellers (Julien d’Orcel) have been brilliant
and helpful and lovely throughout, bless them. It’s so pretty. With reluctance
it goes back in the box to await it’s moment of glory.
The
day is glorious and we decide to go fishing and sit on the river bank in the sun
and just enjoy the momentousness of getting the ring. Neither of us can stop
smiling. We find a pretty spot and Jon rigs up the fishing rod and passes it to
me for a “ladies prerogative” first cast. There on the hook, diamonds sparkling
and glinting in the sunlight is the ring. An impossibly romantic proposal of
marriage is accepted with joy and alacrity and five minutes later we are
engaged to be married. We can both safely say that it’s the most important day
of both our lives to date and neither of us has ever been so happy. It’s a
glorious delirious moment especially in light of the trials and tribulations
that we’ve been through to get there.
The scene of impossible romance and the handy bench for post proposal wobbly legs
Excited
and overwhelmed, we decide to go out and celebrate this wonderful day and truly
monumental occasion. The enormity of the moment is impossible to grasp. We head
to the Bar Henry lV to tell the world. We toast our future with a bottle of
Champagne.
By coincidence the jewellers we bought the ring from is directly
opposite the Bar. The lady who served us gave us a knowing nod and wink as we began
the celebrations.
