Oprah, eat your heart out...

Earlier this year there Oprah challenged America to find the most romantic man in America. Women where to write in with stories about the romantic things their significant other did for them. Oprah narrowed down the choices and then sent the winners on an exotic vacation. Well i know that contest is over, but I have a friend that SOOOOO would have won this contest. And here is the story...

My good friends John and Amy (amy shown above with yours truly, i would put a picture of the two of them on their if i had one to post...sorry john, as soon as amy emails me pics i will post them) have been dating for almost two years now, and have been planning to get married in 2006. well, really the only planning that had happened was setting the date for October 8th. Amy really wanted to plan more but refused to until one important detail was in place, a ring. Anyone who has hung out with amy in the past two weeks knew just how much she wanted this ring. I wish that i could show you all in my typing just how anxious she was about getting this ring, all you can do is take my word for it....SHE WANTED IT REAL BAD. Meanwhile, John was scheming up a PERFECT plan. granted it was a week later then he wanted...but that is a WHOLE other story.... A while ago Amy had a dream about getting enganged, a detailed dream about the events of the evening which she told to one person. Amy of course never suspected that that story would get back to John. Someday she is going to learn to give John a little credit...he always has things up his sleeve. To anyone who has read "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks, the dream was similar to their anniversary celebration...anyway, let me get to the story of Amy's perfect night....

It began when Amy's mother called Amy to ask her to stop by the house to look at a few things that she had bought at the mall. Amy, completely fooled, thought that she would stop by before she went to "babysit" next door. When amy arrived at her parents, the first thing she saw was a vase full of yellow roses, 11 roses to be exact, although at the time she didn't know there were only 11. Attached to each rose was tag with a memory or special moment that Amy and John has shared...so sweet...anyway, she didn't think anything of them. Then Amy's mom told her to look in her room at the things she bought at the mall, but when she walked in, to her surprise, there sat 4 of her close friends, Me ( of course) Megan, Ashley and Dayla. Feeling very fooled she looked right at Megan knowing full well that she had told john her dream. Without a word, 3 of us handed her cards, each revealing why we were there. I was to do her hair, Ashley her nails, and Dayla her make up. Amy was very uncomfortable with this at first, but quickly settled right into being pampered, giving out orders asking way to many questions she know full well we wouldn't answer. So after a little over an hour of this, one last card was handed to her, a card instructing her to be ready by 6:30 for her "chariot" and to get dressed. Then Megan handed her a box, and inside was a dress, purse and jewelry for her to put on. Once she was dressed, it was 6:30 on the dot. She walked out into the living room where her dad finally came out to see her (which brought a few tears) and then she looked out the window to see her limo pulling into the driveway. We snapped a few pictures and then away we went. We had sparkling grape juice and toasted amy and sang along to country music while the limo took us to Letchworth park. When the limo pulled up, john assumed his post and and we led her down the path a little ways, until it was time for her to go the rest of the way herself. She met john at the end of the path (which had a breath taking view of the falls behind him) and John then asked amy to spend the rest of her life with him and gave her the 12th rose, that had this new memory attached to it. Of course amy said yes, and then the showing off of the MOST BEAUTIFUL RING EVER began. A few more pictures where snapped and then we left the happy and newly enganged couple to dine alone, even though the rest of us were STARVING and wanted to stay too...we settled for gas station food.

The night was perfect. Went off without a hitch, unless you call the old couple that walked right up to john and amy mid preposal a hitch... It was everything amy ever wanted. The only thing that would have made it better is if he best friend Carrie was there. But Carrie was there is spirit, and amy knew that. So the happy couple is still floating on cloud nine and the rest of us are just thankful can talk to amy again and not have to watch every word that comes out of our mouths!!!! I am a terrible secret keeper, but i will brag and say i did a good job this time. Amy was totally surprised.

So congratulations to the future Mr and Mrs John...well the last time i put up his last name i was spoken too... But anywho, John you totally would have won Oprah's contest. Great plan! thanks for letting me be a part of it. And Amy...when do you want me to go and get fitted for my dress.... hehehehe.....love you!!