And Now, A Message from Our Sponsor (psst, it’s “The Boy”)

2009 September 27
by the boy

Cheerio, it’s me again!

You know, “The Boy.” In a short time, though, I’ll be attempting to earn a new, somewhat more meaningful title. [insert joke here]

I’ve had a long reprieve from StyHand, but hopefully my resurrection will accordingly bring some good news to prove that my long absence has not been in vain. After much wandering, discussion, soul-searching, and other yuppie expressions for “thinking,” the decision has been made. Or, perhaps more precisely, The Question has been asked … er, about to be asked.

For those of you with slow brain functioning on this lazy Saturday, that means: in a matter of minutes, I’ll be asking EP to marry me! Yes, yes, I know it’s exciting, and no, no, you can’t call, email, blog, tweet, text, or otherwise contact her for at least the next 24 hours. Why? Because I’ve sequestered her iPhone, silly – that way, she won’t get a preemptive “OMG congrats on getting hitched!!! I knew he would ask soon, have you set a date yet!?!?” message right before I get around to popping the damn question.

Ah, well, enough with preliminaries – it’s time for the fireworks! Tally-ho!

UPDATE: She said YES!!!

EP's rock

EP's rock

from → EP's excellence, everyone's getting maaaarried, the boy, the only ten i see

  • ria
    OMG congratulations! so happy for you both!! :)
  • Thank you so much!
  • Ummm, OK this is like the cutest thing EVER!!!!

    Congratulations!!! That ring is GORGEOUS!
  • Aww, you're too sweet. And thank you! Didn't he do a FANTASTIC job?
  • Ahhh!! Congratulations EP!!

    Also - well done "The Boy" - the ring is beautiful! :)
  • Aww, thank you! It's such an exciting time. And still so hard to believe!

    I'm passing along all these compliments to him, and I know they make him smile. He did a damn good job, if I do say so myself. (:
  • Ahhh! OMG Congrats! I' so excited for you two!!
  • Ah! Yay! Thank you so much, lady!
  • I know I already said this, but yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! I am just so incredibly thrilled for you both!
  • Your text made me smile last week, and this comment makes me smile now. This is SUCH an exciting time! And I'm really happy the boy wrote this lovely post out and wanted to include all my friends here. I love it!
  • Oh YAY! Congratulations! And that ring is BEAUTIFUL!
  • Thanks so much! Didn't he do an amazing job?
  • YES! I did know it would be sooner than later! Congrats to you both! :)
  • Heh, you and apparently, everyone else except me. (: When we told our families, the first thing they said (after screaming) was "FINALLY!"
  • I love you guys. Many many many congrats!!
  • Aww, and we love you! Thanks, lady!
  • FRICKING WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i am so god damn excited!!!!!!!!!!

    WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO

    congrats ep and boy.
    love this all.
  • Aww, you are so freaking cute! And thank you so much! This has been such an exciting and lovely time, and I am so excited my boy wrote this to include all my friends here, too. Love, love, love it.
  • Eeee!! How cute! Congratulations to the both of you!
  • (: Thanks so much!
  • EEP! Congrats AGAIN, beautiful lady! Can't wait to see you and gush in person!
  • Thanks so much, lady! Celebrating and gushing in person and then looking at wedding planning books was ah-mazing. We should do it again sometime soon!
  • Oh, congrats to you both!!
  • Thanks so much, lady!
  • Yay!!!! I'm so happy for you both!
  • Aww, thanks so much, Phil!

    Funny story: I received a text message from you right after the proposal about my birthday. It was so freaking sweet. I was BURSTING to tell someone about our engagement, but we had yet to tell our families. So we spoke to them. And then I got in touch with you and other friends Sunday morning!
  • !!! SO HAPPY for you!!
  • Thanks so much! You're too sweet!
  • shobhna
    HOLY SHIT! Erin!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! :D
  • Thanks so much, Shobhna! It's so hard to believe that we have been in touch this long. And that we've been through SO MUCH in these years. And that we've reached this point.

    Who would have thought? ... Not me!
  • kapachino
    Yay! So happy for you!
  • Aww, thank you so much!
  • Ben
    YES! Congratulations and much happiness to you both! :)
  • Aww, Ben! Thank you so much!
  • AHHHHHHH CONGRATS! Oh my gosh how exciting!
  • Ah! Thanks so much! It really is so exciting. And it's ridiculous how quickly I feel my brain is rotting from all this wedding think. ;) Heh.
  • OH MY GOD!!! First of all, I got goosebumps! Secondly - CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you both :) I hope Lucy's in the wedding :) What a gorgeous ring!!!
  • Aww. Not gonna lie: The goosebumps thing brought a few tears to my eyes!

    Thank you so much, lady! I hope Lucy is in the wedding, too, though the boy has mentioned that could end with her in a pew. Or on top of us. Or some other ridiculous scenerio. So we shall see. ;) And didn't he do a fantastic job?
  • OMG....CONGRATS This is honestly the cutest thing ever.
  • Thanks so much!

    He wrote this post out before I got into Nashville, and he forgot to post it. So after he had proposed, and we spoke to our families, he remembered it. And we posted it the next morning. I thought it was SO CUTE.
  • Caz
    Wow awesome Congrats!!!!!!!!! That's amazing
  • Thanks so much, lady!
  • OMG! CONGRATS! I am SOOOO happy for you!
  • Thanks so much! It's still so exciting and new and hard to believe!
  • OMFG I'm dying right now. Erin! OH MY GOD my love I'm so happy for you. Your ring is amazing and so beautiful. Congrats!
  • Aww, Jess! Thank you so, so very much! Don't die! There'll be a wedding in the near(ish) future!
  • Ah! How exciting!! Congratulations!!!
  • Thanks so much, Mandy!
  • Eeeek! Amazing!! I love love love that he posted about it!
  • Aww, thanks so much! I love, love, love that he posted about it, too! And he had it all written up before I even got into town!
  • No wayyy!!! How am I just seeing this!?? Wow! Congrats Erin! I can't wait to see it when I come through!
  • Thanks so much, lovely! I really cannot wait for you to come through here! We are going to have a fantastic time!
  • racheliza
    OMG it's GORGEOUS!! i seriously couldn't wait to get to the office this morning so i could read this post. ahhh, the boy is seriously a winner. love you!!
  • Thanks so much! He totally is a winner! And I love you, too!
  • Congratulation honey!! So, so, SO excited :)
  • Thank you so much! This is such an exciting time, and it makes me so happy to know y'all are uber pumped about it, too!
  • misellebee
    Oh wow! Congrats EP!
  • Thanks so much!
  • I heard the news from Nora. So very exciting. CONGRATS! May this be one of the happiest and most hopeful times of your life!
  • Thank you so much, Nilsa! I'm so happy Nora got to spread the word! And this is definitely proving to be one of the happiest and most hopeful times of my life so far!
  • Congrats!!!!
  • Thanks, Matt!
  • AMinDinMoTown
    You mentioned it on Twitter so I had to run right over to check the blog. YAY! Congratulations (again)!!! And your boy has great taste in rings. Damn!
  • It makes me happy that after seeing it on Twitter, you ran over here to check it out. (: Thanks so much, again! And doesn't he? I am continually amazed by him. And distracted by the ring.
  • shaba
    Congrats! Pretty rock!
  • Thanks so much!
  • congratulations!!!!
  • Thank you!
  • aw yay congrats! that's so exciting!
  • Thanks so much! It makes me really happy that a lot of us have gotten engaged recently. It's a shame we don't live near the same place, because we could totally share notes!
  • Congrats!!!!! This is so exciting and the cutest post ever. Wow, he is a keeper!!!
  • He really, really is a keeper. He wrote this post before I even got into town and meant to post it before I got there. He forgot and remembered later in the night, told me what he planned to do, and I melted. Then we posted it Sunday morning.

    Thanks so much!
  • YAY YAY YAY!
  • Yay! Thanks, Angela!
  • Adorable!!
  • Isn't it? I about died when he told me he had this already written up to post. Love it.
  • I am soooooooo happy for you :) Congratulations!!!!!
  • Thanks so much, lady!
  • CONGRATS!!!!
  • Thanks, Becky!
  • Congrats! Beautiful ring!
  • Thanks so much! And I will pass on the compliments to my boy. He did a damn good job!
  • I'm so excited for you two! Don't let the initial planning overwhelm you - just enjoy it!
  • Thanks so much! I'm trying not to let it overwhelm me. We're just trying to hash out a date and the locations first, so nothing else has been thrown into the mix. Yet.

    What has been your favorite thing about the planning so far? And have y'all set a date?
  • nonsequiturchica
    YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!

    We want details!! :-)
  • Aww, thank you so much!

    I'm working on writing a post about how he did it. And how we came to be us. I seriously cannot wait to share!
  • Susel
    what a HUGE rock! Congrats to both of you!!!!!!!
  • Thanks so much, Susel!
  • tia
    CONGRATS!! that's quite a piece of bling there, my dear.
  • Thanks so much! It really is quite the piece of bling. And I love how everyone calls it my bling. ;) My co-workers have been teasing me about it this week, and I freaking love it.
  • awwwww, congrats!!!!
  • Thanks so much, Krystal!
  • Congraulations to you both!!!
  • Thanks, Andrea! I'm passing along all the congrats to him, too! (:
  • Congratulations! It's an amazing feeling, isn't it?!
  • It really is an amazing feeling. I didn't expect it AT ALL, but apparently, I was the only person who was in the dark. Heh.

    Thanks so much!
  • Congratulations!!!!! :) Definitely a wonderful time for you two!
  • It really is a wonderful time for us. Now, if we can just get me to Tennessee... Heh.

    Thanks, lady!
  • Congrats girl!! That is a gorgeous rock!!
  • Thanks so much, Dani!
  • CONGRATULATIONS ERIN!!!!!! I was away while this was posted but OMG!!!!!
    I can't even imagine how happy you must be =D
  • Thanks so much, Kyla! I'm still deliriously happy about the events of the past week. I never imagined this would be the way I would start my 25th year, and I love it.
  • This is SO cute!
  • Aww, thanks, Jordan!
  • Marjolein
    Congratulations!!!
  • Thank you so much!
  • ryanholman
    niiiice.
  • (: Didn't he do a great job?
  • ryanholman
    yes. risky putting it on here tho, i like his style.
  • True. I knew it would happen eventually. I just had NO idea he would propose
    then. I didn't think he had spoken to anyone in my family because nobody
    mentioned it to me. Turns out, he spoke to them in May, and they kept their
    mouths shut!
  • Omg congrats!! Your ring is gorgeous!!! (Ugh, and this will teach me to abandon my Google Reader for a week!)
  • Thank you so much! And it's totally OK. My Reader has been OOC for the past few weeks, and I'm sure I have missed some news, too.
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