Here's an idea that's well... kinda corny, kinda sweet, but with a car theme... take that ring, wrap it in paper, then stuff it in your coca cola sized exhaust. When she jumps into the car, pretend you can't start the car. Ask her to take a look in the exhaust. When she's looking in, jam on the PEDAL! The ring in the wad should shoot out. Now run to the back and ask if she's okay, just kidding, kneel down and propose... ha ha I know I know it's a ghetto idea... but hey... OR

This being done already in Singapore, before the movie starts when the lights dim and all the previews come on, ask the theatre if they's help put a giant sign on the screen reading "WIll you marry me?" right before the movie starts. In a UA theatre in Singapore, the lights actually turned back on when that sign went on and everyone was screaming "Say Yes say YES". Fortunately the woman said yes and what a great surprise it was.

 

Rob,

You have some good ideas here already, I like the treasure hunt and magic trick.
One of the first dates my wife and I went on was to see the movie "Scream", so I decided (being the sicko that I am) to propose on Halloween. She lived in Alabama, I lived in Florida. So I flew to her place unannounced with ring, scream costume, mask, and knife in hand.
When I got into town, I "called" her from her neighbors house. She played along with my scratchy distorted prank call until I said "I can see you blondie, Im coming over", at which point she hung up the phone and said she locked every door in the house. After outfitting myself in costume, I waited until a group of trick or treaters left her door and moved in for the kill. I rang the doorbell and got down on my knees, hoping she would think I was a little kid....so I could spring up at her. Being a smart one, she looked through the glass in the door and didnt fall for it. Realizing she wasnt going to open the door, I stood up and started rattling the doorknob as if I was trying to get in. She backed up about 5 steps at that point, so I started slowly tapping on that glass window with my knife. Funny.....she wouldnt open the door, so I started to motion with my hands for her to come toward the door as I tried the door knob again. Finally, she had enough "fun" and yelled that she was calling 911. When she picked up the phone, I pulled off the mask and waved through the glass. She about passed out. After she let me in and caught her breath, she asked me "why did you want to scare me like that"? I got down on my knees and proposed for her hand in marraige and for forgiveness for scaring the crap out of her. I'll never forget our first picture as an engaged couple. Im behind her with one arm around her, a fake knife at her throat and a menacing glare and she with a huge smile on her face, and a proudly displayed diamond engagement ring. We're going on four years this February.

Good luck with your engagement and marraige.


Wynn

 

Rob,

I have many, many, many scenarios to type out for you.....however, on my own proposal, I went the traditional route. I took Ronica to the place we had our first date (actually I had a limo pick Ronica up at her job, her boss was in on this). The limo drove her around town and then dropped her off at Macaronni Grill (yeah, yeah.....cheesy first date restaurant).

Macaronni Grill had closed down the restaurant for about an hour and a half for us....I had to pre-plan this. We didn't order any food, with the exception of desserts and coffee. While we waited for our desserts to come, she had noted that the table we were sitting at was the same table that we sat at on our first date. With perfect timing, the waitress served my cheescake to me, and then the tiramisu to her. As Ronica went for the first bite, she noticed an engagement ring on a mint leaf beside the tiramisu as decoration. When she looked up, I was already on one knee beside her. With some personal thoughts expressed, I followed with a traditional proposal.

The wait and host staff of Macaroni Grill were all watching from the dining room entrance and as I put the ring on Ronica, they began clapping and there were quite a few people crying...this was not planned. All in all, I think I did good.

After which, we took the S2K out to Galena, historic town of IL with many bed and breakfast inns. We booked the weekend at one of our favorite inns and they know us by name. To this day, this has been one of my favorite weekends in my whole life.

Keep up on this thread as I type out more of the other ideas.

BTW, good luck.....

 

Everyone, thank you very very much.

I am nervous as it is about this, but all these ideas help.
Sondra and Luder, you guys have both met her and know how much she means to me. I really appreciate the advice.

Yeah, I got the magic trick from the magician.

These are all so good. i definitely got some ideas, and I might combine a few to make my own custom proposal. It won't be this weekend, but definitely in the next couple of weeks, as soon as I get all this straightened out. Some of these may take days or weeks to plan out.

Keep them coming guys, and I will definitely let you know how it turned out.


Oh, Luder, once again thanks for checking out the supra for me a while back. it was absolutely perfect.

 

Congrats Rob.

 

If you decide to use it, see if you can get someone to videotape it. (This will help throw your girlfriend off even more: "Sure. My boyfriend. This GREAT magician! Sheesh!") I would love to see a picture of her face when she sees what's in the box.

 

here's my creative idea:

what you do is if you have any friends that work as cashiers anywhere, give the ring to them, and on a prearranged date, go into the store with an excuse that you need something and make sure she comes with you... make sure to go through the checkout with your gf and have your friend cashier behind the till... then when you pay, the cashier hands you the receipt, and your gf the ring saying "and today we're having a special: a free husband, the guy standing beside you" while you drop to the knees and pop the question


Can you tell I'm a cashier?

 

So Rob, how did you end up doing it???

The magic trick sounds like a fun idea.

 

Plans have gotten a little crazy lately.
I was planning to do it on Valentines. I had the whole day planned out.
And today, my boss called me into his office to tell me they are sending me to the .NET Conference in San Francisco next week. I leave Tuesday and come back on the weekend, missing Valentines.

So, I figure this will be perfect. I told her I will be gone till Sunday. She is so sad and down, ready to cry, saying that she can't believe she has to spend valentines alone.

But the truth is that I have a ticket booked for her and I am flying her up to California. She has no clue.

Now all I need is ideas of what to do in San Francisco.

She has no clue she is going, and she has no clue I will propose. Shock after shock and a hell of a story to tell people later on.

You guys should see the look on her face. She looks like someone ran over her puppy. I hope I can keep a straight face through all this.

 

OMG that sounds AWESOME!! Good luck!