Today I thought I would post an extra engagement story as we are drawing closer to the closing date of our fab valentines competition!
Let me introduce you to Liz…
I met my Fiancé 5 years ago in the mountain resort of Morzine, France (where we still live) I was 27 and he was 32 and from what began as a drunken birthday snog turned into a full blown romanace with someone who is now not only my bestfriend but also my soulmate. I always said I wanted to wait for atleast 5 years before we spoke about marriage but always thought it was something I wasn’t that interested in, that was until December 25th 2011! Christmas Eve is my favourite night of the year, we put on our fancy dress and go to the local bar where I dance the night away to all the usually Christmas tunes. However this Xmas Eve I was told we had a big day Snowboarding ahead of us and that I wasn’t to be hungover nor could I wear my one-piece! Well that did not go down too well so I arranged to go out with the girls instead but somehow we all ended up at a friends house and were home by 1am! Christmas morning was not the hungover blurr it usually is so I was obligingly ready at 10am to go up the mountain. I had an inkling something was up so asked to look in his bag which I thought was going to contain a picnic but turned out to be his camera equipment. Our friends arrived to drive us up the mountain but once we were all in the car started driving in the wrong direction. My friend Inga was with us, she hates surprises and was trying to guess where we were going and what was happening on the way to our destination (which was only 10mins drive) We arrived at the bottom of one of the valleys where there are no ski-lifts and got of out the car. After a few minutes of wondering what was going on, a helicopter flew around the corner!!! Inga LOVES helicopters and got very excited and I thought the boys had chipped in to buy us a helicopter ride which was pretty cool present. I sat at the front and we took off, flying over our village and towards the ski resort of Avoriaz. I turn around to look at my friends who had tears in their eyes which I thought was a tad strange but it turns out they had just found out what was going to happen! as the helicopter circled over one area I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to find a sparkling ring in front of me! 2 of our other friends (one of whom had ultimately stopped me getting too drunk on Xmas eve) had taken the first ski-lift that morning and written in the snow ‘Marry Me?’, however unfortunately the sun hadn’t quite hit the area where they’d written it and so I didn’t see it!!! however I was soo incredibly shocked and happy it didn’t matter! We landed in the Goat Village where a bottle of champagne was waiting for us. Lots of champagne and snowboarding ensued followed by a hike to see the writing in the snow…it was the best way ever to start a day!
Fab story Liz…thank you.
More very soon!…
