We met at a bar, which is funny because neither one of us are people that spend much time in bars. Brandon went out with his friend Jake to be his wingman after Jake had gone through a breakup and HallyAnn went out with friends to go dancing for ladies night. HallyAnn was dancing with all of her friends on the dance floor when suddenly two of her friends were missing. She found them out on the patio talking to Brandon and Jake. As it turns out Brandon and HallyAnn's friend Ashley had been on a date, and Brandon never called her after their date. Our conversation started out by laughing about that situation, and we ended up talking all night, and of course doing a bit of dancing. Brandon's humor and funny dance moves captivated HallyAnn and Brandon was amazed at how easily he could talk to me. All said and done, we think its safe to say that Brandon makes a terrible wingman.

Have you ever seen the episode of friends where Chandler and Monica get engaged? Our proposal was basically like that, except it didn't go nearly as smoothly as theirs did. Brandon lit up our apartment with candles, and proposed to HallyAnn in the dining room surrounded by lit up lanterns. However, it took a bit to get to the proposal. HallyAnn had been at work all day (literally 14 hours) and was exhausted. She got off work, called Brandon to say that she was on her way home but starving as she hadn't eaten in awhile. She wanted to stop somewhere to get fast food and then go to bed. Brandon on the other line, knowing that the entire house was lit up in candles needed her to come home ASAP before the house burnt down so he convinced her to come home, and said he would order a pizza for her to eat. When HallyAnn got home, Brandon had locked her out of the apartment. When he came to the door, he said "Before you come in, I want to give you something." It was a coupon card he had given her on Valentines day saying that he was going to serenade her with his terrible guitar skills. When he opened the door, HallyAnn saw all the candles and thought oh man, he is really wanting to get lucky tonight and I am way too exhausted. Never the less, Brandon persisted with his plan. He pulled HallyAnn into the living room, pulled out his guitar and played the song Grow Old with You by Adam Sandler. However, HallyAnn still not knowing where he was going with all this said "thanks baby, that was really sweet, but I need to use the restroom". She headed to the restroom, then the pizza guy showed up, and poor Brandon is flustered because the night is not going at all like he had planned. Brandon had had enough. He pulled HallyAnn into the dining room where he had set up lanterns on the floor, got out his speech and proposed. HallyAnn finally realized what was going on about halfway through his speech and of course said yes! So in summary, it was the perfect proposal!