We both swiped right! Emily saw that Chris went to the University of LaCrosse and got overly excited about WISCONSIN. She also thought he was cute. Chris thought Emily was smoking hot and also wanted to meet Georgia (let's be honest, he mostly wanted to meet Georgia). Our first date was at Cork and Cask in Cornelius on a Friday night. We had an awesome time talking about life growing up in Wisconsin and then Chris promptly ended the date after we each finished our second beers. Unbeknownst to Emily at the time, Chris has a rule where he won't drive if he's had more than two beers. Our date started at 7, and Emily was home by 9. Happy, because she thought the date went really well, but also a little confused because who ends a date by saying "Ok, we can go now." Luckily, Chris asked Emily to go on a hike with him that Sunday. Emily happily accepted, but also shared her location the entire time with her friends because #toomanyserialkillersarefromWisconsin.

After a long day of Black Friday shopping and work, Emily went over to Chris' apartment to decorate the Christmas tree, eat Chinese takeout, and watch Elf. Once we were completely stuffed full of crab rangoon dip, orange chicken, and beef lo mein, we started decorating! There were only a few ornaments left when Chris said, "I'm going to go get this year's ornament!" Emily thought it was going to be a Shutterfly photo collage ornament like he made last year. Chris returned with a metal Christmas tree ornament and gave it to Emily upside down. She turned it over, and was surprised to see that instead of pictures, it said "Will you Marry Me?" Emily said YES!