So to give you a little background, Bill is a boot lover and has several pairs of customized boots. When we started talking about getting married, I had a dream that Bill proposed to me with a pair of boots that had the initials “NSB” (my initials with his last name). We were going on a vacation to Laguna Beach and La Jolla and Bill planned on proposing on that trip. He wanted to use the custom boots in his proposal, but wasn’t confident he could lug them around California and keep them hidden. We have a good friend who designs boots and he asked her to make a boot strap with “NSB” on them (white and blue, to symbolize marriage and something blue… so thoughtful). When we were in La Jolla we grabbed a drink at our hotel bar and then headed out for a walk before dinner. He asked me to stop at a beautiful overlook of the ocean and handed me the pull strap as he reminded me of our conversation about boots. Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! And of course, I said yes!