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Sunday September4 (The engagement)
We woke up from Hostel One Sants, went to breakfast at Sants Cafe, had some amazing pastries (chocolate of course) and some really good coffee. Dawson told me that it was going to be a special day for me and that I could do whatever I wanted. We attempted to go get my nails done, but in Barcelona pretty much everything except for restaurants are closed. So we decided to head to our hotel (Dawson reserved the hotel as a surprise) in Cataluyna, which is basically a different area in Barcelona, only a few metro stops away. The hotel is called Hotel Olivia and it is right in the middle of Plaza Cataluyna (where all of the beautiful fountains and statues are). We walked around all day, went to an amazing lunch where we had big traditional salads (One with anchovies, cod fish, atun, and big fresh tomatoes, and one that was similar to a cobb salad but with big pieces of bacon in it!, both were DELICIOUS! And we also had some wine to sip on! We went into a little art museum next door to the restuarant and it had some really different type of art! Willy something... hmmm... wish I could remember the artists' name! Anyways, once we got back to the hotel we had a glass of wine on their outside terrace, which is beautiful! Dawson told me to get dressed up because we were going to go for a nice dinner! It's really exciting to go to a nice dinner here, especially since I was expecting to be scrubbing it the whole time! We found a nice restaurant that had a seating area in the middle of two streets, which was pretty cool to sit out in the middle of. We had octopus with brochette for an appetizer and some more wine!It was kind of funny, with the appetizer they brought out potato chips like they were some kind of delicacy (the ones that look like the ghetto lays from HEB) We ate lamb chops with grilled vegetables and pototatoes that were to die for! We went to go to the bathroom inside the restaurant afterwards to find a few 8 foot transvestites downstairs by the bathroom, I think they were they main entertainment for the people in the restaurant? I think? It was really strange. Especially because the man was really weird about us going to the bathroom. We decided to walk around for a bit before heading back to our hotel room. I could tell that something was up because he wasn't really answering me when I would make comments and I could feel his palms getting sweaty... but I wasn't sure. He was being pretty obvious all day, saying things like "this is going to be one of the best days of your life" and "no, seriously it's going to be one of the top 5 days of your life" lol, and "Its a SPECIAL day". haha but hey, we're best friends, I can read him like a book. So we walked over to the fountains and thats when I could really tell because he's usually excited about taking pictures of everything and as I was taking pictures he wasn't saying a word or even looking at the pictures I was taking. I gave him a big hug and I could feel his heart beating really hard!We threw two pennies into the fountain, then he looked at me and told me that he needed to talk to me. He handed be a piece of paper that I had given him a long time ago that was a coupon for a wish for anything he wanted. He told me that his wish was that I just don't talk or say anything. He got down on his knee and told me how much he loved me and how this vacation was just a small journey and that we could make it through anything. (Honestly we were both so nervous/excited that it's hard to remember exactly what he said!!) We were both teared up and I just kept saying oh my goodness oh my goodness, is this real?? is this really real?? I had been wearing a pearl ring on my ring finger that I had made, he slipped it off of my finger and asked me to marry him. (and he seriously said "I like it, so I'm putting a ring on it" LOL bc I always say if you like then you shoulda put a ring on it! (beyonce hahaha) and I said yes yes yes yes yes yes of course of course of course of course!!! He picked me up and swung me around before I could even see what the ring looked like! When I got my eyes on that rock WHEW!! BEAUTIFUL! AND HUGE!!! He had been kind of obvious during the day but it was just really funny and sweet, but I had NO idea that he really had a ring! He had been having to hide it from me the whole time (through the airport securities and on the plane and everything! He did a great job hiding it!) So basically I cried and then we walked around more, so excited then headed back to the hotel so we could open our bottle of champagne he had ordered and call the families! Most amazing proposal ever... in Barcelona, in Plaza Cataluyna, right in the middle of two huge, beautiful fountains in one of the most romantic places in the world. I really am SUCH a lucky girl to have a guy like Dawson in my life. He is my best friend and I want to be with him FOREVER! My parents had written me a little letter for him to give me and of course that made me tear up again! All of the family was really excited!!
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allie d oh my gosh reading this almost made me cry!!! that is a girls most perfect engagement story dawson good job!! so happy for both of you yall:)
sarahhhh Awww reading this made me cry all over again!! That is so sweet.. and omg the beyonce part made me laugh so hard!!! Alley you have to do that dance in the mirror with your new ring on!!!
Kenzie paige Hahah ghetto lays from HEB... I knew exactly what you meant by that too! Sooo happy for you guys, sounds like everything is going perfectly. Tell daws I said "way to go daddy daws" on the ring and the proposal, can't wait to hear the details of all this when you get back.miss you like CRAZZZYYY talk to you soon!! :)
Liseybaby Oh allison..I cried when you told me and just got chills reading it again! From the moment we knew dawson we loved him too. We are so happy for you two and so happy that you found someone like Dawson. Especially being my BFF since Kindergarten I have to make sure you find someone you deserve and he is the perfect guy for you. We miss you two soo much! We love yall