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Well as you have already guessed, today ended up being a rather huge day for some of us.
Pete and Jen are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend as Pete felt he wanted more out of the relationship and so had to put an end to the current arrangement.
This is probably just as well, as having done most of the touristy things, day 5 in Santorini was shaping up to be a rather slow day. BUT luckily Pete came to the rescue!!
So my top secret mission for the day was to distract Jen long enough for Pete and Richie to duck out and buy the engagement ring. Of course to do that we had to come up with a cunning plan ... yes "so cunning you could pin a tail on it" - for those Black Adder fans out there.
Our cunning plan was to make Jen think she was doing the exact opposite as a favour for Richie ie keeping me busy so that he and Pete could slip out and buy me something as a surprise ... a job she took to with gusto, clothes shopping for hours with me to ensure the boys had plenty of time to buy MY surprise!! Little did she suspect.
Meanwhile Pete had raced around and booked our favourite table at our favourite bar for the evening and even had Yanis show him a multitude of different secluded spots hidden away in the cliff face where he could carry out the proposal in perfect privacy. The Dom was on ice and the only thing holding it all up was JEN ... straightening her hair and getting those puppies into her new halter neck dress
I'll let Jen finish the rest now as its only fair that she contribute to the blog seeing its all about the newly fiance'd couple ... JEN & PETE. So here's Jen xxx
Hi....Jen here....soooo hard to type with this new ring I have on my finger......
Well, to say we are ecstatic is an understatement. After a day of decoys, diversions and dastardly deeds (by the others), I had absolutely no idea as to what was going on.... Pete certainly had everything all planned to the 't'. He led me downstairs to a beautiful secluded spot and sat me down on a very romantic lounge shrouded in cheesecloth....I'm thinking...'hmmmmm why are we getting so far away from Jac and Rich?' (pete said they needed some time alone so rich could give jac a lovely pendant she had been eyeing off)....Pete gets a little twitch under his left eye when he is nervous and that twitch was going off!!...He was very nervous and very, very sweet. And so....under a lovely cheesecloth canopy overlooking the meditteranean ocean, Pete asked me if I would marry him. Of course, anyone crazy enough to want to actually spend the rest of their life with me deserves a second chance to back out, so I asked if he would marry me too??!! To top it off, he had the ring all organised. Its a bit hard to see in the pic, but the ring is a gorgeous handcrafted piece of white and yellow gold interspersed with diamonds...very delicate and very unique. Not the conventional type of ring, and perfect for a 'not so conventional' type of couple.
And so, once the tears had finished flowing and we had managed to get our faces to resume to some kind of normality after all the smiiiiilllliiiinnnngggg :-) we enjoyed a very special bottle of Dom Perignon bought in especially for the event by the lovely Yannis....petes new best bud..who I think was almost as happy as we were, and very proud that pete had chosen his bar for the big proposal.
For those who know us well, you will understand that this is most definitely a match made in heaven. Pete is the most wonderful, sweetest, caring, loving and kind man. I could never ask for more and truly get treated like a princess every day. I only hope I can make him as happy as he makes me. To say we are ecstatic is an understatement and a more perfect setting for a proposal could never be found....love to all our families and beautiful supportive friends...special mention of course to jac and rich who helped make this night a magical one. Brooke, Jay, Rob and Colette we love you dearly and cant wait for you all to share in our happiness on our return.......yes....we are going to come home eventually, although pete looks a lot like a full-on terrorist now, so expect delays....
With love.....jen & pete jimmyblacksmith venardos...
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