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We're Engaged!

Mike & I are engaged!  We're pretty excited over here and trying to plan an August wedding.

He proposed at The Robey hotel rooftop and it was perfect.  He wanted a public proposal, I did not.  Somehow we both got what we wanted!
Note:  Mike decided it would be fun to put out our arms, which I followed his instructions.  He then decided it looked silly and did not pass along that decision to me... ;)
P.S. Photo credit to my sister!

Just for fun, here are some "fun facts" about Mike:

He did improv at several Chicago places and graduated from iO's program.  One of the reasons we're often going to comedy shows with his friends in them.

He loves chocolate.  Like a lot.  To the point where if there's a sweet without chocolate he doesn't see the point.  This is only really a challenge with birthday cakes because my sister does not like chocolate.


He's a night owl.


He doesn't like yellow cheese.  He will pick around it.


His current favorite video game is grand theft auto although I think if he had to pick one overall it would be Mario Cart.


He still gets Netflix DVDs in the mail.


He ate Mariano's prepared food every night for almost two years.  He'll be happy to tell you then it was a very reasonable $6/meal.  He was sad when he recently discovered they increased the price to $7.


He's still learning the difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon.


In general, he's more tidy than I am.

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