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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    SO ordered my e-ring online secretly and I came across the email after he left his inbox open, so I opened the email and saved the tracking number :-P. I'm a stay at home mum at the moment so I wanted to make sure that I wasnt home when it came here, so I've been watching the FedEx thing constantly. It wasn't meant to get here untill tomorrow, but it came today!!! I just signed for it and its on THE KITCHEN TABLE! He's at work. OMG I'm so excited! I dont know what to do, if he knows I signed for it he will think I know what it is and I dont want to disappoint him and the proposal he's planned. I'm thinking of putting it by the front door and being asleep when he gets home (in an hour) so he thinks the guy just dropped it there. What do you think? I just started jumping around and my 2 month old (whose learning to giggle) is laughing. Oh god, I need to paint my nails. Sorry waiting bees about my I know I'm rambling but I'm so excited!

     
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    divergirl    October 8, 2011  

    Yay! so exciting! how are you going to keep your cool when he comes home???

     
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    tracieszcz    July 23, 2011   Oregon

    I would leave it by the door, if he gets suspicious then tell him the truth. Hope your good at lying haha!

     
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    pansyshell    October 8, 2010   Central Pa, Wedding in Outer Banks, NC

    How exciting!

    Did he pay for insurance? I'm just wondering if you place it outfront, will he know that it had to be signed for? I wouldn't want you to put it back outfront and he think you already know  about the package or call FedEx asking why they delivered something of such value without having someone sign and then he find out that you had signed for it that way!

     
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    kfricke89    July 10, 2011   Dallas/ Ft Worth TX

    Just keep your cool. You "don't know" what is in the box. All you know is he got a delivery and it is on the table.

     
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    SadieBee    December 3, 2011   Athens, OH

    Exciting!!

    Does the box have a return address or anything that would easily identify what's inside?  If not, your technically not supposed to know it's coming anyways Tongue out You could just put it on the kitchen table and play dumb when he gets home.  Just say "Oh, you got a package, it's on the table" and go about whatever you're doing.

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    UPDATE: So I bought it inside because I didnt even think of explaining to him the signing thing (I'm a bit frazzled) and left it on the kitchen table. Then I txt him and said 'just letting you know you got a package' cos thats what I normally do when a package comes for him. There was no return address on it so I didnt have to worry about that. He came home and opened it in the kitchen (I was in the baby's room) and then he put it away somewhere. I went into the kitchen and asked what it was casually and he said 'oh just xmas presents'. He knows I love surprises so I would never go looking for my xmas present, so that was a good cover on his behalf! Then I started talking about the baby. I was so proud of myself that I kept my cool.

    Now, the waiting REALLY begins!

     
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    Sigyn       Illinois

    aww this is making me so smiley and giggley lol I could imagine if that was me! I would be ALL smiles and I would give it away..

     

    Congrats to you!  Do you know what it looks like?

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    I showed him a few styles I like, But I specifically asked for a cushion cut diamd :) so fingers crossed!

     

     
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    brady3537    September 4, 2011  

    awww how cute! I'm sitting here so incredibly excited for you! haha I have butterflies hahahahaha.  keep us posted!!! 

     
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    picturemeurs    February 2012  

    Haha that's exactly what I would have done! I would be so excited to know its in the house. Can't wait to hear your proposal story.

     
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    yearns4god    May 19, 2012   Stafford/Ft. Belvoir, VA

    WOW that's good. I  would have been beaming all over if I knew all that!!  I'm just glad I don't believe my man has mine! LOL  But then again he might just have it. 

    I too am looking forward to hearing about your engagement!  Good luck and welcome to the "WAITING GAME TEAM"! LOL

     
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    LetsGoPens    October 13, 2012   Pittsburgh

    So exciting! I'm glad you stayed calm, I bet it was hard. Keep us posted!

     
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    rosegirl    August 22, 2012  

    yay!!!! Just reading this, I am so excited for you! please do keep us updated , and pics when you get it :)!!

     
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    CaraMia10    October 10, 2010   Loma Linda, CA

    LOL @ "Oh god, I need to paint my nails." How exciting!! Keep us updated. I love reading all the engagement stories :)

     
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    BunnyBrideToBe    December 3, 2011   Boston, MA

    Holy cow, you are PATIENT!  I would be dying, knowing it was there and I couldn't open it.  Good job, you!  So exciting!

     
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    pinkshoes    July 2011   MA

    lol.. that would be too much excitement for me!  I think i would have just ripped the package open.  if hes been tracking it also though, he would see that it had been signed for.  does the package have any marking indicating where its from?

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    @dreamingofbling: YES! Put it outside by the door. Like sometimes UPS does it and they will put the box between the screen door and regular door.

    Though...I hope there wasn't a "signature required" thing going on. Maybe he won't think that far. Go! Go now! Put it in the door and get in bed! I'm so happy for you!!!!!!

     
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    Vegan    July 6, 2013   maryland

    Oh yay!  I'm so excited for you I know it must of been really hard not to peak.  I hope he gives it to you by christmas and not make you wait for it.  It sounds like you going to have a great christmas this year.  I can't wait to see your post.

     
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    Noel08    July 16, 2011  

    OMG, awesome!! Now you are in the same boat as I am... I just found the box.. I didn't look inside yet, but I know that's definitely what it is!! AAH, can't wait to hear your engagement story!!!

     
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    DreamingBee    October 2012  

    That is so exciting! Good job keeping your cool and doing what you normally do with packages. I'd be jumping off the walls.

     
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    AudzinLuv    September 2012   Augusta, GA

    EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!  You have nerves of steel, girl, because I would've torn open that package immediately, lol!  Here's to hoping you can stay sane until the holidays, and we're all so excited for you!  Can't wait to see pics!

     
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    crayfish    September 11, 2010   Berkeley, CA

    He surely has to know that it was signed for? Typically, items over a certain value can't be left at the door without a signature. We had to sign for our rings. It's interesting that he didn't have it sent to his work instead?

    But no matter what, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

     
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    @dreamingofbling:

    That is very cool!  What a great story!  So happy for you!  You KNOW it's coming SOON!!!  :)

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    @crayfish: He doesnt have a typical 9 - 5 job so I would assume he didnt want someone else to sign for it and it to stay at his work and the traching number said it wasnt meant to get here until today :)

    I had my back to him when he came home to hide my massive smile! haha. Its been so hard, I just wanna pull the house apart and search for it! Sometime I just start smiling and he looks at me wierdly. I hope I don't have to wait till xmas! I'm going to be a beaming smiling fool by then hahaha

    Thanks ladies!

     
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    OOH this is exciting!! I agree, you are super patient/brave whatever, because I would have ripped the package open and then hastily tried to tape it back together before my bf got home... I can't wait to hear your proposal!

     
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    Gwen von D    August 27, 2011   Canada

    @dreamingofbling: Holy cow! OMG that's amazing. So any day now?!?!? You HAVE TO keep us updated!!!!!

    Just out of curiosity... How big was the box? Was it the size that gave it away that it could be the ring?

    Gwen

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    I had a look to see if I could open the box and then put it back together but I couldn't  :(

    On the box there was heaps of paperwork attatched to it and when I moved it a piece moved and I saw that customs had marked it as jewelry! So i moved all of the papers back so he couldn't tell I knew.

    Its so hard not to try and find it! I feel like I'm going insane already LOL. I don't know how you ladies in waiting have waited knowing the ring is in your house! Props to you all! I'm going to try and stick to the holiday challenge :)

     
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    So, I snooped and I found the box. I opened it (naughty I know) and its GORGEOUS!!!! I didnt try it on though, I want him to put it onto my finger the first time. Now I feel like I can wait patiently, know what she looks like. No more being on edge, I can just enjoy the last couple of days/weeks of us being 'boyfriend and girlfriend' without being crazy haha.

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    I'm all giddy and happy for you.

    I do love the... "Oh, I need to go paint my nails" part.  LOL

     
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    Miss Joker    October 13, 2012  

    Oh my goodness so exciting!!!!

     
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    ritsi_bitsi    May 2011   Canada

    I'm excited for you!! Hope you don't have to wait too long before you get to wear it!!

     
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    chesseplease       Newyork

    hahah!!! tell us whaaat happened. 

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    Well I kind of started looking for it and it was in a cupboard in our spare room. So I opened the little box and there she was! All beautiful and sparkly! Cushion cut on a thin blingy band <3 And then he was dropping serious hints about it last night! I think I'm going to have to wait for a little while before she's really mine. I dont know how long I will just look at her for, no doubt I will give in and try her on!

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    I know what you mean. Now that I know my ring is at home, I feel like I can wait more patiently now. I'm letting him do his own thing now. I'm sticking to the Christmas challenege and I'm not saying a word about it.

     
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    KLK426    October 6, 2012   Connecticut

    That is awesome!

     
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    Ms. Anemone    January 14, 2012   Minnesota/The Deep South

    Yaaaay!

    I lack patience, self-control and any ability to lie, so I am sort of glad my Mr. lives 3hrs away... if I knew he had the ring and knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't resist taking a peek.

     
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    rainbow    January 1, 2011   Tampa

    Aww, hahaha, you are so adorable!

     
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    dreamingofbling       Australia

    So yesterday I checked on her like 10 times while SO was at work LOL. Naughty naughty!

     
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    @dreamingofbling: Wow. Do you care about that ring or your future husband? Did you just not ruin his surprise? That's awful.

     

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