Joe’s original proposal plan was very romantic and included lots of flowers and candles all over our house. I ruined that plan because I took the day off from work when he was planning to set everything up at the house and he ended up having to travel that day for work. We were leaving for a vacation at the beach the following day so I was upstairs packing when Joe got home from work. He asked me to come downstairs, and there was a gift bag and a box on the dining room table. He told me to open the bag first so I did and it had a bunch of little stuff for our vacation like suntan lotion, playing cards and squirt guns. Then I opened the box and it had a small light blue pillow in it with a handwritten note on top that said “This is a floor pillow. Put on floor.” I was completely clueless and kind of looked back and forth between Joe and the pillow before telling him that I didn’t get it and asking him what a floor pillow was. In my head, I was thinking, this does not match anything in our house so why in the world did he buy it? He told me to put it on the floor and see what happens and then I finally figured it out. When I put the pillow on the floor our dog Tug tried to grab it but Joe was able to get down on one knee first and then he asked me to marry him. Of course, I said yes!! It was the perfect proposal because we were at home and our dog, who we love dearly, was able to be a part of it. Joe gave me a card afterwards that said everything he knew he would be too nervous to say in the moment. I loved it because now I can keep that card forever to remember the day he proposed!