Jennifer

When I first saw him walk in our store—tall, dark, with dreads, and that gorgeous smile—I was immediately drawn to him and his “bad boy” persona. It was by no coincidence that I then said out loud “ I want him.” Though I was already in a relationship and he then started one of his own with a co-worker, I couldn’t help myself every time he came around. I would blush when I saw him, even though we barely even exchanged “hellos.” Soon though , as my relationship began to go sour, I found myself looking for him when I walked in the store; checking his schedule to see what days he worked; and of course, paying extra attention to my clothes and hair whenever I knew he was working. I liked him now more than I wanted to. A few weeks of this went by until one day I began the verbal exchange with one simple word: grumpy. “Hi, grumpy,” to be exact is what I said and soon he would say “Hi grumpy” to me, too. There we were, the grumps. I was just happy to have him speak to me, so I didn’t care too much for exactly what he was saying as long as he spoke to me. We were both so quiet, but goofballs when we were comfortable around certain people. We were guarded and secretive—drawn to each other but not quite knowing why just yet. Rumors began to swirl that his then somebody was cheating, but he knew nothing about this. I hated her already and now that I knew what she had done, I could not wait for them to be over. Not long after that, they broke up and I was elated! Now that they were over and we were also over, my bad boy and I could finally be friends. To everyone’s surprise, including mine, we hit it off from the start. We talked for hours, saw the sun come up talking in the car till the wee hours of the morning and just enjoyed each other’s company. One night, several weeks later, he leaned in for THE KISS. It didn’t take long for us to be completely thrown in each other, to the point where we could not keep our hands off each other at work. Lucky for us, I had already given my two-week notice for a new job opportunity. We were both sad that I was leaving, but excited that we would see each other more outside of work—without all of the gossip and chatter. Everything after this point went by fast; we were inseparable. Almost 2 years later, here we are…engaged! I got my man and he got his girl! Engaged: September 5, 2009 Wedding September 23rd, 2011