Chad and I had looked at rings about 1 1/2 to 2 months prior to the proposal. I had no idea it was going to be that night. We were planning on going shopping after we had eaten. Well, we had a change of plans and we went to the lights at the zoo. I had wanted to go there but didn't think of going that night because I was not dressed in the warmest of cloths. But, we went. We were walking around and found a path called Woodlands Path, which is a “natural” area. While we were walking around the path Chad told me to wait up a second. At this moment he took off his gloves and got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. And of course I said YES!!! He told me I could not cry until we got back to the car because my tears may freeze :-). When we got back to the car he called my parents on their car phone and told them what he had done and wanted to make sure they approved. That is when I began to get teary eyed.