He Went to Jared....I Went to Oklahoma!

"There is only one happiness in life,to love and be loved." ~ George Sands

I'm just going to get this out there right now---no one went to Jared for me. Sorry to rain on your hopeful parade, but I don't want the snazzy title to give anyone a false impression. Now that we've got that out of the way, you're probably asking, who did go to Jared? That would be Speedy--who is now officially the Loud Oklahoma Girl's fiance. Here's how it went down.

A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from LOKG's cousin telling me that this proposal was coming and asking if I wanted to come for the surprise engagement party that was being planned for the night of the big question. Um....yea!! You know I love surprise trips to Oklahoma! So I loaded up and set off for the big event.

We had to lie to her. All of us. For weeks. She was told that she was going to Tulsa for her cousin's birthday party. All his friends would be there. And his wife made clear that it was going to be dressy--everyone in cocktail attire. At a steakhouse. And I was spending the weekend reading and working at home. Big, fat lies. Every. Single. One.

Two nights before the big event, the wheels appeared to be falling off the wagon. LOKG dedided she couldn't find any dress that she liked and she decided she didn't even want to go to the stupid birthday party. NOT in the plans, LOKG. Not in the plans. Fortunately she ended up going shopping the day of the big event and finding something. Phew! (Ladies...lesson....if you guy is insisting that you wear a dress, DO IT!)

So I got to spend Saturday with BOKG and her mama. And we were lucky to have this adorable fella grace us with his presence. This would be BFF's baby brother, who we'll just call Kiddo on my blog. Anyway, Kiddo got stuck hanging out with us and driving us around all weekend. He's also a rock star guitarist and Red Dirt Music player, so for literally hours he had to sit in Blonde OK Girl's house and play requests. It was like a live concert in the living room! BOKG officially booked him for her wedding one day.

So we listened to live guitar music while we got all dolled up...and proceedd to take prom-ish pictures. :) Anyhow....as we were getting ready, Speedy took LOKG into a hotel room under the guise of getting ready to go to the fake birthday party and proposed with a beautiful ring. And, of course, she said yes! After that, they headed down to the restaurant for dinner and met up with all of their friends.In the meantime, Kiddo, Blonde OK Girl and I were all hiding out at the bar trying not to be seen until it was time for our surprise. And if you want to fit in at a bar and not look suspicious, you drink. So we did. Flirtini's to be exact. We were hiding out next a couple on their first date which was totally hilarious to listen in on. Ahh...first dates. So painfully awkward.Anyway, so we're hiding and freaking out about being seen and all of a sudden, Kiddo rocks out with this tone of voice that BFF pretty much uses with me all the time that basically says, "Stop your crazy acting like a girl, take a deep breath, clam down and order another drink." It's apparently genetic, that tone.

When they finally seated the group. BOKG went over first to join in the fun.

And then I sauntered up. Cue screaming and jumping up and down and crying and she kept saying, "No wonder you didn't call me back today!" Ha!

I'll skip all the dinner details, except for the one edamame debacle. Have y'all ever eaten this before? Looks like snap peas to me. So I grab one and eat the sucker. It was pretty chewy and hard to swallow. About this time, someone points out that you don't actually eat the shell, just the beans on the inside and everyone gets a good laugh at my expense. Here's a photo to commemorate that disaster. Note that Kiddo looks terrified in the background. He ate his the same way as me. Ha! (FYI, in order to avoid this, BOKG and Kiddo were instructed that if someone throws me an engagement party, we better be at a steakhouse where I know what/how to eat!)

So after an amazing dinner and surprise party, BOKG, Kiddo and I headed out to do a little dancing. Listen folks, this girl does not pass up a live band playing Red Dirt music and a boy to two step with.

My favorite part of the dancing portion of the evening was when an old guy--seriously must have been 85 at a minimum--came up to Kiddo and asked if he had two dates, and then proceeded to hit on BOKG. She always gets the attention! They danced and then he whipped out a Werther's Original hard candy to give her. Talk about a sly move there, ladies!

And there you have it....one of the Gossip Girls is engaged and we had a great weekend celebrating!