Why I Decided To Propose To My Wife

Back when I was dating my wife (a fashion stylist, a real one), I was glad to play the role of supportive boyfriend. The first thing she asked me to accompany her to was Toronto Fashion Week in October of 2008 so I jumped at the chance. For those who don't know, and I was one of those, there are two Toronto Fashion Weeks a year. The one in October is the preview for what is hot for the spring and summer of the next year.

So off to Nathan Phillips Square we went. We were seated in the front row for the Aqua di Lara swimsuit show. I made sure I was armed with my camera for this one.

The premise of this event is that there were beautiful models aplenty, all decked out in customized swimwear, and I was supposed to look. I would just like everyone reading to know that I was a great boyfriend and paid attention extensively to every detail and look that Aqua di Lara had to offer that year.

Now I'm going to do my readership a service and talk more about my first Toronto Fashion Week experience to fill up space around the pictures. Though the event goes from Monday to Saturday, I only went on the Thursday. I would have went more but I had a hockey game to play, and I was also housesitting for Ms. No-Such-Nonsense and her husband. I would just like to add that Ms. N-S-N and her awesome cool dude husband were the first people I introduced my wife to. That's a big deal if you like someone.

It was also here that I first met Christopher Paunil. He is the gentleman that personally handcrafted the wedding dress my wife wore at our wedding. It's a thing of beauty.

We also bumped into Lily and Lilac Nguyen. They're hot stuff (yeah, I saw the Lara Croft Halloween picture. WOO WOO!!) and great photographers too. When Tricia and I were on our first date, we bumped into Lily walking along the street. So technically she was the first friend that I met outside of work. I met her sister Lilac at this event as well. Lots of firsts for me here. I think they're kind of a big deal. Check out the link and see for yourself.

This was the first event I ever accompanied my wife to and I must say it was well worth it. And you can see why I really had no choice but to marry her.