ANNEMARIE GETS ENGAGED:

I finished getting ready after trying on more than a few options in my closet. I did try on one of the dresses that Brett put out, but they just looked ridiculous as it was 50 degrees outside and I wasn't about to wear open toed shoes. I finally made up my mind, got my hair fixed up, and it was only 4:30pm when I was finished.

I sat on the couch and tried to kill time. Oprah had Sarah Palin on, I thumbed through a magazine, and then Shyla called. She kept me distracted until around 5:13 when I said...I gotta go, I have to leave in 2 minutes.

I sat in the chair by the front window and tried to stay calm as I was looking for who was coming to get me. Kyle pulled up around 5:20 and slowly walked to my door. When I opened it, he said "This is for you", and handed me a rose that said RIE on one side, and BE MY on the other. I played it cool, and put it on the table with the rest of the flowers, and walked out to the car with him.

I said to him, "I'm not asking you any questions because I don't want to know", to which his response was "Good, because I don't know anything."

He proceeded to drive as slow as humanly possible all through Santa Barbara. We were in the car for about 30 minutes before we got over towards the area near the Biltmore and Butterfly Beach. As we drove along the main road, we passed by Brett's truck, and then Kyle pulled into the circular drive near the end of the beach, and I saw Brett.

"Hey, I know him."

SATURDAY 10 JULY 2010