May I enquire..

A cold winters day all wrapped up against the cold we went to the jewellers for me to chose a ring. Then on to a 'cafe', it was a small town no posh restaurants in the area, and over a meal of fish and chips my future DH put the ring on my finger. That was it.
In fact we had a bigger celebration for my 21st birthday.

annsixty

The dress was well under £2k not over.

First husband was a compulsive gambler ...so I bought my own ring from Saphena mail order in Oxford St.....paid for at £3 a month for several months ..think it was £36 in all .....forged reference from my then employers to say I was trustworthy and would not enter into any arrangement I was unable to keep to .....then got engaged at then husband's 21st birthday party and wore a pink mini dress I bought from a shop at the top of Oxford St I passed as I walked to work !................husband later sold the ring for food one weekend after he had gambled the food money away and I had spent my wages on the bills ! Second time I was 42 and my then fiance bought a ring from Argos...'sapphire and 'diamonds' ) he was a serial womaniser and commitment phobe, so obviously he left me for someone else, so I threw that ring into the river Chelmer ! Third time, I was 54 and was bought a beautiful ring after meeting my now husband for the first time four days beforehand, (been talking on the phone for months) ....engagement party he had already planned ! Ring was/is beautiful but sadly due to bad arthritis now I am 70 it no longer fits ! THERE WILL BE NO MORE ....EVER !!!!

I don't remember an actual engagement dress as we didn't have a party but I do remember the dress I was wearing when DH proposed 38 years ago. We were in the front room at my home & I was trying to teach him how to do the waltz as we had a dinner dance coming up - so popular in those days! All of a sudden, he just said "will you marry me?" and I was stunned! I said yes & here we still are & he still can't waltz! My dress was a mid blue Laura Ashley dress in thick cotton with a little pattern. It had buttons down the front, a waist seam and a wide tie belt. I still have it tucked away in a drawer full of precious items. We bought the ring a couple of weeks later, I'd had my eye in it for some time....

Oh dear! My late husband popped the question while we were in bed so no outfit at all! We went (fully dressed) to H. Samuel for a ring and I wore it from the shop. We were students and couldn't afford a party. We came from families that didn't do (couldn't afford) engagement parties or parties in general so no luck there either! That statement kind-of belongs on the 'posh' thread. Engagement parties were posh to us.

No special dress just bough the ring and got engaged.
After my h had asked my dear dad for his permission. I am talking about 1965. Married in 1968

kitty I am very impressed!!

First time cant remember I have blotted that particular error from my mind.

Second time didn't get engaged - sort of eloped hence no big ring to flash!

I got engaged to my first in 1969 when we were still students, so black tie do in an Oxford college. I had a jade green empire line silk evening dress. It was the norm in that milieu at that time for all Oxford students whatever background they came from.

No engagement so no outfit but when I got married (1974) the local newspaper reporter came to ask my Mum what outfit I would be going away in. My mum was horrified when I said jeans and rucksack - we were going camping. She told the paper 'blue dress' and then rushed out and bought one. I wore it for 15 minutes.

Ours was very romantic, we went to Mays jewellers in Nottingham and chose the ring and I think I kept it on!!
That evening we went with friends to Nottingham Playhouse and said that we had bought a ring that day and that was it
He has never changed.

We had only known each other 6 weeks and he rang me the next morning to check he'd remembered it properly!! He did go and buy a ring all on his own and ask my dad!

I got engaged in Glagow's Kelvingrove Park on the fourth of June 1976 , under the shadow of Glasgow University, where I had just finished my last exam, which was archaeology. No photos and I can't remember what I was wearing, but the sun was shining!
We had booked a restaurant recommended by friends, but couldn't find it, so ended up in the Berni Inn instead.
Prawn cocktail, steak and black forest gateau, washed down with a bottle of Nuit St. Georges.
A few years ago, our children presented us with a watercolour of that very spot.

Ann or he could have been very a bit drunk tiddly!!

Give the girl her due, she gets no money from the taxpayer, and no longer qualifies for round the clock police protection. She probably has a trust fund.

Like others I had no engagement photographs, so no special dress. I would never have bought a dress just because I was having photos taken, not even formal ones.

We went to the jewellers and chose the ring then taking it with us went to catch the bus. I couldn't wait to put it on so we went into the telephone box by the bus stop and he put it on my finger and that was it - we were engaged! (There were jokes made about pressing button B and getting his money back ) This was June 1964, 12 months after we met. I was 20 and he was 21. The ring cost DH a whole month's salary.

No idea of the engagement date and I am with baubles. Who is paying for Eugenie's outfit- the tax payer?

Another one with no party, no photos and no idea of what I was wearing when we became engaged. Mr C had asked my Dad formally for permission as I was well under 21 and all I remember is how nervous I felt and how elated afterwards.

We went to visit DHs grandparents. Grandma gave us two of her rings to chose from. The one I chose ( sadly lost) was my engagement ring. Garnets and gold. We were both art students at the time ! 1963, so dressed rather bizarrely. I probably wore all black with a man's oversized jumper

You obviously bowled him over with your beauty kitty who could possibly resist proposing??

Flipping heck. DH proposed just after a Burns Night Dinner (1970) so I was done up to the nines - though slightly the worse for wear.

My dress was full length black satin with a net top with beading, my hair was up in falling down ringlets and I had a pair of silver sling backs and matching evening bag. The only time that I have ever looked right for the occasion.

Princess Eugenie is a person of interest to some, I am not hence the difference.

1968 I have absolutely no clue what I was wearing, no party no photos and it certainly would not of bee a designer dress.

£2000 !!

For those who wonder what I am talking about, this is about Princess Eugenie who has become engaged and is photographed wearing a dress by Erdem? And shoes by Jimmy Choo, the dress cost upward of £200.

We got engaged in Jan 1962 and that particular Saturday was a friend’s 21st birthday. We went to see them during the afternoon and then to a SteakHouse in London - Leicester Square probably. I wore a black satin dress - a style with a straight skirt I had made myself. No photos though!