How it happened:

It was 11:00pm after a comedy show in Myrtle Beach, SC. After we arrived back at the hotel, Nick suggested a seashell hunt on the beach. We walked toward a little swash where there were no hotels or bright lights or houses and it was just us on the beach with the ocean. He then told me that he found a little seashell for me and told me to close my eyes. When I opened my eyes, he was on one knee and asked me to marry him.

*sigh*

How romantic...