So I want to propose to my girlfriend two summers from now, on our anniversary, September 1st. How's this for a romantic proposal?
-I don't tell her where we are going in advance, only that she needs to have the whole weekend off.
-We drive up to Banff, Canada, and stay in this hotel:
-That night, we have a private dinner, candlelit, at sunset. At this point I want her to think I am going to propose. I'm even going to drop hints to make her think I am going to.
-After we eat, with her thinking I am going to propose, I instead ask her to go on a walk with me. We walk through a garden after dusk, reminiscing about how we used to go on walks all the time when we first started dating. I then ask her to marry me, hopefully in front of a fountain (and whatever I figure out to say).