so that happened ...

Awkward would be an understatement. Pretty sure I'd shoot my friend Dirk for delaying the images.  That's why you never propose unless you have an immediate out / exit strategy. 

For instance, when I proposed, I was wearing a jetpack in case she said no. Had she said no, I would have pulled a Rocketman, lifted off through the ceiling and away to a happy place. Course, she said yes and now I  am stuck with a $10K jetpack in the garage.