Hi! I'm a love-sick guy getting ready to ask one of the most important questions I'll ever have to ask!Before I get into how I'm thinking I'll propose a few details...Through subtle and not so subtle hints my girlfriend has dropped I've figured out a short list of things she probably doesn't want in a proposal.The list includes not doing it in public, not putting the ring in food and not having it be too simple. On the simple front I'm a little bit confused. The best example I could get out of her was if we were just sitting on the couch and I suddenly got down on one knee.Other quick detail. Her older sister is getting married in October. I'd like to propose tomorrow but I can wait until after that wedding so nobody has their thunder stolen.So by late October the area around my apartment complex should be full of beautiful fall colors. I have miles of wooded trails around my apartment that we both really love to take short hikes on. The trail we like to take runs a big loop around my apartment area and part of it passes this really nice pond that has a small picnic area next to it. This picnic area is important to me because it was the place where I was first sure I was going to ask this girl to marry me.My idea is to get her to go for a walk with me, eventually ending up at this picnic area. When we get there I plan to have a row of pumpkins set up on a picnic table carved out to read "Will you Marry Me?" October is her favorite month, her birthday is in it and she loves the fall. I figure since I will be proposing very near to Halloween this could be a unique way to do it. Anyways she'll see the pumpkins and then I'll get down on one knee and give my speech and ask her to marry me. I figure I can recruit a friend to help me get it all set up the day of...Does this seem to simple? Too cheesy? Are thinking 'Carved pumpkins!? What the hell?!'I'm also kicking around either hiring a photographer to do surprise engagement photos or having a surprise dinner set up with our families who we're both very close to.Anyways let me know what you think but be gentle! I still have a few months to come up with something else but I really think she'd like this.