TEMPE, Ariz. -- Chelsey Totten was suspicious when she arrived at the Barnes & Nobles near Santa Clarita, California with her parents two summers ago. Her boyfriend, CJ Albertson, looked nothing like the guy she knew, as he stood, red-faced and nervous in a narrow aisle.
"He was all dressed up in brand new clothes and he was cleanly shaven so I knew something was up," she said, laughing. "Usually, he's in basketball shorts."
In plain view of scores of book seekers, coffee drinkers and store employees, CJ got down on one knee, pulled out a ring and offered Chelsey the greatest commitment he could propose while Chelsey's father filmed the entire event.