Catherine & Ben in Boston, MA

When Catherine received a chic pair of Italian fur-lined boots as a Christmas gift from her boyfriend Ben, she was thrilled. But she was unprepared for what she found inside the boots: a jewelry box. “I was incredibly clueless, thinking it was a pair of earrings,” she says. “I opened the box and literally fell onto the floor.” Ben followed suit and got down next to her. “Well, I was only going to get down on one knee, but this works too” was his witty response. The Bride Catherine Zee, 30, graphic designer The Groom Benjamin Poor, 34, associate director of a financial research firm The Date November 11 Not quite a year later, they celebrated their nuptials with the glittering Boston skyline as their backdrop.