Heidi & Michael in Indianapolis, IN

College sweethearts Heidi and Michael met while working at a local bar at Purdue University. A month of flirting turned into a first date at Chili’s, a restaurant the couple now eats at nearly once a week. The Bride Heidi Matthew, 32, client sales and service for a hotel chain The Groom Michael James Horstman, 28, youth counselor The Date November 26 “Champagne, champagne, and more champagne!” remembers Heidi. Popping open some bubbly was the couple’s first to-do in celebrating their newly engaged status, after Michael took Heidi out to a fancy dinner and proposed just before dessert. She immediately called her family to inform them of the surprise -- when she discovered Michael had called her father on his birthday to ask his permission to pop the question.