Sometimes the best things in life everyone knows about except you. The best surprise you can give someone is when everyone they know - family, friends, co-workers - all know about it first! The unsuspecting person is not only surprised by your gift, but also taken back at the fact she had no idea and everyone else did.

When planning how to propose to your girlfriend you might want to think about taking things to a grand scale. The office is usually the least expected place for you to propose to her, so it is time to get to work on her co-workers.

Find out when she takes lunch, or when she will not be in the office. Make sure to get there not too long after she leaves so you can maximize the amount of time inside. Before you go in you should have a reasonably good idea on what you want to do for the marriage proposal. This way as soon as you round up her co-workers you can begin the planning.

Now everyone is going to want to chime in with their ideas. Do not be so quick to ignore them. Remember, they work there everyday, so they might have a better idea to fit certain situations or circumstances. You will also have to keep the general wedding chatter to a minimum. If some people there did not know that the two of you had talked about marriage then you are bound to get bombarded with questions about it all. You do not have much time to talk, so keep it to the basics and stay focused on the plan.

Since you are going to be showing up to her workplace to propose, you will most likely need some time to get inside and set anything up if needed. This means you need an inside accomplis to help you out. Get a close friend or co-worker to take your girlfriend out to lunch or keep her in a certain location of the building for that time period. Things have to be on a tight schedule so make sure they are aware of that. If you agree to have her out of the office at 2pm and back at 3pm, then stick to these times carefully. Otherwise you risk being seen or worse, not being able to do the marriage proposal.

If any outside items or people need to be there, be sure to clear it with your girlfriend's boss first. For instance, if you are going to jump out of a cake (for the record, I do not recommend doing this) then make sure the boss is ok with a huge cake coming into the building. Also make sure security knows about this. The last thing you want is to be stopped at the door and frisked because you are rolling in a huge cake through the front doors.

There are many other things you can do in order to lead up to the momeny, but that is for another discussion. These tips will take care of the basics and absolute necessities that you need in place in order to pull off a marriage proposal at her workplace. Lastly, make sure you tell everyone that this is to remain a secret! Let them know that she has no idea you are going to propose so they do not ruin the surprise.