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On November 10th, Alex and I celebrated our 8th dating (well, in college) anniversary. Unfortunately, because I was sick all last week and we had the football game on our actual anniversary, we had to postpone our actual celebration to this past week. It was well worth the wait, though!
This is the first year that we’ve decided not to do presents. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that we have back-to-back “holidays” (Nov. 10 – Anniversary, Christmas, Feb. 6th – My birthday, Valentine’s Day, and Feb. 18th – Alex’s birthday), and the past few years, shopping for every single holiday has gotten more stressful that its worth and we end up getting each other something we don’t really need just to have a gift to give each other for each holiday. Not to mention, November to March was an extremely expensive time 
Anyway, Alex wasn’t too happy about not doing presents this year, but he was a good sport. I can’t say that I kept up my end either, because I felt like I, at least, needed to get him a card and decided to make one instead of buying it, just so he couldn’t give me a hard time.. I totally felt like he might actually NOT get me anything, but he proved me wrong!
When he showed up at my apartment to take me to dinner, he came bearing this:
Sweet, right? Sneaky little devil
Anyway, he made my little homemade card (seriously, don’t judge…I made it in less than an hour
especially since the note he wrote inside made me cry (but, it is for my eyes only…sorry!
After I took the rollers out of my hair and put the finishing touches on the make-up, it was time for a quick photo op!
I love the first picture, but hate that we forgot to turn on the flash and the lighting is terrible SO you are getting my favorite, and then the pretty picture
Once pics were out of the way, we hopped in the car to head to dinner (which was a surprise until we got there!). Alex quickly pointed out that he had cleaned his Jeep, inside and out, in preparation for our date that night….*sigh* He’s too cute!
As we drove to our dinner location, Alex pointed out all of the “nice” places he was taking me…like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Taco Casa, etc. I had no idea where we were going until he turned in the direction of my favorite restaurant: Kozy’s! I was SO excited and could not wait to get there
We’ve been to Kozy’s a few times, but we had never been to eat off of their regular menu (most of the time it was for a special, pre fixe menu) so we were really excited. It didn’t disappoint!
For appetizers, we had some delicious stuffed mushrooms (they were stuffed with beef tenderloin and aged swiss cheese and had a red wine demi-glace), and then I had chicken chasseur with truffle mashed potatoes and asparagas and Alex had a spiced duck breast with gouda grits and spinach. Both entrees were absolutely delicious! For dessert, we shared a crème brulee (without the carmelized sugar on top) with a berry compote. It was yummy as well!
After dinner, we went back to his house to relax and catch up on Hulu. Unfortunately, this girl only made it through one or two shows before she was out. I know, terrible girlfriend right? I felt so bad, but I doze off on Alex all the time, so I’m sure he’s come to expect it
Regardless of my early ending to the night, it was absolutely wonderful. Huge thanks to Alex for making it special, without presents
Here’s to MANY more anniversary celebrations together!
Happy Anniversary, babe! Love you lots!
