9 years and still surprised

Yesterday was our 9th Anniversary. 9 years since AD & I met face to face for the first time and went out on our first date.

On Saturday, when we were wandering through the mall, AD mentioned that he had purchased a gift for me for our anniversary. I, being a total dufus, had completely flaked on the fact that February came right after January and had done nothing. I felt really bad and I was trying to think of what to get for him.

Then Amazon sent me an email saying that Zombieland came out on blu-ray on Tuesday and I thought I had it all figured out - he must have pre-ordered that movie because we loved it so much when we saw it in the theater. Feeling very proud of myself, I decided I would get some clams casino from the local seafood market on my way home as a gift for him.

So I get home and I see this on the table:



"Hm", I think, "There isn't anything on that plate that looks blu-ray shaped...also there appears to be some kind of theme going on...not sure what it is..."

AD munched on his yummy clams casino while we talked about what we wanted to get for dinner, since going out didn't seem like a good idea with the snow forecast for the evening.

"OH, and do you know what came out today?" AD asked me.
"Yeah....Zombieland, right? I actually thought that's what you were getting me."
"Nope, I didn't know it was coming out until I saw it at Target"
"oh..." *tries to think of what the heck he could have gotten me

Before we left to go pick up some Mexican food for dinner (and spin by Target to pick up Zombieland for our evening viewing), AD made me sit down and open my present.

The border card, if you look closely, is made up of icons I had made for Livejournal. AD printed it out on sticker paper so I could cut them out and stick them to things. Already, his awesome amazes me.

I picked up the piece of paper with Kermit printed on the back. What could it be??? I pulled off the string, trying to make out the image on the other side of the paper...I slowly unfolded it and...

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S A GIFT CARD TO THE MUPPET WHATNOT WORKSHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of you that do not know, the workshop is an FAO NYC exclusive where you can build your own Muppet Whatnot (the "extra" Muppets you see in the background all the time). I've wanted one since they launched the store a few years ago.

After we had dinner and watched Zombieland on blu-ray (which is still hilarious on the second viewing) I sat in front of my computer trying to design my Whatnot. It is SRS BSNS. I've narrowed it down to the blue body, round red eyes, and the hoodie...I think I like either the pink or the yellow boa hair...but I'm totally stuck on the nose color/shape.

So, there you have it - after NINE years together, this boy still surprises me. I did not expect this at all and I was just blown away.

*sigh* and now I have to go to work! Maybe it will be quiet on the desk and I can perfect my Whatnot design...