Yeah, that’s me. In Afghanistan and Pakistan men take really cool photos like these and they are considered manly. Since I am a manly man and I like to bow to all sorts of cultural norms foreign to my native country, I decided that while I was out celebrating my first wedding anniversary that I would pose for this picture to inspire my wife to love me more. It worked.
On St. Patrick’s day my wife and I celebrated the beauty of our marriage the following ways (with the following costs):
- Breakfast at Champagne Bakery – $18.91
- Afternoon at the Flower Fields – $9.00 with coupon
- Dinner at Carvers Steaks & Chops – $87.95
- Dessert at home – $5.38
Everything was absolutely fantastic. Champagne Bakery makes really good pastries. We love the Jesuite – “A crisp triangle shaped puff pastry, filled with vanilla custard and topped a baked sugar glaze, slivered almonds and powdered sugar.” It melts in your mouth and fills you with sweet goodness. After breakfast my wife had to jet to work her half day while I went and took care of some business. This was lame, but necessary.
After my wife returned from work we heading up the coast to the lovely town of Carlsbad. I could almost taste the sea on the air as it blew cool across my beardless face. There was a coupon in a local magazine for a discounted admission to the Flower Fields so we only spent half of what we would have otherwise – our only frugal move of the entire day. We got some really cool pictures and it was fun to walk and talk with the most beautiful woman in the world.
After the flower fields and tons of fun taking pictures and hanging out we went out to a fancy pants dinner. We both ate filet mignon and my was it tasty. I like mine medium-rare because it feels like the meat just melts in your mouth – you don’t even have to chew! Over the course of dinner I gave my wife her two gifts, a poem for the day and a letter to be opened on our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve asked my wife her permission to put the poem I wrote here so that others can see just how wonderful she is. She consented mainly because my manly flower photo really got to her (see photo above):
On a day like today …
On a day like today
Not more than a year ago
Enduring love made haste to make strong its wishes
You became mine, and I yours
Each committed to love
A bond, lasting until this shadow fades into
Reality – glowing bright like the sun, but brighter still –
Together we make a love greater than us
On a day like today
Dawn brings fresh air and
Another chance to hear love sing
Yearning for you, I hunger deeply
All told we spent $121.24 on a day of fun and good food. All the money came out of our vacation fund so the day had absolutely no impact on our monthly budget, as our save-up-to-buy-big-purchase rule dictates. I took it out of our vacation fund because it was kind of like a vacation and our date fund would have collapsed if I tapped into it. All in all, it was very relaxing day and was a great way to celebrate the beauty of our marriage. I hope we both live long enough to celebrate at least 49 more!
Congratulations on your first anniversary! Very cool. Wishing you guys lots and lots more years of happiness.
What a great post, I’m glad that you shared it. Oh and expect hate mail when I start asking my boyfriend why he doesn’t take pictures in fields of tulips and write romantic poetry
Just kidding, that sounds lovely. Congrats on the first year of many!