Sir Opti and I will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary this Saturday. But because no one reads blogs on Saturdays, I post this for you dear readers, on Thursday.
A year has flown by and I am excited to say that I’ve learned a few things in the honeyest of this honeymoon year.
1.) No one reads blogs on Saturday. (I didn’t say what I’ve learned had anything to do with marriage)
About Weddings:
2.) I wish I could relive our wedding day over again. Look at this bliss…
"I see the bubbles, but where's the bubbly?"
3.) Having said that, I am very happy not to plan a wedding this year.
Consequently, I pay much more attention now to weddings and enjoy all the little details, having been through it myself. And I like just being able to show up, eat, praise the bride, drink, dance and go home. So, like any other party.
4.) After this year, I will never be in a wedding again. It’s just that time. After this August, my bridesmaid days are over. I’ve been a bride, I’ve been a bridesmaid several times and I am now bridling my dress-wearing, party-throwing, shoe-hobbling ways. Who are we kidding, I’ll hobble in shoes any day as long as their cute! (And I’ve just lost 5 of my male readers. Com’mon guys. Check out nip strips.)
"This dress is making me think twice about being a best friend."
5.) You’ll always want to look as good as you did the day you got married. You will lose that desire when you realize how much time it takes to look as good as the day you got married. You will wish you were a movie star so someone could do your make up every day. Your husband will say, “but you’re still beautiful.” Your husband will lie. Especially when you fight and get that angry look on your face and the fear of god is struck into his heart as he thinks, “should I run or should I stand very still and hope she doesn’t notice I’m still in the room?”
Before: Movie Star Make-Up
Then there was the after-the-wedding-face
What the What?
About Marriage:
6.) The things that will strain your marriage (other than the biggies – kids, money, reality TV) are milk, dirty dishes, messy house, having too many plans because of your so many friends, (and if you’re Sir Opti) a very intense side-relationship with your computer.
7.) Hire a cleaning lady – just because. Sometimes it’s worth it.
8.) Even though you get to see each other when you go to sleep and when you wake up, there is a deep LOVE for having the bed to yourself sometimes.
9.) Everyone and their mom expects you to immediately buy a house once you sign the marriage license. But I won’t, unless I can have this:
Hey Dad, does this come with my dowry?
10.) Buying new furniture though — now that’s pretty awesome.
12.) Be thankful for friends and family. They’re the ones who get to hear all the good and the bad and not in the form of a polished blog post, either. They get the tears, the mania, the bliss, the adventure. They help keep your head on straight sometimes.
11.) Everyday I count my blessings to have a man like Sir Opti in my life. We have our tiffs, but he is my bestest friend in the whole wide world. I hate to say it kids, but, all the cheesy, cliche, romantic lines from movies… are ALL TRUE. To spare your gag reflex, I won’t repeat them. But I will show you a love-montage. Watch it. Love it.
Alaska
Shape Shifting
It's a long story. Ask Marr.
Yep. That's about right.
Happy Anniversary to us!
