Happy 1st Anniversary!

Wow! I can't believe it's been a year since the most magical day, our wedding!  We had these grand plans to go see Jim James with the Colorado Symphony in a couple of weeks to celebrate our 1st anniversary and 8 years (!) together but Covid-19 has other plans for us. We thought seeing Jim James was very fitting given that he is the frontman to the band that headlined Forecastle and got us together 8 years ago! Had we still been planning to take that trip we likely would have just went out to dinner on our anniversary.  Again, we can't do that now either.  We decided to celebrate a couple days early so we could celebrate on Saturday night vs. Monday (even though we still had a nice homemade dinner on our actual anniversary courtesy of Wyatt).  I decorated in odes to our wedding and Wyatt picked up takeout from our favorite Thai restaurant.   I decorated our wet bar area with a balloon garland I made with supplies I had on hand.  I pulled out the milk glass, gold chargers, and some light blue similar to what we had at our wedding.  I also got some of our Evelyn Henson map prints out, Louisville, Bloomington, Madrid, and Barcelona to commemorate where we met/got married, Forecastle Festival, and our honeymoon and added our wedding crest.  After dinner we had our wedding cake and wine and danced to some songs from our wedding. Even though our plans got derailed, we still had a special and lovely anniversary. 

I ordered our vows done in watercolor for Wyatt's 'paper' gift but didn't think they would arrive in time so I improvised.  I painted a watercolor from one of our wedding photos to give to him when we celebrated.  Luckily, the actual gift came on our actual anniversary! We have them both hanging on the gallery wall in our hallway no and I love seeing them and the guestbook all the time and remembering our wedding.

5 Years Down, a Lifetime to Go

Back in the spring, Wyatt and I officially hit the five year mark.  We've traveled all over, attended four music festivals and countless concerts, tried new foods, lived together for 3 1/2 years and I couldn't imagine anyone but my best friend by my side for all of it.

Happy Birthday, Wyatt!

Wyatt's birthday was the 30th.  It actually fell on a Friday this year.  I took him out to his favorite place for dinner that night, the Black Sparrow, and we had a little celebration at home after.  We had plans to go to our friends' house to celebrate New Year's Eve the next night.  I made salted caramel cupcakes to take per his request.  We enjoyed a relaxing evening in with some of our closest friends to ring in the new year with and loved it.  Now we're looking forward to what lies ahead for us in 2017.

Valentine's/Birthday Getaway

A couple weeks ago Wyatt asked if I could take off a day before or after Valentine's weekend so we could go on a little trip for Valentine's Day and my birthday.  I cleared my vacation time with my work but Wyatt wouldn't tell me anything about what he had planned.  He did tell me that I should pack my boots and lots of layers.  I can't believe that he even actually told me to over pack!  Thursday he texted me while at work and told me to pick one and follow the directions when I got home on my lunch break.  When I arrived home, I found this waiting on me. 

  

I punched my ticket to go east.  Much to my dismay, Wyatt still didn't tell me where we were going.  We already had plans to go to breakfast with Wyatt's Pa for his birthday on Friday morning.  After breakfast, Wyatt finally told me where we would be heading for the weekend.  I had assumed we'd be going to Bloomington or somewhere close, but I found out he was taking me to Cleveland and Buffalo.  For the girl with constant wanderlust, he found the perfect gift.  He gave me a letter that outlined all of our plans including our dinner reservations in each city about 20 minutes before we hit the road.  We made our way to Cleveland and had dinner at the Greenhouse Tavern.  We ordered the crispy chicken wings confit with roasted jalapeno, lemon juice, scallion, and garlic.  They were amazing!  I got a burger and Wyatt had fish.  It was a cute little place with excellent food. 

The next day we got up and went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I had a blast there and could easily go back and spend several more hours there.  My favorite part of the museum was the Herb Ritts photography exhibit.  We had lunch at the cafe there and then made out way further east to Buffalo, NY that afternoon.

Artsy has a page dedicated to Herb Ritts.  If you are interested in finding more out about him or to find other similar artists go have a look.  You won't be disappointed.

For dinner in Buffalo, Wyatt made us reservations at Coco Bistro.  It was so cute and we felt like the menu was similar to our favorite place here in Lafayette (the Black Sparrow).  I got the penne arrabbiata and Wyatt the Italian pizza.  Both were delicious.  We both also got a Montmartre drink which a play on an Old Fashioned with pear.

After dinner we drove up to Niagra Falls.  I wasn't dressed appropriately to get out for any length of time, but Wyatt did venture from the parking to catch a glimpse of the Falls at night.  We spent the night in a B &B in Buffalo.  After having breakfast the next day, we drove back up to Niagra Falls.  This time I was prepared with plenty of layers to keep me warm.  After Niagra Falls, we hit the long road back to Lafayette.  It was a long day in the car with mostly good weather until we were almost back to Indiana.  Even with snow, the roads were luckily not too bad.  It was a fun and unexpected weekend trip.  Wyatt did such a good job at surprising me, planning the trip, and driving!

#ootd for a weekend getaway.  I loved all my outfits!
Ps. The outfit on the right was my layered outfit. I had on so many layers!