Date day: mke zoo

First off.... This will be the first time in 4 years that we have not been in New Orleans for Mardis Gras. My body actually started craving beignets and Cafe du Monde coffee. But we figured MKE is pretty cool, so we went to Molly Cool's seafood restaurant on the river for Fat Tuesday. They were having a NOLA inspired buffet and hurricane drink specials. Not quite the same.....

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Yesterday was DATE DAY! This time, it was a miscellaneous Wednesday between Fat Tuesday and Valentine's Day that we both had off from work. Stupid cold day, but sunny. I even sang a stunning rendition of a self-written melody entitled "date day" at predetermined times throughout the day to commemorate the occasion.

We went to the zoo first, because the zoo is awesome and we like to think we are awesome so naturally....

We saw some monkeys, the big kitties, elephants, giraffes (my favorite), and the exotic fish (Ben's favorite). We decided it would be awesome of we had a tank of glowing jelly fish at our place.... so that's in the works now. Also, those peacocks were strutting around everywhere. I'm not a super fan of birds in general with their beady little eyes, talons, and super sharp built-in knife mouths, so the generally tranquil walk around the zoo was dotted with some thrilling run-ins with peacocks.

After conquering the zoo, we stopped by Kelley's Bleachers by Miller Park for food. I made that BBQ pork sandwich my betch; Ben was impressed. He knows whassup.

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Happy Valentines Day, I suppose. Sappy love is all good and fine and wonderful for some..... But I'm more excited to stalk the candy aisle after this silly day is done parading around.

Because THAT is true bliss.

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xoxo, b

the 6 month mark

we've been married 6 months today!! 

& we still like each other!! holy moley! 
& I'm still loving every minute :)

...our trip to NOLA in Oct. 2011

we leave this thursday/friday for nashville,tn.... and then brianna, ben, and I are going to new orleans for some mardi gras shindings. we are renting a little bit of a larger car this go-round... so that if some kamikaze freak deer pops out of thin air, we have a fighting chance. 

Valentine's day is tomorrow. [aaaww mushy mushy] I found a sweet tungsten bracelet for Ben when I was at work the other day. I've only had the stinkin' bracelet in my possession for, ooh I dunno 14 hours, and I've wanted to give it to him so bad or tell him about it.... I'm about as great as a 6 year old with keeping secrets when I'm excited about something. writing it here is my way of telling him without actually telling him....

xoxo, b