WARNING: The following post is about to be a serious boyfriend brag. :)
Thursday evening, Andrew showed up at my doorstep, not only with a giant Arizona green tea (my favorite) to brighten up my stressful day, but also with a Valentine's Day balloon and a cherry flavored ring pop in hand in order to ask me to be his valentine... Yes, three years later and he's still asking me to be his valentine. Disclaimer: I said yes. ;)
Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays, (because who doesn't LOVE celebrating love?!) but yesterday may have been the best one yet. Although the winter weather advisory caused us to change Andrew's original plans, it gave us the opportunity to be spontaneous and have a blast anyway.
The day started out with Andrew making me lunch, and surprising me with a bouquet of beautifully vibrant flowers of all different kinds. Then we went to the movies to see Old Fashioned. (A special thank you to the man who kindly gave us free tickets right before the show!) After the movie we had dinner reservations, but first thing's first: dessert. So we split a chocolate chip cookie sundae at Coldstone's. On the way to our dinner reservation, we stopped at a nearby empty parking lot and slow danced in the snow. I must admit this was probably my favorite part of the evening. :)
Then, we had dinner reservations at Barcelona where we ate delicious food, shared great conversation, and laughed a lot. It felt like a scene from Beauty and the Beast, especially with the one red rose in the center of every table. (Thank you to the sweet waitresses who allowed me to take the rose/bottle home with me!)
Finally, we ended the night exchanging gifts. I am so thankful to Andrew for the heart shaped box of assorted chocolates, the "how-to" flower photography book, the comfy Rutgers sweatshirt that I will wear with pride, and the adorable Disney themed quote figurine/decoration... But as thoughtful and sweet as those gifts were, the greatest gift of all was spending the day with him! James 1:17 <3
I love you Andrew Meier, thank you so much for everything!
