2nd Anniversary

Today was our second wedding anniversary, and it was a wonderful day!

Our anniversary started early with a lovely gift from Sita that arrived over the weekend -- two beautiful textiles that she got for us during her travels to India and Turkey. We put the red & gold silk runner in the guest bedroom (which is finally starting to look like a real bedroom, now that we moved the desk out and put in a dresser) and the gorgeous silk woven tapestry in our master bedroom. They both fit in perfectly with our decor! Sita also added in some goodies -- my favorite lychee and kiwi gummis and dried mango treats. We love the gifts and the goodies! Thank you Sita!

Today at work, our team coffee tasting was Anniversary Blend. I know that had nothing to do with my anniversary, but it was a nice touch nonetheless. Then later in the day, I received two gorgeous red roses in a beautiful arrangement from Chris. He has his favorite flower shop where he goes to pick out the flowers himself and brings them to my office. He's got impeccable taste, the arrangement is stunning, and his handwritten card was very sweet. It made me teary, and I'm sure that had nothing to do with any excess hormones (crying during episodes of "Charmed", however, absolutely DOES have the hormones to blame).

When I got home, Chris came in with a bag that he said Cowboy was carrying around. It had a lovely sterling silver necklace with a purple stone pendant. It's just my style and happened to match what I'm wearing today, so I put it on immediately as we headed out for dinner at Monsoon. Monsoon is one of our favorite places to celebrate -- we went there on our first "official" date, and also celebrated our engagement and our first anniversary there.

Tonight the food was just as good as always, and we filled up on grilled prawns, Peking duck, spicy green beans and white corn. As we were getting ready to go, the waitress brought us a surprise dessert: lychee ice cream with a heart-shaped sugar cookie! She said that the dessert was for our anniversary, and that the bill was already taken care of by Bob & Kelly. What a lovely surprise! Chris said that he'd mentioned to his mom that we were going to Monsoon, and she must have called the restaurant to take care of everything. That was so unexpected and so nice -- thank you Kelly! It really topped off our night.

I will add some pictures as soon as I download them! But now it's time for bed -- 10:30 PM is late for me nowadays.