To celebrate this anniversary we had big plans to eat all the food we wanted regardless of calories, go to Boone and Blowing Rock and go to Grandfather Mountain and go to the movies. Our plans changed quite a bit thanks to this bride to be getting pneumonia (in July...seriously?) and our procrastination with getting Dusty moved. So instead we focused on being together and on eating, lol.
First we went to Cracker Barrel and had Mamma's Pancake Breakfast which included 3 pancakes, 3 pieces of bacon, and scrambled eggs. Of course our eyes were bigger than our stomachs but we put quite a bit away...mmmm...pancakes! I felt so full afterward that I thought I would puke.
After breakfast we visited The Village Inn and walked around trying to visualize good spots to take our wedding pictures. We left 100% sure that our pictures would be amazing!
We had to go get some paint to match what was in Dusty's apartment thanks to a few poorly removed command hooks (our fault, not the product's) so we headed to Lowe's Hardware who matched the color better than we would have ever thought possible! After we got our paint we walked around and picked out flooring, cabinets, cabinet pulls, sinks, tiles, and more for our future house! Of course we didn't buy anything as a. we have no money and b. we have no house, but it was so much fun. I felt like we were on HGTV about to do a home renovation. I was inspired to create a new pinterest board for the items we picked out (though I could only remember a few) and saved the items to my favorite on our new MyLowes account.
After Lowe's a wrong turn took us to Once Upon a Child where we got Noah a couple of outfits for a decent price before we walked around the mall! The only things we got at the mall were from Starbucks (not that we had much room for it). We then decided to get a couple of slices of pizza from Mario's near Target and to my surprise a slice of pizza from there was like an entire small pizza! It was delicious but so much pizza!
We then took our full bellies to Dusty's apartment where we moved his mom's back seat back into her van, painted some walls, returned Dusty's mom's van to her, met with Stefanie for her to pick up the coffee table and TV we were giving her, did our final walk through (taking pictures) then turned in his keys. As of tomorrow his lease will be completed and he is no longer a resident at Fiddler's Creek Apartments!
We were going to go to the movies that evening before dinner (since we were so full) but I forgot my antibiotics in Beverly's car so Dusty drove all the way to Thomasville while I rested then cooked. I am no expert chef but we made 2-8oz steaks (marinated by McCormick), roasted red potatoes and lightly seasoned cooked corn. Our grill was out of gas so it was all made in the oven and I feel like I overcooked the steak but overall it was very tasty.
This will however be our LAST dating anniversary. In 256 days we will declare our love for each other in front of family and friends and be blessed with a new anniversary to celebrate.
