Cause it's our Anniversary

I've always regretted the fact that I got married 9 days after Valentines Day... At the time I didn't realize that I was signing up for a lifetime of back-to-back gift weeks. Actually there were a lot of things I didn't realize I was signing up for, but that's another post entirely.

It's not so much the financial burden of buying the gifts (although that does suck) it's more the burden of trying to think of something to romantic to buy on consecutive weeks. Had I spread the dates out a little further it would have made things much easier to manage and plan for.

But I did make a pretty amazing discovery this year, and frankly, I don't know how it took me four anniversaries to figure it out... There is a big discount on flowers the week after Valentines Day!

In the past I've usually just grabbed a small bouquet of past their prime roses for $5 from the Guatemalan women that seem to be selling flowers at EVERY major intersection in our area, but not this year! I saw a sign about a rose sale at a local grocery store that has changed the way I view anniversary gifts.

Hopefully next year I won't forget about the rose sale... In fact, 12 months from now when I start bitching about buying anniversary gifts, somebody should remind me about my little secret.

Of course that's bad news for the Guatemalan women, but fuck it, I can't be everyone's savior. Morena reacts way better to the grocery store flowers than to intersection flowers so I had to prioritize... Sorry Chapines... but don't fret, we'll still be doing business on Morena's birthday, and any days where I've fucked something up and feel that flowers might win me some points... that happens at least 2 or 3 times per year so were looking at a guaranteed income of at least $15-20 per year!