Funky, Punky, and Plump

9 years ago today, I married my best friend. :)  To celebrate, we got dressed up and went for a fancy dinner at a restaurant called Ray's on the River . I decided it would be a good night to wear not-black. :)  . I had a hard time getting a full body shot of myself, so I do apologize for the poor quality of this picture.  I got this dress a couple years ago to wear to my birthday party but ended up deciding on something else.  I love the mild vintage feel to the look of this dress.  . The restaurant had confetti on our table for us!  . Geek is gonna geek out no matter where he is. ;)  I picked this shirt out for him a while ago even though it's not his usual style.  The skull design makes me happy.   . I started with a cup of acorn-butternut squash soup that was amazing!  I was so hungry that I forgot to take a pic of it, though.  LOL  BUT!  I didn't spill any on me. ;)  Then I got the Parm...

8 years ago today, I promised to love my best friend forever and he returned that promise. I am so lucky to have found him and I tell him every day that I love him but it never feels like enough. It amazes me that anyone would want to be with me for that long or be able to put up with me. :) Our wedding reception 9/27/2003 He still finds my eccentricities and neuroses to be cute and endearing rather than annoying or troublesome. I still make him giggle with my random silliness that sometimes just sort of spews out of my head.  But he's just as silly as I am. :) He's a mad scientist! We can have an entire conversation using just the word "Rawr" and know exactly what the other one is saying. He still laughs at the unique ways I seem to find to hurt myself... and then feels bad. He worries about me a lot more than he lets on and I can feel it. I go to bed before him usually so he always lays in bed with me for a few minutes and then tucks me in by fli...