How has it been a year already?!
Our first anniversary is this Monday, July 16! I really can't believe it has been a year already. Didn't I just walk down the aisle with my parents to marry my husband? Didn't we just have our first dance and cut the cake? Didn't 170 of our family and friends just celebrate with us? No?? Huh, could've fooled me! ;)
The first anniversary feels like one of the significant ones so I wanted to go on a trip to celebrate. Next July I could possibly be pregnant, so who knows if we could take a trip or if I would enjoy a trip. So it seemed like this was a really great time to go on an anniversary trip.
We didn't want to spend tons of money and at the time we planned the trip I only had about 3 days of vacation available at my job, so we knew a week long trip was not an option. So that ruled out anything faraway. I had been tossing around this idea in my head for months but wanted to find a Groupon Getaway or Living Social Escape deal to make it more affordable. I found one a month ago, so we scheduled our trip just a month before our anniversary! We will be leaving Saturday and spending Saturday night in Buffalo, NY. It is about a 6.5 hour drive through Canada, assuming both border crossings are quick. We will then spend Sunday through Tuesday in Niagara Falls, ON, which is just 30 minutes from Buffalo. The Groupon was not valid Saturday nights, so we had to find an alternative. ;) It is perfect though, because a few years ago we saw a special on the Food Network or Travel channel about the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, where buffalo wings were invented. We said at that time that we should go to that restaurant someday. So now we will!
Horseshoe Falls from the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, ON
Tony has never been to Niagara Falls or New York. I was in Niagara Falls for roughly 18 hours on the way to New York City in April 2000 for spring break with my family. It was very foggy and we couldn't see much, and of course we didn't do much in the city since it was just a stop on the way to our vacation destination. So we are both really looking forward to the trip! I just finished our itinerary for the trip and am now moving onto the packing list.
In general, I like tradition, so I wanted us to do anniversary gifts based on the traditional anniversary gifts. The traditional first anniversary gift is paper. Since I am unemployed and neither of us could come up with something to give the other, I suggested we just give each other anniversary cards. It fits the paper theme, and a card is something Tony often forgets to give, so it will be special! I just hope he gives me a card that is from spouse to spouse and references "our" anniversary rather than "your" anniversary. For our wedding last year, I gave him a card that started with "For the man I love on our wedding day." Tony gave me a card that said, "The best part of today is knowing this is only the beginning. Here's to all of the stories, the laughter, and the love... today and every day to come." I'm not 100% sure that card was in the section of cards that wedding guests would give to a married couple, but nothing about it says "us." So I just hope he doesn't give me a card that says, "On your anniversary." ;)
Since we will be gone from Saturday morning until Tuesday night, our weigh-in will be next Wednesday instead of Monday. I am hoping all of the walking we will have to do will outweigh the extra calories we will most certainly eat. I am packing up individual servings of chips, dip, and pistachios for the car rides and while we're out and about. We will also be packing sandwich lunches in the cooler for Saturday and Sunday, so that will help.
This will also be our first big road trip! The longest we have driven together before is just 2.5-3 hours. Hopefully we don't kill each other from spending all that time in the car ;)
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