Charlie and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary last week-I can't believe it's been 2 years already! The day afterwards was our 7 years together (which was totally an accident-we didn't even think about our "dating" anniversary when we picked our date-and I don't think we noticed until the weekend of the wedding). That I also cannot believe. But, then I can't think of a time I didn't know him.
We started our extended celebration with a mellow outing on our actual anniversary: we went to Alfredo's-our favorite little italian restaurant. Mmmm. Followed by a stop at a Nestle's store for dessert. Very old school Molly & Charlie date. It was just nice. We continued to celebrate on Saturday with a visit to the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art followed by a swank dinner at Del Frisco's.
I don't know if we're just cynical but King Tut was a big Thumb's Down! "BO-RING! You're Boring Everyone!" And, it was kind of false advertising-while there was indeed stuff from Tut's grave (Grave Robbers anyone?)-not one of his carcophagi was even there (he was in one that was nexted into several others for "protection"). All of the adverts show a picture of it. And they all say, "Tut's Here!" Liars. They should've said, "Tut's shit that we robbed from his grave is here!" And, I kept thinking, really, why are the people who exhumed his grave any better than old school grave robbers? This was supposed to be his eternal resting place. I think they thought of this because they had quotes all over that said that Egyptian Kings used to believe that "to have one name's spoken ensures immortality." So, by having a big King Tut exhibit, he is immortal. Which, I totally get. But, it still was a little creepy. And, it was a little boring. Everything was beautiful and it was somewhat fascinating-but it was definitely a let down that it was just some of his stuff. And, the box that his liver was housed in once upon a time. Charlie said, literally, they showed us nothing but the "box it came in." Except the box he came in.
Dinner was fantastic! An early "funny" was that they like to call you by your last name all night-and our waiter had no idea what to do when he found out I was not Mrs. Bates. I said, no, I'm Ms. Stewardson, I didn't take his name. He just defaulted to calling me "Madam" all night. But, kept up the Mr. Bates for Charlie. Maybe he thought I was his mistress? HAHA! But seriously, you can remember he's Bates all night, you can remember I'm Stewardson. We waddled out of there and hit up Bizzy and Bill's for some Rock Band, Bitches Miss Out was back on tour! With two guest musicians, John Russell (Charlie's brother) and his friend Amber. It was a fun way to end the celebration.
Side Note: During the Dallas Greenville St. Paddy's Day Parade the weekend prior we realized that anyone can have a float-and there were several birthday's etc. So, we decided that we will have a Happy Anniversary to Us float for our 5 year anniversary. I'll say, "we" but it was probably more, "I" decided. I get to plan the odd years anyhow :) So, if you're in Dallas for that year's anniversary, come join us on our float!
