The One Where I Was Tricked

For our first anniversary, Brad and I decided to keep things more ‘low-key’ since we’re planning a big vacation this summer. So instead we made dinner reservations at the same restaurant that our wedding reception was held at and made a pact to not buy any gifts for each other.

Last Friday, I come home to find this waiting in the entry way…

I immediately start reminding Brad that we made a deal of no gifts and warn him that the Tiffany’s box better be one of my old ones with a nice letter inside. (Side note- my family reuses random boxes all the time when wrapping gifts. For Brad’s birthday, my parents gave him an Aldo shoe box with worn shoes inside and a gift card hidden underneath it all.)

So, when I opened the box, I was relieved to see no jewelry inside, but a little confused by what I did find. It was a digital camera memory card that just so happened to go with the new Nikon DSLR camera that Brad had waiting in the kitchen!

I should mention here, that in the last couple of weeks, I’ve been doing some research on DSLR cameras because we thought it would be a good idea to get one before our trip this summer. However, every time I brought a camera to Brad’s attention, he’d say that it was too technical looking, too pricey, too simple, etc and that I needed to keep doing my research. So at this point I was beginning to think that he was over the idea of a DSLR.

Little did I know, he had already purchased one and was just making me feel stupid. (Thanks Brad)

I can’t be too upset, though - I love the new camera and can’t wait to mess around with all the settings. So expect to see lots of (probably random) pictures like these from this past weekend:

Overall, I think it's pretty safe to say that I got lucky in the husband department. As for Brad, I feel guilty that all he got was a greeting card that wasn’t even from the ‘anniversary’ section. When he asked what section I found it in, I teased that it was from the ‘sympathy’ section. (I actually found it in the ‘love’ section, but a sympathy card might have been more appropriate- “Sorry- all you get is this piece of construction paper for our wedding anniversary. Love- your crappy wife”)