The Gig is Up

So October 12 was my 25th birthday. It was a great day. I had my Epicure party on that day and there was so much food. I love food. Lots of appy type stuff - makes my mouth water just thinking about it. And then a surprise from Jonny - he walks in with a HUGE birthday cake. I really truly was surprised. And let me tell you - since I've known Jonny it has almost become a joke between us - he has now only been able to surprise me twice. When he asked me to marry him and with this birthday cake. And truthfully and honestly it's not that I am sneaky and trying to find things out - I just find out.

So all week people have been asking me what I got for my birthday and I keep telling everyone the truth. Jonny and I don't exchange presents for birthdays, anniversaries or even Valentine's Day. We just haven't - and it's okay. Some people were shocked and appalled that we wouldn't exchange presents. I don't think it's a big deal but that's just me.

Anyways - like a month ago Jonny is working out the budget and I notice that he's really pinching pennies and I ask him what's up with that. He just says that he wants this birthday of mine to be extra special. Okay - so the only thing that I REALLY want and have been talking aobut for months now is this bed frame that I saw at Sleepers. So, duh, that's what he's got up his sleeve. As the month goes on Jonny buys me a John Mayer CD which is really great and I wanted and he says Happy Birthday. He tells me that he's sorry but this month is just really tight for money and he was planning on giving me the bed frame but we just can't do it right now. That's totally cool and I understand completely. It's not like we ever exchange presents anyway, right.

I had even talked to people that said "Jonny said he was getting you a bed frame for your birthday". And I still didn't clue in. I just wrote it off that Jonny had talked to them about it when he still though it was financially possible.

THEN - I am cleaning the bedroom and what, what is this? A receipt for a queen size cecilia "nv" bedstead, sienna in color from Sleeper's Mattress Factory. EEEEEEK!!!!!! So now I NEED to know when this thing is coming. So I phone Jonny and ask him "if I do laundry do you promise you'll put the clothes away (because he's really bad at not putting folded laundry away). And he says "today I absolutely promise". By the time Jonny came home I was so crazy with excitement I had to just come right out and say that I know about it. HOORAY!! It's coming today.

Jonny was disappointed because he thought that he finally pulled a really big surprise on me. But he laughed about it with me.

I'll post pictures when I can. I'm so excited I could pee.

Oh yeah - today I totally pulled a Jonny when changing a poopy diaper that did not belong to my own child.