BeddingBlog

The most amazing ‘surprise’ gift I’ve ever received was from my husband (boyfriend at the time)…Although he’s the kind of person who never surprises me (even though he knows I love surprises) he’s the best at it, probably because I never expect them from him!I was home from college on winter/Christmas break and filling in for an old boss on my birthday (Dec 29^th ) – I was a little bummed to be working on my birthday which is what I ended up doing every year (and part of the reason that I never get very excited for my birthday).  At 9 o’clock on the dot, the florist delivery person walks in with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from none other than my wonderful boyfriend… The flowers had a little note rolled inside with a sweet saying about how much he cared about “us”. As the morning went on, the clock hits 10 AM and another delivery person walks in with another beautiful flower arrangement and another note, this time with his favorite memory of us.

By this time I’m thinking that the first delivery person had forgotten both bouquets so they made two separate trips – no big deal…Until the clock hits 11 AM and another delivery person walks in with another flower arrangement. I keep thinking this is so unreal and SOOO not like him. At that point the notes started to create a scenario – “I love it when your hair is down”, “That black sweater is so sexy on you”, “I love it when you cook Italian food”, and so on and so forth.  From lunch break on, every hour on the hour another beautiful flower arrangement arrived with another little note.  As I am ready to leave, the last set of flowers shows up…This time it has a time and place where I’m supposed to go after work.

Hurrying to carry all the pretty flowers into my car, drive home, shower, change and then an hour back to our college town to meet up, I made sure to follow his instructions (wearing his favorite sweater and jeans, making sure my hair was down and extra pretty As I walked into the restaurant where I was told to meet at, there was a balcony table set up just for us, candlelit and a single last rose sitting on the table with a bottle of our favorite wine awaiting us.  We sat and talked for hours after enjoying an amazing Italian meal and at that point I knew he was not only the love of my life, but would always rise to the occasion and go that extra mile (or five) to show how me much he really truly cares.

BUT – it didn’t end there, as he walked me back to my apartment and kissed goodnight, he waited for me to get inside before acting like he had left.  I was tired after such a wonderful and busy day – that I barely noticed the best surprise of all – on my bed was a photo blanket with a collage of all of our best memories together – a snowboarding trip, our first date, wakeboarding together for the first time – everything was right there in front of me… Another single rose, laid on top with a note tied to it.  The note said “I will love you forever” and nothing more – as I started to cry, I reached for my phone to call him only to realize he was still sitting in his car in the parking lot waiting for me.  Now that we’re married and we have so many more memories together – I take that blanket with me everywhere, on vacation, road trips, you name it…It’s the most special gift I’ve ever been given and it reminds me of how gr8ful I am to have love like this in my life.

Thanks Target for the opportunity to share such a special memory with everyone!

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