Our 1st Anniversary

On October 15, 2012 Justin and I celebrated our first year of marriage. To think that I can say I've been married for a year is just amazing. In the midst of it all, time seemed to go at a regular speed but now looking back I feel as though it flew by without warning. We have had such a wonderful year learning and growing together experiencing new things and falling more and more in love as each day goes by. I couldn't live without this man of my dreams and I pray that I never have to.

A couple months before our anniversary I was looking online for some romantic getaways. After some searching I found the perfect spot! Only one problem though, it was going to be over $600 bucks to go for a couple nights. Although I knew we didn't have much of a chance I still entered us in a drawing just for fun. When it was 3 weeks away from the 15th I got an email saying that Sybaris (the place I wanted to go) was going to give us a 40% discount as a gift. I about fell out of the chair and then ran to tell Justin! He said if the discount was true then he'd love to go! It was such a wonderful couple of days I cannot even begin to say. The fact that we could wake up whenever we wanted and spend the whole day together was priceless. With Justin's job I hardly get to see him during the day, so this was such a treat for us both.

The is the view you get as you walk through the front door of our room. We get our own private pool included in the package plus a hot tube, sauna, and massage chair. 

Here is another view of the room, still standing in the doorway and looking to the right. 

The lovely bathroom where we were spoiled with two sinks!

Ahhhh the pool. *happy sigh* It was about 16 feet long and 3-4 feet deep. Although I will say it felt a lot deeper than that cause I could tread water without touching the bottom. And it was all our own! 

On our anniversary I gave Justin a picture frame with our vows printed inside. 

For breakfast Justin took me to IHOP which as always, was delicious.

He also bought us both some Starbucks! Normally we don't get it because we call it "fivebucks" but this day was special. 

For dinner Justin took me to Aurelio's for some pizza. I had never been there so I wasn't expecting much but in the end I was very pleasantly surprised because it was fabulous pizza. 

We knew what we wanted but I figured while we waited I would look at the menu. Justin caught me... 

Yummy! Definitely going there again whenever we're up that way. 

On our last day there Justin promised he would buy me some Dunkin' Doughnuts for breakfast. I haven't had those sugar infested things in forever. Man, were they good! But it was totally a sugar overload on my body. *laughs* Well worth it though, in my opinion. :) 

That ends our anniversary trip. I had such a lovely time and would love to go back. The memories surrounding that trip will always be with us though. *happiness*

Until next time!
~Melinda