Our 2nd Anniversary

Last week, Andre and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary. It was just an ordinary Tuesday so Andre went to work, and I met my girlfriends for our weekly lunch. After lunch, we decided to go get some coffee. As we are finishing up our coffee, I get a text from Andre asking where I am. At coffee!! Where else would I be?? He tells me that he took a half-day and is at home waiting for me. Ooops!!! :) I catch a cab and come home to my husband and a huge bouquet of flowers. He laughs and tells me that he KNOWS you should never tell a woman the price of a gift...but he is dying to tell me about these flowers. 35RMB. That is about $5 USD for a bouquet of flowers that would have cost anywhere between $50-100 in the US. Awesome...that makes these flowers that much better!!!
We spend the afternoon just enjoying our time together. We watch a movie, and take a long walk around the perimeter or our apartment complex. Afterwards we stop by Byron and Bella's (they live two floors down). We tell them about the restaurant we are thinking of going to, and Byron says he will call to make us a reservation, even though we probably won't need it on a Tuesday night. He is so helpful!!
The restaurant was very nice. We were told that this is the best place to get a steak, as they import their fillet from the US. We tell them we have a reservation and they usher us upstairs to a nice quiet table. Very nice environment.
Several drinks & appetizers later...Andre says "I hear George!!" George is the owner of a factory that Andre does a lot of business with. He has been really nice to us, and Andre likes him a lot. We peek over the rail...and alas, there is George and a couple of other guys from the factory with a client. Andre goes down to say hello, and they shout with delight when they see him. He says hello, and they wave an enthusiastic greeting to me, and then he comes back to the table.
We finish our meal (GREAT by the way) and George and his guys come up to our table. They came to tell us good-bye, and as they are leaving...the waitstaff brings a huge heart shaped cake to our table. Our first thought is that it is something George has cooked-up, but it's not from George...it's from Byron! He arranged this special treat for us when we called to make a reservation. How special AND thoughtful.
Here is a picture of it:



What a nice day!