Say Cheese!
As you may remember, my simply amazing (albeit injured) husband got me a pretty sweet (as in, thoughtful AND rockin'!) Valentine's Day gift. Though we usually don't exchange big gifts, this year he surprised me with a shiny, brand new Kindle. I know, my jaw was on the floor with surprise while I simultaneously squealed with excitement.
Of course, this absolutely upped the pressure that I get him something pretty fabulous as well. Since we long wanted to {finally} try out a Mario Batali restaurant together (I had only been to Otto in the past, where this classy photo was taken...),
I thought it would be the perfect, surprise gift for my husband who always, always takes me out for dinner. A little table turning, if you will. And since I wanted to get a little creative with my gift (you know, rather than just proclaiming Happy Mario Batali Dinner Date Day!), I created a cheesetastic poem to announce our future date. Did I mention that I also read it aloud to him with perfect inflection, eye winks and all?
I attached it to a bundle of Mario Batali menus from all of his restaurants in NYC so that Shaun could pick which he wanted to try. And because I love you guys too, I thought I'd share my foray into sappy, cheesy greeting card writing here on the blog. It's a first for me, so I hope you enjoy.
To my love
It’s Valentine’s Day
and what can I say?
My sweet honey pie
I’m not gonna lie
You’re the love of my life
and I adore being your wife
A love that will never end
You’re my very best friend
Just thinking about you makes me smile
For you, I’d swim the Nile ;)
Your gift was so sweet
I just couldn’t compete
I scoured the (online) mall but,
what’s better than an e-book after all?
So I pondered and obsessed
And discounted all the rest
And then I thought, hey that’s it!
A romantic dinner that’s candlelit
Mario Batali is the guy
Let’s hope his shorts don’t show any thigh
You choose the place if you get my gist
For next Friday evening is the date of our tryst
I really hope that you like this idea
Or a sad little wife I will be a
If you’re smiling, I’ll say “Phew!”
Because I’m simply incomplete without you
I love you more each day
in every single way
...so I really hope you’ll say
Take me out on a date next Friday!
Still there? Don't worry the cheese factor isn't lost on me, and as soon as Shaun decided on Otto as his choice, he proclaimed that I just had to share this on the blog. So tonight is the night of our date and I'm so excited! I actually have been to Otto before, but Shaun has not. The cheese platter with brandied bing cherries and truffled honey alone is worth the trip.
Yep, I've been dreaming about this since the last time I was there. In fact, the truffled honey is worthy of Best Thing I Ever Ate status. I cannot wait to finally take Shaun here so he can understand what I've been raving about for the last 1+ years.
So that's how Shaun and I will be enjoying his Valentine's Gift this evening. Not too shabby huh? So for today's question, I just want to know...what super sappy/cheesetastic things have you done for a loved one?
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OMG, your poem is too much! :D
Right now I am having my boyfriend's old friends that he hasn't seen in years send me pictures of themselves holding signs that say "Happy birthday, Alex" to put into a collage for his birthday! :)
I loved the poem!! Thanks so much for sharing, its so cute!! Have the best time and I know the cheese platter will NOT disappoint! xoxo love you guys!
Have fun! I love Otto. Their food is so good and the prices are really reasonable. You will be practically in my neighborhood:-)
you are so cute. this was adorable!!
Lauren, I'm so jealous that you live over there! I went to NYU and used to live in that neighborhood. I miss it so much!
This is really really cute!! When you said brandied cherries, I fell in love! I could write a poem about that!
gosh, is it bad I'm totally NOT cheesy?
I was pretty proud of part of my christmas gift to my boy, though... he's a big protein shake nut, and I customized one for him at youbar.com... there, you can pick what ingredients go in it (I picked protein isolate, an all-vitamin, and creatine), the flavor (strawberry), and you get to name it!
it's on the pricier side for the amount you get, BUT it is a pretty cool novelty gift. :)
you are so sweet:) and very creative... love the peom!!
Alyssa, that is a very fun gift! Love the idea :)
Your poem is very sweet :) And that cheese plate looks amazing, I adore cherries in almost any form.
Looks great...and is an awesome gift! He's lucky to have you :)
I think I need to work on my cheese-y gift efforts...we don't exchange gifts, so it's been a while since I've done anything creative. I think the unexpected ones are the best! Hope you're enjoying your kindle too :)
That poem is adorable!
I love date nights :)
I LOVE that poem and think you two had a wonderful Valentine's Day!
ohh I wanna try-looks delish!
That poem is amazing! haha I loved it! Shaun is a lucky guy :)
I hope your dinner together was absolutely fabulous!
As for cheesy, I am not very good at coming up with awesome cheesy things, but my husband is! One Christmas he did the '12 days of christmas' with my favourite things like chocolates, hot chocolate packs, Pj's, etc, it was hilarious :)
Hailey, I love that idea! So sweet!