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Yesterday marked 1 year of Annie (red2) and I being married.

This isn’t all that notable in itself, but I wanted to share our evening because it’s just so fitting to our relationship.

When we got married last year, we did it in a bit of a veil of secrecy. We did the deed on a Thursday, then left on a Saturday for a week long vacation. This vacation turned out to be our honeymoon, but nobody, except us, knew that ahead of time.

On the day we got married, we had a small ceremony at the courthouse. Someone in the clerk’s office did the deed for us, with other people in the office signing as witnesses (though none of them actually saw us get married).

Since we did the deed over lunchtime, we thought it might be nice to get a bite to eat somewhere nice. Luckily, downtown Columbus has a really really shitty mall that has a really really fancy restaurant in it. So we went there for lunch. It was overpriced, but high quality. Service was eh.

Well, we figured it would be all fitting to spend our anniversary eating dinner at this same place. So we made some reservations and drove over last night.

Nothing really has changed with this place - still overpriced and high brow. Not really my fare, but I’ll do it for my anniversary.

I had the flatiron steak, which came with creamed spinach. I also had a side of baked mac and cheese. Annie has some kind of risotto with asparagus and bacon. We ordered a couple glasses of wine and an appetizer of 3 (yes, 3) shrimp wrapped in applewood smoked bacon.

Total bill: $50+

But, keeping true to her form, the wife breaks out a buy one get one free entree coupon for the restaurant. She follows it up with a $20 gift certificate she won the radio a while back.

Total bill: $26 with tip.

Sah-weet. I knew I married her for a reason.

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