
Fiancé took me on an impromptu date for New Year's Eve when plans with friends fell through.

Fiancé took me on an impromptu date for New Year's Eve when plans with friends fell through.
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Happy shopping!
With love,
Al
PS Susan just pointed out that there’s a link under the product page to add the FREE travel bag and extra brush head to your order. Don’t miss out! I totally overlooked it.
Thursday night is usually when I have a meeting with an overseas client. So, when the boyfriend insisted we go out to dinner and celebrate our 62nd monthiversary at Bamboo Sushi, I wasn’t crazy about the idea. I didn’t even like monthiversaries anymore. Counting upwards the months I’ve been someone’s girlfriend got old for me, especially after I turned 30. Also, I figured he was trying to make up for not celebrating our fifth year anniversary, and while I appreciated the gesture, I didn’t want to be reminded of how unhappy I was about it. I didn’t think one expensive dinner could make up for what seemed like a serious stagnation in our relationship, nor did I want to be reminded of it.
This year, I decided I didn’t like anyone enough to buy or make gifts. Instead, I would use my new toy, the Gocco!!!!!, to make greeting cards that were uniquely mine.

I received inquiries about whether they could be ordered. So, I decided to make them available for purchase here:
So, that’s one more way to keep Alienman fed and warm.
We’d been eating out and going out so much that we definitely needed a day of just relaxing at home. My friend took a long nap and when she woke up, I had dinner ready for her. It’s a simple and healthy meal I like to make at home (minus the bread). Salmon fillets baked with garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice, and sautĂ©ed asparagus. I didn’t expect to impress her with this. I just wanted something simple and light since we’d been eating pretty heavy foods during her stay. Also, I didn’t want my asparagus to go bad.


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