This weekend we celebrated our one year anniversary! I can't believe it's been one year already. It's been such a great year, and I look forward to many more spent together.
For my gift to Justin, I wanted to stick to the traditional theme, so as most of you probably know, one year is paper. I tried and tried to come up with something unique. When I heard Jack Johnson was coming to Atlanta the weekend of our anniversary, I realized how perfect it was, tickets to the show could be my paper! Justin has told me so many times that he wanted to see JJ live so he was beyond excited. We had an awesome time! It's seriously the best concert I've ever been to. His openers played from 7-9 and he played 9-11. I've never seen anyone play that long and it was just so nice. He played all of our favorites! He also sang to his wife which made me tear up. I debtated lawn vs. covered and I am SO GLAD I went for the covered because it poured the ENTIRE time! Here's some photos:
"Paper"
Prior to the concert
At the concert: 
Saturday morning we slept in and then we headed to Little Five Points and just looked around. We had lunch at a little cafe and window shopped a little more. For dinner, we went to Rosebud. It was amazing! They're known for cooking locally grown food. The fried eggplant chips (appetizer) is one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth. I had fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese (which had cranberries in it- odd but good). Justin had shrimp and grits. We both loved everything. 
Afterward we went to Cafe Intermezzo for dessert. OUT OF THIS WORLD! (http://www.cafeintermezzo.com/) Then we came back home and watched a movie on NetFlix. Matilda, specifically, one of my all time favorites. Justin complained at first, but he'd never saw it, and who doesn't like Matilda? ;-)
Sunday, we woke up around nine, and Justin made pancakes for breakfast. We fell asleep on the couch after eating and didn't wake up till 1:30. We grabbed a quick lunch at the DQ and went and had a fabulous couples massage! We had dinner at home. Justin grilled steaks and fixings. We ate our anniversary cake for dessert. We'd forgot what flavor we choose and were surprised with strawberry! The cake was surprisingly good. I couldn't eat the icing, it was too sweet and grainy but the cake was delicious. 
Justin also surprised me with a gift from Shane. :-) It's a band identical to my wedding band to go on top of my engagement ring. I'll admit, I'd been dropping a few subtle hints but had no idea if he'd get it or if they'd even still have that same band!
It was an awesome weekend. Justin agreed to let me plan the weekend (to my delight- I love to plan!) so he was surprised throughout the weekend which made it extra fun for me. I hid little hints and gifts through out the house. I debated going somewhere, but when I heard Jack Johnson would be here in ATL, I knew we had to stay. It actually worked out great because we were able to afford to do more things than if we'd of had to pay money for a hotel. I never knew how important an anniversary could be until I got married. I hope we always take the time to celebrate. :-)
~BKL
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