Battle of the Sexes: Furniture

This past November, the hub and I jumped on the new homeownership bandwagon and purchased our very first home. Honestly, I was a tad worried when we first started searching that we wouldn't agree on basic requirements: location, size, etc. But...I was completely wrong. From number of bedrooms to neighborhoods, we were totally insync. The perfect house came along rather quickly and before we knew it, it was moving day. We had amazing luck and didn't encounter any of the nightmarish scenarios that often accompany purchasing a home.

But alas, life can't run THAT smoothly, can it? Once all the boxes were unpacked and the dust settled, it became clear we were sorely lacking in the furniture department. You see, we moved from a 2/2 apartment with one living space to a 3/2 house with two living and two dining spaces. This equals insufficient furniture in my mind!

I brought this to Mr. Rabbit's attention and he responded, quite confidently I might add, that he viewed our new open living situation as, "more space for the dogs to run around." I love my dogs to death, but no.....our home was not going to double as a doggie playground.

When broaching the idea of new furniture to fill the empty void that was now our living room, he suggested getting "nice" folding chairs and plastic bins with drawers. The man is efficient, I'll give him that. Obviously, this was not an acceptable compromise pour moi (if you can even call plastic furniture a compromise).

Luckily, for the sake of our marriage, my parents offered to buy us a new couch as part of a belated wedding present. Soooo on Tuesday, our FABULOSO new couch arrived to go along with our (previously purchased, non-plastic) new chairs. I'm totally in love with it and can't wait to find some equally wonderful accessories to compliment it. My husband's response: "I guess I understand why we need furniture there but I really liked how open it all was."

Baby steps people, baby steps.

Handcrafted sofa with hardwood frame and shiny bronze fabric

Vday Update

The day started ordinarily enough… we went to brunch (which we do religiously every weekend morning/afternoon-ish), we nursed our hangovers, and once we got to feeling normal again, we played some tennis.

I will preface by saying that the hub and I are not fans of going out to dinner on Valentine’s Day. We don’t so much enjoy the fixed menus and couple-y type meals that tend to plague restaurants on the actual Vday. We tried this once at our favorite restaurant and the food was not nearly as yummy as it usually is... BUT Mr. Rabbit took extra care to make it a special evening at home.

He began by preparing a lovely little bubble bath for me while he made dinner, complete with wine and a wonderful cheese plate. He cooked steak with baked potatoes and lemon broccoli, which we enjoyed with bubbly and of course, a little romantic candlelight. He sent me flowers (from an actual florist this time)! Hooray! He made brownies and bought me chocolate covered strawberries. Double hooray! He ordered the Blu Ray DVD of Pride and Prejudice (my fave movie of all time which just happened to be recently released on Blu Ray) and then even had the patience to watch it with me! This last bit may not seem all that impressive to the average bear, but he has seen this movie no less than 15 times. Of course, I have also watched The Dark Knight with him around the same number of times… so we may be even on that front.

All in all, a great day spent with a great guy.

P.S. – For all two of our followers, he didn’t leave empty handed. I promise!

P.S.S – Anyone needing a good chocolate fix, please come by and pry these brownies out of my hands… I do not need an entire pan of brownies sitting around, beckoning me to devour them.

His and Hers Valentines

If it were solely up to me, I would go all out for Valentine’s Day. I would hop on a plane to Italy, rent a room with a beautiful view and drink copious amounts of Perrier Jouet. If only our bank account would allow for it… oh yeah, and the not so small factor of my husband.

My better half, on the other hand, thinks Valentine’s Day is the best marketing ploy ever conceived. Every year he argues that he prefers to show his love for me on a daily basis and doesn’t need a “stupid fabricated holiday” to do so… I think this is half his true opinion and half his way of telling me to keep my expectations in the zone of reality instead of in a Candyland dream world. And if I’m trying REEEEALLY hard to be fair, I guess I can kind of see his point.

The other half of me; however, wants to scream into his ear with a megaphone, “YOU’RE A ROMANCE COPOUT!” I have to say, while in theory, he makes a good argument, it has pretty much lost all credibility with me… especially considering our past two V-days consisted of 1) an e-card (that year my expectations were way up in the clouds, so you can imagine my disappointment) and 2) a bouquet of brightly colored carnations he bought as an afterthought at Kroger on his way home from work. I think it’s safe to say that Valentine’s Day is not my hub’s finest moment.

Although I would've been thrilled had Mr. Rabbit put in a bit more thought and effort into our past Valentine’s Day celebrations, I have to say both attempts are SOOOO my husband. And, I can’t help but love him for his complete and utter clueless-ness sometimes. It makes me laugh just thinking about how a man can be so pleased with himself upon sending his girlfriend (at the time) an e-card.

Despite his lackluster performance on Valentine’s Day, he can actually be pretty thoughtful on other occasions…. like annual pumpkin carving parties, unexpected trips to NOLA (my fave city in the US) and scavenger hunts on Christmas Day. So this year, instead of lusting over fantasy vacations, I look forward to what he’ll “surprise” me with down here in the realm of reality.

To my lovely Hub: I’m so glad I’ve found someone who not only embraces my silliness but participates whole-heartedly. Love you mucho, Mrs. Rabbit