Okay so heres the thing when we started planning our anniversary dinner i didnt want anything too fancy or stuffy. Like weve done the whole wear a tie and sit up straight thing before but this time I just wanted it to feel like us. You know what I mean
I started with the table because let’s be real thats where all the magic happens when you are sharing food and stories. I grabbed this dusty rose fabric i found at a little shop downtown it was not perfect or anything had a few tiny wrinkles but honestly that just made it better.
Dragged it down the middle of our old wooden table thats been with us since we moved in together ten years ago. The scratches on it Each ones got a memory so why hide.
Then came the candles so many candles. Yellow ones tall and short all over the place. I know some people worry about fire hazards but we kept away from the curtains and just let glow. Theres something about candlelight that makes everything look softer even my messy bun that night.
We paired with woven placemats my mom gave us ages ago she said theyd bring warmth to any meal and she was so right.
For flowers i didnt go crazy with expensive stuff. Just picked up some peach and pink blooms from the market the lady there even threw in extra because she said we looked happy together.
Put in simple glass jars instead of vases cause thats more our speed. Added a few sprigs of green stuff I found in our backyard too why pay for something you can just snip outside?
We set out our favorite glasses the ones we got as a wedding gift and only use for special times and poured some wine we’ve been saving. The whole setup didnt take hours or cost a ton but when he walked in and saw it? His face just lit up like it did on our wedding day.
We ate pasta talked about all the silly stuff we been through and laughed way more than we probably should have. At the end of the night he said it was better than any fancy restaurant we ever been to. And he was right cause it was not about being perfect. It was about making space for us to just be.