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Sweet Surprise

The Sunday I came home from my bachelorette pary, Mark was pretty anxious to see me. (This may not come off as a big surprise, I know ;))   All he really wanted to do was get to his (soon to be our) house.  So we walked in the front door and I noticed the living room was looking pretty clean.  I admired his worked and went into the kitchen to find our new shelf we got from a shower, hanging in the kitchen.  This was pretty exciting and it added a great touch to the kitchen. 

He mentioned that I should go look at his room, because he cleaned that too.  So I did, and the door to what will be our bedroom was closed.  I asked him if he did anything in there and he gave me a little smirk and said, "not really."   Not really? psh. 

I opened the door and there was sitting our bed, with a new headboard and our new comforter on it and a tall black dresser in the bedroom.  This was a perfect surprise to end the weekend.  I was honestly just expecting there to be a small white dresser sitting in the bedroom, so I could start moving some clothes in.

Story behind the furniture:
Last summer my mom purchased a head and baseboard bed set and a dresser from a friend.  She painted all of it black and was planning to use it in our guest bedroom at home.  I secretly (or maybe not so secretly?) fell in love with this bed set and always admired it in our guest bedroom.  My mom said I could have my old white dresser to use in our room, so a couple of weeks ago, in my mind, I settled with the white dresser.  (I think deep down inside I was hoping I could have the black set).   Unbeknownst to me, before I left for the weekend for my bachelorette party, my mom had given a Mark a heads up to call her when he wasn't with me.  So he did as she asked and she offered him the furniture for a price.  He jumped on the offer and an opportunity to surprise me, and had everything moved in before I got home.  Perfect surprise. 

Thanks Mark, thanks Mom and Dad!

Picture to come of our new bedroom?  Hopefully :)

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