anniversaries for cheapskates

when i blew our anniversary fun budget on a whole new engine for our car 

we decided to keep things low key. read: cheap.

 all Russ wanted was my famous to him anyway beef stew. adapted from this recipe. 

adaptations being that you must add red wine vinegar, and you don't really need peas or cornstarch.

all i wanted was a nap and time to read my book club book - The Night Circus.
after dinner at home, we headed to the Chocolate for a Cazookie
then to try out Starbuck's Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate. (meh.)
and shop at the only store open after 9 pm (go Utah!) Target.

i really feel like Russ considers Hayes not only his son, but his good buddy.

he spent a hefty amount of time picking the perfect car out for him. making comments under his breath like "i think he'd dig this one."

and then he found this awesome hat below. 

he bought it and said "i'm going to make this hat my thing."

if you see him around town, ask him where his hat is, cause he hasn't worn it since.☺

we wrapped it up with the free version of our anniversary tradition & watched our favorites from last year's Austin City Limits (Decemberists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings of Leon, Broken Bells & Warpaint). the whole night reminded me that we really don't need much to have fun together, we never have. but, if we're going to spend much more time being brokeasajoke we should probably work on being more imaginative in the planning department.

happy anni muffin.

also, happy 700th post to this blog here. 

cray-see.