a vast amount of canned ham food product

last night, mr. happy stuff took me on a surprise date.  a few months back, he’d asked me if we were doing anything on may 16 and i gave him an odd look and said, “no, i don’t think so, why?”  and he said, “well, do you want me to tell you, or do you want it to be a surprise?” which is just awesome because he knows how much i like fun surprises, so i agreed that a surprise would be more fun.  he wrote in my calendar on may 16 “8 p.m.  surprise” and it’s been there ever since, full of promise and smiles.  as much as i tried to avoid guessing, there were a few hints before may 16 (none from mr. happy stuff, just some general media hints (you’ll see)) and i began to wonder (and hope that i was right!).  the morning of may 16, i got dressed for work (including the awesome shoes you see in the photo above.  aren’t they cute?  lemony thickets talked me into them at a thrift store and although i wouldn’t want to go for a hike in them, they are surprisingly comfortable for high heels.) in a skirt, feeling just a little bit fancy.  after work, we had dinner together and he asked if i had guessed yet and i asked if it sort of had something to do with canned ham and he grinned.  whoo-hoo!  we had tickets to go see spamalot!  i’ve been wanting to see this monty python broadway hit ever since it first came out and it was here in town this week (and sold out–good planning ahead, mr. h-s!) and i was so excited!  we laughed and laughed through the whole thing and both enjoyed ourselves immensely.  it helps that we were both very familiar with monty python and the holy grail on which the musical is largely based (the only favorite dialogue from the movie that they did not include in the musical was the whole “answer me these questions three” scene (‘blue, no!  yellow! aaaaaahhhhhhh’) but pretty much everything else was there, almost exactly word-for-word.) and in fact, one of my favorite parts of the evening was listening to a large theater full of people quietly whispering along with the dialogue in some of the more well-known sections.  they ended with a sing-along (and whistle-along) version of “always look on the bright side of life”* which got stuck in our heads for the rest of the night.  what a wonderful surprise! so. much. fun.  thanks, mr. h-s!

*yes, i know this isn’t from holy grail, but who said it all had to be from the same movie?