I don't really know where to start with this but I think I'm going to start with the bracelet I bought for him and do a mini review of it...
Around two months ago now I attempted to get Chris into Game of Thrones because it's my favourite TV series ever to exist in the history of all TV series. This however proved to be somewhat of a difficult task as he was pretty much put off from the start, what with all the beheadings... I somehow managed to persuade him to give it a second chance though and he is now just as obsessed with it as I am :) The TV show is what inspired my idea for Chris' anniversary present and I knew that for the most unique and well made present, my best bet was to check out Etsy and as always, I wasn't disappointed.
Above is a photo set of the present I chose to buy Chris - It's an aluminium cuff or as I like to call it, a bangle, with the words, 'You're mine as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. But first we'll live,' engraved into it. For all you Game of Thrones fanatics out there you'll know that those were the words spoken by Ygritte to Jon Snow in episode seven of series three, The Bear and the Maiden Fair. It was important to me that the bracelet arrived as near to the day of our anniversary as possible and with the shop CraftLinds being in Scotland I thought that it would be a fairly reasonable shop to look at to ensure that the bracelet would be here on time. As always I ordered the bracelet around five days before our anniversary and with the time needed for the product to be made and shipped, I figured I'd completely messed up by leaving it too long. However, I was so so happy when I received a parcel at my house containing the bracelet just three days after I'd ordered it. It was beautifully gift wrapped in a white box with a purple ribbon, complete with a cloth to polish it with and instructions on how to take the perfect care of it. Costing only £9.00 from CraftLinds this bracelet was a complete bargain and could easily have cost £30 with how gorgeous it looks.
Fitting in with the Game of Thrones inspired theme I also purchased a card for Chris which again was from Etsy. This arrived within two days of me ordering it from English Rose Cards and cost me only £2.25. They have so many beautiful cards in their shop which made it so difficult to pick a design. I would definitely recommend buying from them as I know I will be doing in the future.
As many of you who are subscribed to my YouTube channel will already know, Chris attempted to surprise me by taking me out for dinner. I knew that we were going out but I had no idea where, until I turned up at his house and saw a piece of paper with two restaurants names written down on it ;) The restaurant that he had picked was The Blue Tiffin, an Indian restaurant that I hadn't been to in years. When we first walked into the bar we were given menus and taken to a sofa area where we could sit and pick what drinks we wanted before ordering them. I ordered a Strongbow (classy I know -.-) and Chris ordered a Cobra Beer before we were escorted to our table for two. As it was a Sunday we were told that we could order a starter each for free! I'm not really fan of a lot of Indian food to be honest so Chris ordered both for himself. I can't remember what they were called but one was lamb based and the other chicken. For the main course I got a Chicken Rogan Josh and Chris opted for the Chicken Samba. We both got some popadoms each with various dips and some garlic naan bread.
For those of you that are interested in what we both wore, you can check out the video above as we go through what we're wearing and where everything's from :)
I honestly cannot believe how fast time has gone and we've been together a whole year already. If someone had said to me a year and a half ago that by the time I'd finish sixth form I'd be in a long term, loving and happy relationship and actually have made it to the end of sixth form without dropping out I'd have laughed in their face and probably have told them (in the politest possible way) to 'fuck off'. It definitely goes to show that no matter how shit a past relationship may have been or however many times you tell yourself that you'll never find anyone that loves you for both the good and the bad, there's someone out there somewhere, waiting to meet someone like you. On the first few occasions that Chris and I met it was entirely down to chance and I'm so glad that the world gave me that chance at that exact time. The timing couldn't have been better. I'd never been one for fate but I certainly believe in it now, there's no way this happened exactly like it did just by coincidence...
Enough of the cringe and cheese, here are some photo's from the meal :')
