I am in the deepest love, even at the Grocery.

Available from Etsy vendor melangerienyc's shop I present to you, the amazing to have and to hold tote bag. Now that I am married and certifiably pretty much the most romantic person in the world, (wow!)I want to scream my love from the mountain tops to whoever can hear it, or at least announce my married-ness by proclaiming it on a canvas bag that I take to the Walgreens down the street.

This is not the first time I have had this feeling of loving a tote bag maybe too much. I am referencing the weenie bag, Bakey made me last year...So, it's totally normal.

For P.

From Postsecret.com

"Stirring-the-oatmeal" love

From this week's The Huffington Post:

To improve your relationship make sure you can distinguish romance from love:
In his book "We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love," Robert A. Johnson distinguishes human love from romantic love. When we yearn for a forbidden, passionate romance like in "The English Patient" or The Bridges of Madison County, we are often blinded to the beautiful, committed love that is with us in every day life, the "stirring-the-oatmeal" love.

Johnson writes:
Stirring oatmeal is a humble act--not exciting or thrilling. But it symbolizes a relatedness that brings love down to earth. It represents a willingness to share ordinary human life, to find meaning in the simple, unromantic tasks: earning a living, living within a budget, putting out the garbage, feeding the baby in the middle of the night.

I love this thought, and I think P and I will have a great weekend (stirring the oatmeal, but not really since that is one of only a few things in the entire world I will not eat) catching up with friends, watching movies, walking the Franco, taking care of business and enjoying our humble, committed love.

You have to be pretty committed to regale your entire extended family with your engagement story. P explains the minutia at our February 14th Engagement Party.