Honeymoon

We wound up not being able to go to the coast due to closed or hazardous highways, and had to cancel our reservation. To compensate, we booked a room in downtown Portland and spent our Xmas there instead. The best feature of this room was our two-person Jacuzzi - I think three people would've comfortably fit in there; it even had seats inside - but it also had a massive comfortable bed, and a nice sitting area under a skylight that was covered in snow. When we arrived they had scattered pink rose petals all over the bed (which I've never had before) and left us champagne chilling in an ice bucket.

We took a lot of Lush baths in that tub. For Xmas Eve we had a lovely dinner at Urban Fondue, then enjoyed a nice French dessert wine in the bath, cocktailed with a Lush Pud bomb and a Creamy Candy bubble bar. We fell asleep watching A Christmas Story on TNT. The next morning there was even more fun times, of which I will spare you the details, plus a Lush bath of Haagenbaath and Candy Cane (chocolate peppermint bath, MMM) while we sipped poinsettas made with sparkling wine and sparkling cranberry juice. We had the worst breakfast experience ever at the Daily Grill (NOT recommended by me at all, at all), and enjoyed a nice walk around Portland, enjoyed some excellent Thai for dinner and a drink at Mary's, and another Lush bath with Chocolate Santa and the rest of the Candy Cane (double chocolate peppermint!). In the morning we had another bottle of champagne in the bath (whew) so we wouldn't have to take it home on the bus, with a beautiful purple-red Magic bomb in the tub. We didn't want to waste the rest of the nice French dessert wine, so we poured it into a disposable coffee cup - plastic lid and all - and went tipsy-shopping at Macy's, where I scored a 100% cashmere sweater for $39, marked down from $110!

Now we're back home again. Last night I made grownup mac and cheese with whole wheat rotini and my nutritional yeast Dijon cheese sauce, mixed with baby spinach and butter-fried shallots and garlic, topped with cheddar, Emmentaler, and feta cheese. For tonight I have Tex-Mex spiced beefy bean soup in the crockpot, and I'll probably make cornbread to go with it. We were going to run some errands today, but eh fuck it, it's raining and I do have things to do. I bought plenty of yarn last night to make a nice scarf for myself and a scarf and hat set for K. Got my first set of circular needles and moving up in the world to hats! I'll be an expert knitter someday yet! (But I clearly still have a lot to learn.)

I did receive my collar on Xmas Day as well. I haven't taken it off since (I can't, it locks with a key) and its heavy weight is oddly soothing. It's definitely a constant reminder of my submissive wifeyness, which doesn't sound like a good thing in this day and age but it makes me happy to be his.

We don't have New Year's plans yet, but I'm looking forward to celebrating one full year in Oregon! It's definitely been the best year of my life. Here's looking forward to many more, just as happy.