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We were in Bora Bora when Peter pulls out an envelope. The envelope had one of those musical cards and it was a birthday card because apparently no anniversary card comes in a musical version. When I opened the card, Pete had blacked out the places where it said Happy Birthday and replaced it with Happy Anniversary. The card was very sweet and very Peter and the song he decided to record in it was "My cover girl" from New Kids on the Block (NKOTB).
Oh how do I remember being a "tween" and just loving the NKOTB. For those of you 80's babies, remember the HUGE buttons, the pillow cases, and the infatuation with 5 guys who were the coolest ever. Behind the card was an additional piece of paper. Paper is the traditional gift that married couples give to each other on their first anniversary. Poems, cards, books, paper copies of their vows etc, are some of the examples listed as potential gifts for the first married anniversary. Peter gave me a piece a paper that stated that I had 2 tickets to the NKOTB concert in Orlando Florida!!!!! OMG! So thoughtful and so super sweet! For a second I wondered weather because it was an anniversary present he was planning on being my plus one, not that I don't love to spend time with him and not that he wouldn't make NKOTB concert fun, but he really doesn't understand the passion we girls have towards the new kids. He then says, "Babe, the tickets are for you and one of your friend's and hotel and transportation are taken care of! OMG, I think again...I am so excited. When I was a tween I never had the opportunity to attend a NKOTB concert, it was until the age of 27 when I attended my first one and although the new kids were awesome, I didn't share that experience with one of my best friends. This time around, not only will I be in better seats but I will be sharing the experience with one of my best friends. ;)
For all of you friends in the Orlando and Tampa area, we will be down in Orlando Friday July 22, so if you want to come down and hang out after we "hang it tough" it would be a delight to see you all. In the mean time I will be looking for the perfect "New Kids concert" outfit!

Moral of the story: You can still feel like a tween, even when you are approaching your thirties.

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