life is like a box of chocolates

"...you never know what you're going to get." (-forrest gump...one of the best characters ever created)

in chocolate and in life, it's true that you never know what you're going to get, but i've never met a box of chocolates i didn't like. this life has been nothing short of unpredictable, but i love it!

in related news, i got 3 BOXES of chocolates from bradlee this morning, along with this card:

(15 bucks if you can add the correct caption. it was a true gem. )

he knows exactly how to make me happy. it was kind of odd to get a valentine from him, because we don't even really "do" valentine's day in the lotz household. but i'll take it! (and for the record, he is REALLY GOOD at getting me gifts.) now i have to figure out what to get him...

maybe something like this: