3 years ago...

3 years ago, Mindy Pitman went off the dating market for good. Three years ago today, after swing dancing for hours, Bluejay asked me if I would be his girlfriend. I was ecstatic! I had a major crush on him and was having SO much fun getting to know him. Little did I know how deeply I would come to love and respect him. He is my favorite.

I love you so much Bluejay!

Here are some pics from that night 3 years ago when we were swing dancing. The next night we went on our first date as boyfriend and girlfriend. We went Salsa dancing at Loring Pasta Bar in Minneapolis. This is where I realized weeks earlier that I had a crush on him. We look like babies in these pics!

Swing dancing- a couple hours before we started "dating".

Our first date and our first "couple pic"

(embarrassing photos continued) Willy Wonka & Oompa Loompa

I know that you stayed up late into the night to catch a glimpse of our halloween costumes before you hit the hay- so thank you! I'm not sure how successful our costumes were. The problem being that once we got to the party, Bluejay went off with the boys and me with the ladies. Without our counterparts, Bluejay looked like a creeper. I looked like an electrified prison inmate. But what can you do? Also, free Chipotle burrito was a bust. I should have know better than to blog about it- I let the cat out of the bag and there were a gazillion tin foil clad people in line. It was 32 degrees. I didn't need a free burrito that bad. The empty Wendy's across the parking lot beckoned us over with their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger picture on the window.  As with most with fast food, the allure of the advertising made the actual food somewhat of a let down, but at least the hungry rumbles in the tum-tum subsided. All in all, a fun night. Pumpkin carving (we made chips and salsa... not really a normal pumpkin carving, but once we started it took on a form of it's own), apple bobbing, cocoa and cider, and a bonfire. Perfect Halloween party. Goodnight blog world. I have to wash my hair 5.3 times now to remove all that gel. Enjoy these pics. Catch ya on the flip side!

"Mindy Mouse" & more embarrassment...

Halloween circa 1986. I was "Mindy Mouse". My brother, Ryan, was dressed up as my dad complete with his 1980 Toyota Van and beard. Cute! I can't wait to have babies and dress them up cute. Well, I supposes I can wait for that. At least as couple more years- Lord willing.

Tonight, Bluejay and I are dressing up like Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa. I got stuck being a short chocolate obsessed munchkin. Not quite sure how that happened???? Seems a bit to close to home! I'm sure I'll take at least one embarrassing photo to post on here tomorrow. For now, I've got to dress head to toe in orange and gel my hair up in a cone. Ugh! But first things first... free Chipotle burrito if you wear tin foil like a burrito. Yum! Then off to a Campus Outreach Halloween party.

Little Bluejay circa 1986 as well. I don't think this is a costume, but he'll look pretty similar tonite as willy wonka with a vest and big white sunnies!

In the meantime, enjoy some super geeky photos from thru the years.

Who is that weirdo?

I wish I could say this was for Halloween, but sorry to say that I really am the girl in the back with the short curly hair... and I really did play rugby all thru High School.

This is me bringing back the classic as "Mindy Mouse" in 2006. This was the night I realized that maybe Bluejay wasn't as weird as I thought? I had lost my keys somewhere in the farm, and he was the only person who waited with me for HOURS while we looked for the keys and when we couldn't find them, he helped me call a locksmith. Maybe he wasn't such a goon?

Also, days before we officially started dating. Here were are dressed up as "burritos" for free chipotle burritos.

Months before I even thought of my Bluejay as anything more that a goofball little brother, we were dressed up for a theme bowling party. The theme? "Big like whoa!" (still not quite sure what tiny shorty shorts have to do with big like whoa, but this is one of those super funny pics from pre-dating... when he liked me and I had no clue!) Jeepers tan lines, Bluejay!

Sweet tart and Hot Tamale the clowns for halloween in 2007. Lets just say, before my parents moved to Ca, I had access to some sweet costumes!

Happy Halloween!!!