Back when Snookums and I only "knew of each other" and while we were still dating other people, my girlfriends and I used to go over to Snookums and a bunch of guys in his fraternity's house to hang out. We always "knew" of Snookums as this guy who "always had cigarettes, the guy that lived upstairs, the quiet one, and the guy who played darts".
Seriously. He played them ALL THE TIME.
Their old house on Old Lafayette, or "Old Laf" as we called it, had a really awesome antique dart board cabinet! The kind with the serious wood dart board inside, old school chalkboard on the doors to keep score, and the real darts. He and some of the other guys would play, and play, and play, and PLAY darts.
Fast forward to when Snookums and I were "sort of dating" (we played it cool for a loooong time), we would play darts together. It was one of the sneaky ways to hang out together, but not necessarily be called out on it!
(I'm just throwing in this super awesome photo of us back in the "early days" where we weren't necessarily "claiming" each other just yet. Please note: Snookums extremely shaggy hair, and our intense game of thumb wars. Pay no mind to the beer that I am holding in the car. HEY. We had on our seat belts at least?!) Anyway, long story short, ever since we finally admitted to dating each other (Im telling you, we played it VERY cool for a long time) I decided that I was going to find him an antique dart board just like the one at Old Laf.
Literally, almost two and half years have gone by since I've decided that. I've looked in EVERY SINGLE goodwill, antique store, thrift store, flea market, yard sale I have come in contact with in all our travels and moves with the Army. I've looked EVERYWHERE. Even online.
Then, this past Saturday it happened.
The clouds parted, the sun shone, angels sang HALLELUJAH and I found an antique dart board.
My mom was driving the car, cruising the flea market in our home town and I saw it. I literally yelled, "OMIGOD STOP THE CAR". I'm pretty sure I even hopped out before it stopped!!!!!
I RAN over to the dart board, asked him how much, and told him I was coming back with the cash and not to sell it to anyone else.
I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!
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| This is the front and outside of the cabinet.. |
I'm so happy. I couldn't stand it, so I told him that I got it for him (it's his birthday present!) and he is THRILLED.
I can't wait for him to get back so we can play darts again, and be all googley eyed like back in the day!
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