of regret and gratitude

i really wanted to kick myself right now because i just passed up the chance to snag a really good deal for discovery suites. now i'm scrambling the net for a great way to spend our first wedding anniv. talk about cramming!

see, the plan was all set for the farm trip tomorrow but due to the bad weather this morning, we decided to resched it last minute. sayang lang the experience if we would push thru with the nonstop rain. as soon as the cancellation was settled, i was already thinking of purchasing the discovery stay from dealgrocer but had 2nd thoughts with the additional expense. the validity starts exactly on our anniv date so we still need to inquire if we could make a booking 2 days before. last i checked at the website, there were only 6 items left and i figured it will be sold out by the time we called the hotel so i waved my white flag. i left the website open...just because. i watched as the numbers change (yes, i can't concentrate on work). by the time it was sold out, i'm so filled with regret. my heart wanted it the moment i saw that deal (i'm a dealgrocer member, btw, and i'm highly recommending it) but with the wedding and company anniv celebration side by side, the expenses are somehow choking me. and so i just ignored the deal that would've been the perfect way to celebrate our 1st year.

i blame my current dilemma on the storm. if not for it, i would've been packing now for the farm and we would've been waking up in paradise the day of our anniversary. but now, i have no idea where or how to celebrate it. sorry for making a big deal out of it because this is the first time that we get to celebrate an anniversary in the 15 years that we're together.

but i'm not entirely mad at the weather (except for the nonstop rain that caused 2 ft of floodwater outside our house again) because it could've been like this last year. instead, we were blessed with a fine weather plus a shower of blessings from God. and we're entirely grateful for that.

so, any suggestions how we can celebrate this weekend? an overnight stay would be great but i'm limiting the budget to more or less 5k.