Misson Surprise: SUCCESS!

Mr. Dunn-dee's surprise was an all around success!! This is the first birthday (out of three) that I've actually lived CLOSE to him. I lived in Arkansas while I went to college, and he was here in Tennesee....about 4 hours apart. Torture. Let me just tell you, he should have had a sponsor like nascar cars do, with all gas he used and miles he put on his truck coming to see ( and surprise) me every weekend.

Anyway, the surprise, which he couldn't ever figure out from the toy Hot Wheels 69 Chevelle wrapped in the pink bag, was actually a scavenger hunt type of thing I led him on to find the final gift . The toy was just a clue to tease him with. I was so anxious all day. Hoping he hadn't figured it out yet. When he got to my apt, I had a word taped on the front door with a riddle on the back to lead him to the next hidden word. The individual words spelled out "Lose the race, lose your ride." The last word led him to tickets to the Speed Channel's program, "PINKS! All Out", going on this weekend in Memphis. The "Lose the race, lose your ride" is the tagline for the show, because it is a drag racing event we watch on tv all.....the.....time where in the end, the two finalists are racing for the pink slips on their cars. I promise we aren't redneck. Maybe a little pinkneck (pun intended!), but not full blown REDNECK! haha

PINKS! All out: LOSE THE RACE, LOSE YOUR RIDE!
Two hot cars. Two proud owners. And it’s winner takes all in PINKS. Host Rich Christensen travels the country pitting two contestants against one another in this high stakes drag race. The negotiations are heated. The races are real. Emotions run high. And the loser walks home. PINKS: Lose the race. Lose your ride.
He likes to drive fast, he's into racing cars and all that good country boy stuff, and I have to admit I enjoy it also. I love the old souped up cars. I'm a sports car kind of girl myself, and I love watching them race. SO, the tickets that I had hid in my underwear drawer since February (that he was embarassed to go into after the riddle led him there: "Dana wears these everyday, but nobody ever sees them....I hope") remained a secret up until the very moment he opened them up! HOORAY! Can I pat myself on the back? Ok, thanks.

I was sure he would figure out what it was before the end of the scavenger hunt by reading the words on the front of the pieces of paper, but he was so busy trying to figure out the clues that he didn't even pay attention to the words...well, he did mention once- "why do all these say lose??," the only time he noticed the words were on both of the loses. ANYWAY, job well done I must say so myself.

So, fellow bloggers, wherever you are, me and the hot/adorable/country/well-dressed/hilarious/saaa-weeet Mr. Dunn-dee and I will be in Memphis this weekend at the Memphis Motorsports Track getting our redneck on. Pray for sunshine! I wouldn't mind getting a tan while I'm there....ya know, a nice tanktop straps redneck tanline of course.

Sidenote: Mr. Dunn-dee does NOT usually look like this. Hence the reason he wouldn't let me take many pictures.

Me: Smile!!!! let me get a picture!

Mr. Dunn-dee: Doooon't, I look gross and nasty.

Me: It's ok, you just got off work. You work outside!

Mr.Dunn-dee: Yeah, but I know you're going to put this on your blog crap for everyone to look at. I look nasty.

Hmm.....and men aren't into looking good? I beg to differ.