Tattoo

I have been considering getting a new tattoo for about a year now. However, every time I decided to do it someone talked me out of it. This weekend I went to New Jersey to spend some much needed catch up time with my childhood friends and cousins. Christine especially has a way of talking me into things so the moment I mentioned I wanted a tattoo she called her tattoo guy and scheduled for me to come in on Monday before my flight. We drove to Toms River, NJ at two o'clock in the afternoon and by 3:30 I had my beautiful new tattoo.



The Tattoo:

I got a crab on the outside of my hip (the area where you would tie on your bathing suit bottoms). Why a crab? This question has been asked by everyone who has seen it so, I am here to share the why. I chose the crab because its symbolic of my relationship with Tanner. When Tanner and I started dating I went to the aquarium and wanted to buy him something. The only thing that I could find that wasn't a stuffed animal or had the aquarium name on it was a squeaky blue crab. I gave Tanner the crab and he's had it in his truck for the last seven years. That winter when Tanner went a way for work he found a crab magnet and it made him think of me so he bought it. Now anytime one of us goes away on vacation we pick up a crab for the other or pick one out together. We also buy a crab ornament every Christmas for our tree. So, you can say Tanner and I give each other crabs in a non-disgusting way!! lol

It looks big but it's about the size of a half dollar!