Pi or Pie?

A quick clarification for those of you scratching your head about the title of this post. You may recall from math class that pi is a number mathematicians and scientists use. Well I am a chemist and B studied engineering, so it fits. Plus, my graduate department celebrates Pi Day every year. With Pie! If you'd like to join in, have a slice of pie on March 14th at 1:59 PM (3.14159).

Pi

For our birthdays, my mom would always make sure we had our favorite cake. As I got older and realized there were other things that existed besides cake, I always responded, "Apple Pie."

 Top: 1st Birthday 

Bottom: 3rd Birthday

You see, I don't like icing. If I eat cake and there is too much icing on it, I scrape it off. My mom then proceeds to take it off my plate and eat it. So gross! It is just sugar and fat. Who wants to eat that? I thank my lucky stars that B feels the same way as I do about cake. He is all about good nutrition and the thought of smearing sugary fat over sugary carbs does not appeal to him in the least.

When we first started dating, I'd ask B what his favorite dessert was and he told me brownies. Since I love brownies, I thought it would be a great idea to make different kinds of brownies and have sundaes. After a few months of thinking I had the dessert checked off my list, B told me he no longer liked brownies that much and likes pie so much more.

 The apple pie B made me for my 25th Birthday.

Little did he know, a few years before we started dating, I told my mom I wanted pie at my wedding and she immediately shot it down. She told me pie was too expensive. When B expressed his interest in pie, I knew this was what we had to do. But, we had to find an economical way.

I called my mom and told her the change in plans. The pie wheels were turning in everyone's heads.

Did you have a sudden change of plans due to your fiance adding his two cents?