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Valentine's Day Perfection
Feb. 15th, 2009 09:58 amWell, nearly.
The day started VERY well...ahem. *cough*
I got the best Valentine card EVER.
We lazed around the place for a bit before going out to pick up a few needed household items (new bathroom rug, lighter blanket for those nights when we need something more than a bed sheet but less than the afghan I made, new shower curtain...things like that) then we headed over to one of our favorite restaurants, Carrabba's Italian Grill.
I had checked on their website for their Saturday hours, which stated 3-11. I tried to do the call ahead seating, but the phone wouldn't connect, which I thought was a bit odd. We arrived at about 4:15 and were shocked to see a sign outside which said they had opened at 12 for Valentine's day. EEK! We went in and it was packed. The hostess told us the wait was 35-45 minutes. We decided to go ahead and wait since we figured it would be that way at every restaurant. So we went over to the bar, grabbed a seat and ordered a drink. We chatted as we sipped our beverage and before we knew it, our table was available. And it was closer to 30 than 45 minutes, yet it didn't seem that long at all.
We had a fabulous waiter--thanks Josh!--and a fabulous meal that couldn't be beat. (On our way out the door, the lobby was even more packed than it had been and we overheard that the wait was 1 1/2 hours at 5:30...their staff was in for a looong night.)
Then we were off to Mordor (aka Wal-Mart) so that hubby could purchase his fortieth birthday gift to himself...a Playstation 3. We got it at Wal-Mart because my daughter-in-law works there and offered to use her discount card for the purchase...which took like 50 bucks off the final cost.
Then we went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store to purchase the annual chocolate which is my traditional gift. His penance for not buying my gift before the actual day. ;) (In his defense, he explained that he did not really have a valentine until he met me (Aww) so he's still getting used to it and the day sneaked up on him. I believe him and hey, I got some real quality chocolate out of the deal, so yay.)
After that, we came home and he geeked out all over his new game system while I finished up a Christmas gift for a friend I'm having lunch with today.
This Valentine's day will be hard to beat.
The day started VERY well...ahem. *cough*
I got the best Valentine card EVER.
We lazed around the place for a bit before going out to pick up a few needed household items (new bathroom rug, lighter blanket for those nights when we need something more than a bed sheet but less than the afghan I made, new shower curtain...things like that) then we headed over to one of our favorite restaurants, Carrabba's Italian Grill.
I had checked on their website for their Saturday hours, which stated 3-11. I tried to do the call ahead seating, but the phone wouldn't connect, which I thought was a bit odd. We arrived at about 4:15 and were shocked to see a sign outside which said they had opened at 12 for Valentine's day. EEK! We went in and it was packed. The hostess told us the wait was 35-45 minutes. We decided to go ahead and wait since we figured it would be that way at every restaurant. So we went over to the bar, grabbed a seat and ordered a drink. We chatted as we sipped our beverage and before we knew it, our table was available. And it was closer to 30 than 45 minutes, yet it didn't seem that long at all.
We had a fabulous waiter--thanks Josh!--and a fabulous meal that couldn't be beat. (On our way out the door, the lobby was even more packed than it had been and we overheard that the wait was 1 1/2 hours at 5:30...their staff was in for a looong night.)
Then we were off to Mordor (aka Wal-Mart) so that hubby could purchase his fortieth birthday gift to himself...a Playstation 3. We got it at Wal-Mart because my daughter-in-law works there and offered to use her discount card for the purchase...which took like 50 bucks off the final cost.
Then we went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store to purchase the annual chocolate which is my traditional gift. His penance for not buying my gift before the actual day. ;) (In his defense, he explained that he did not really have a valentine until he met me (Aww) so he's still getting used to it and the day sneaked up on him. I believe him and hey, I got some real quality chocolate out of the deal, so yay.)
After that, we came home and he geeked out all over his new game system while I finished up a Christmas gift for a friend I'm having lunch with today.
This Valentine's day will be hard to beat.
