Jeff and I's first Valentine's Day, 6 years ago, was spent driving around Salem, Oregon looking for a restaurant - any restaurant - with less than an hour wait. Yes, Jeff forgot to make reservations and as most people know, Valentine's Day is probably the biggest dining out holiday of the year. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant that year and it was perfect, a date with him that I will always remember. In an effort to not have to battle the crowds on Valentine's Day this year we decided to celebrate our romantic holiday on Friday the 13th. It was actually because we had other plans on the 14th with friends, but the 13th definitely proved to be a great idea!
When we were dating Jeff and I realized that Valentine's Day and Anniversaries are for both the guy and the girl, so we started a tradition of alternating who would be responsible for coming up with the plans for those two special holidays. This Valentine's Day was my turn. Trying to be creative I researched all kinds of things we could do: paintball, snowboarding, sporting clays (yes, none of these very romantic but nonetheless fun things that we have been wanting to do). When it came down to it, and since we were celebrating on a Friday night, I decided on dinner and a movie. We went to a Benihana style restaurant and ate enough food for 10 people. Those places are always so entertaining...however, our chef was horrible. He kept dropping things, his choo choo train volcano of onions fell over, he cut the shrimp soooo slow and didn't do any tricks with the shrimp tails or eggs (obviously I have a lot of experience at these places). Despite our chef's lack of talent, it was still fun and the food was amazing. The thing that tickled me the most was when halfway through the meal, the couple next to us asked "are you guys newlyweds?" They could tell by the way we interacted that we were still in that flirty, exciting stage. So cute! After a great dinner I drug my hubby to "He's Just Not Than Into You." A movie that I personally thought was hilarious and Jeff would have rather died than sit through it. But, he was sweet and didn't complain. What a guy, how did I get so lucky?
Altogether, it was a great first Valentine's Day as a married couple celebrated on Friday the 13th - which happens to be a lucky day for Jeff and I's relationship. I might just continue that tradition of celebrating the holiday, not actually on the holiday, during my
Life As A Wife.
Jeff and I's first Valentine's Day, 6 years ago, was spent driving around Salem, Oregon looking for a restaurant - any restaurant - with less than an hour wait. Yes, Jeff forgot to make reservations and as most people know, Valentine's Day is probably the biggest dining out holiday of the year. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant that year and it was perfect, a date with him that I will always remember. In an effort to not have to battle the crowds on Valentine's Day this year we decided to celebrate our romantic holiday on Friday the 13th. It was actually because we had other plans on the 14th with friends, but the 13th definitely proved to be a great idea!
When we were dating Jeff and I realized that Valentine's Day and Anniversaries are for both the guy and the girl, so we started a tradition of alternating who would be responsible for coming up with the plans for those two special holidays. This Valentine's Day was my turn. Trying to be creative I researched all kinds of things we could do: paintball, snowboarding, sporting clays (yes, none of these very romantic but nonetheless fun things that we have been wanting to do). When it came down to it, and since we were celebrating on a Friday night, I decided on dinner and a movie. We went to a Benihana style restaurant and ate enough food for 10 people. Those places are always so entertaining...however, our chef was horrible. He kept dropping things, his choo choo train volcano of onions fell over, he cut the shrimp soooo slow and didn't do any tricks with the shrimp tails or eggs (obviously I have a lot of experience at these places). Despite our chef's lack of talent, it was still fun and the food was amazing. The thing that tickled me the most was when halfway through the meal, the couple next to us asked "are you guys newlyweds?" They could tell by the way we interacted that we were still in that flirty, exciting stage. So cute! After a great dinner I drug my hubby to "He's Just Not Than Into You." A movie that I personally thought was hilarious and Jeff would have rather died than sit through it. But, he was sweet and didn't complain. What a guy, how did I get so lucky?
Altogether, it was a great first Valentine's Day as a married couple celebrated on Friday the 13th - which happens to be a lucky day for Jeff and I's relationship. I might just continue that tradition of celebrating the holiday, not actually on the holiday, during my Life As A Wife.
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