52 List : Three : 12 Dates – February

For our February date we had a little [relaxing] getaway; it was a weekend at the Elm Spa.  It was nice, but didn’t go quite how I had planned.  The spa part of it was nice and relaxing.  The rest of it, not so much….

To begin, I booked us a couple’s massage.  I was a little nervous on how this would pan out.  When I was ‘researching’ for dates last year I asked D (after I had been to the Elm Spa with his family) if that was something he’d be interested in doing.  His response---I don’t want people touching me!  Fast forward to January, I hit a new stage of stress (I didn’t feel stressed, but my body was) and thought a massage would be the cure.  So enter our February date.  To make it even more special, I added a hotel stay.  The hotel is really neat and romantic and I thought a little getaway would be nice for the two of us.

We checked in at 4 and hung out in the grotto (it has a hot tub and various saunas and showers).  I knew he would be all over the grotto and I wanted to spend some time there for him to get used to the spa atmosphere.  At 5:30 we had our massage.  I laughed at him the entire time while we got settled.  He was out of his element and freaking out because the bed was hot (the person before had turned on the heater).  But once the heater on the bed got turned off and the massage got going, he really enjoyed it; even said he would have another massage again sometime.  After our massage, we went back to the grotto and then about 7, decided we were done for the evening.

Neither one of us were very hungry, but we thought we’d check out their various restaurants for a few munchies.  We picked their lounge bar first.  D ordered a drink, but we couldn’t find a food menu and no one offered us one while we waited even though every table around us had food.  After his drink, we decided to check out their main restaurant.  At this point it was 8pm and the hostess told us there was an hour wait, even though there were open tables and booths.  D was mad the hostess didn’t even offer us a seat at the bar (there were some open).    We decided we didn’t want to wait that long so we headed back to our room to order room service. We check the shortened menu and saw that they don’t offer room service until 10pm.  At his point, D said I’ll just go to bed hungry.  I told him no, we needed to eat something so we start to see what they have around town.  The town didn’t have much to offer and D picked Applebees, his absolute least favorite place to go (just to give you an idea of our options).  We get in the car and head that way and then I spot a restaurant that’s 10 more miles away that he’d been wanting to go to.  I suggested it and he said let’s go! We ended up eating a little after 9 anyway, but at least the food was great!  And to top it off, we got 2 free cinnamon rolls because they made extra that morning.  After dinner, we headed back to the hotel and watched their crummy, broken up cable for the rest of the night.

Unfortunately, to top everything else, we both woke up feeling sore and stiff.  The bed was the most uncomfortable thing and felt like it had just undone everything the massage did.  We ate our rolls in bed and then got ready for the day and headed home.  At one point, D even turned to me and said, we can do this again, but I don’t want to spend the night.

Our little getaway wasn’t the most relaxing thing and both of us got a little frustrated (at the hotel, not each other).  I don’t really foresee us going back there anytime soon, but we still had a good time which is the whole point of these dates. 

Now, I better get to booking our March date!

Completed: February 6, 2016

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Week Six

February 4, 2016

27 Years

12of12 | February 2016

01.  Me too, MoeMoe, me too.
02.  Getting ready for the day.  I had an early meeting, which meant everyone had to start their day a little earlier.
03.  Breakfast.
04.  Work.  It was a pretty busy day for a Friday.
05.  Home for lunch.
06.  We got a meerkat!  Just kidding, that's just Rory.
07.  The pups waiting for their afternoon treat.
08.  Back to work we go.
09.  Dinner prep.
10.  We had friends over for dinner and a movie.  Good times!
11.  Getting ready for bed.
12.  Bed time.

52 List : Two : Celebrate Our 3 Year

Week Five

January 25, 2016

3 years together.

We didn’t do anything really extravagant for our 3 year dating anniversary.  In fact, D asked why we had to celebrate that now that we have a wedding anniversary.  I told him because this is where everything began.  I wanted to go to the restaurant building that we had our first date (a different restaurant moved in there, so it’s not the same food), but they were closed on Monday.  So instead, we made spaghetti and he sat on the sofa with me while I watched part of the Bachelor.  And then after my show, I let him play some video games.  Now that, my friends, it true love.

Completed: January 25, 2016

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Week Four

January 23, 2016

Siblings at Josh's surprise birthday party

52 List : One : 12 Dates – January

For Christmas I gifted D 12 pre-planned, pre-paid for dates for us to go on this year.  Our date for January was dinner at 801 Chophouse.  He has been wanting to eat there for months, but everything is a la carte and it’s a steakhouse, so the food is high dollar.  But oh man, was the food incredible!  We each had filet minion.  The sides were served family style, so we shared scalloped potatoes and green beans.  And then we had our own dessert.

D said we needed to create a savings budget so we could eat here more often.  I just laughed.  Keep dreamin there hunny!

I so cannot wait for the rest of our dates this year.  I have so many fun things planned out and it’s hard to keep it a secret from him.  Good thing our February date is coming a little earlier in the month!

Completed: January 16, 2016