Our Date Night

Joe and I had a real bonafide date night last night and it was great! I can't remember the first time that we've had a date night where we were both dressed up and smelled good at the same time. Yes, we have gone out to dinner here on a very few occasions, but this was different. Those times are like going to dinner at your own own with no special preparation.

To begin with, we attended our first ward social. It was a celebration of all things St. Patrick. We were given green bead necklaces, ate a shamrock cookie and had some green frappe, as well as a written quiz to see how much we knew about the St. Patrick's Day holiday. I won't tell you how poorly Joe and I did. We were entertained by little dancing leprechauns by the young women, synchronized swimming by the young men, a melting snowman by the primary, a song by a member of the elder's quorum, a monologue by a member of the high priests and nothing by the Relief Society as I would assume they were the ones who took care of the refreshments. The stellar entertainment killed a good hour and then we left to be alone. (No furry kids - we'd left them alone in the house).

We decided to go to Arby's since we had coupons for a free new roast burger sandwich and all we had to do was buy a drink each to get it. So here we were - the last of the big time spenders - sitting in Arby's dressed up with our green beads eating our sandwiches, drinking our drinks and nibbling on our curly fries (had to have some of them).

It was great being there together doing that. We couldn't remember the last time we'd sat in a fast food restaurant leisurely eating like that. It had been a very l-o-n-g time though! It was like we had no cares in the world. I know how excited I was to have Joe out of the house, clean-shaved and moving, so I can only imagine how it made him feel.

It was a wonderful night.