Valentine's Day Lesson

disclaimer: kinda long post. hope you can hang in there.

since this would be mine and clay's last valentine's day together without having to ask someone to keep our new baby (which i know would never be a problem in the future since there are so many grandparents to go around) we had planned to go out to the movies and then have dinner a PF Changs. now let me give you just a little background info. for the past 3 years we have stayed at home during valentine's day. clay will usually grill steaks and i will fix the sides and make a new dessert that will consist of some kind of chocolate:)

so when saturday rolled around we decided to go to an early movie and be at PF Changs around 5:00pm. at the time we thought this was going to be a great idea. we would beat all the traffic so we thought. WRONG!! after the movies i decided to make a quick stop by Cindy's Cinnamon Rolls and grab some of their awesome cinnamon sticks with that wonderful icing. we leave from there and get to PF Changs at 5:05pm. clay pulls up to the front of the restaurant and i get out and get in line behind a few other people. the parking lot is full but there are not to many people waiting to be seated so i thought the wait would not be that long. WRONG. when i get up to the counter i ask the nice gentleman how long the wait for two would be and then he proceeds to ask me if i had a reservation which i replied no. he then explained to me that the wait would be THREE HOURS! THREE HOURS?? and then mentioned that if we came back in THREE HOURS he could not guarantee that we would be seated at that time. i responded nicely to the gentleman and said that my husband would not go for that and sadly left. on the plan B.

not to far from our house there is a nice little Japanese restaurant called Bento. the food is fantastic and they serve you tons of it. so after waiting 30 minutes to get out of the Summit we head back towards home. we get off the exit and get to the restaurant to see that not a single car is in the parking lot and no lights are on. then my sweet husband makes this observation that there are no cans in the dumpster. LOL!! devastation has now set in. and i am getting this feeling we might not be eating at all tonight. well on the plan C.

after two failed attempts clay suggests that we try the other Japanese restaurant Stix's right down the road. i'm sure your wondering why all the Chinese/Japanese restaurants? well, probably because this pregnant woman who has not been eating all that well in the last few weeks was CRAVING this type of food. again, clay lets me out at the front and i stand in line behind a few other couples. i get to the desk and ask the nice lady how long the wait would be for two. do you have a reservation? if not the wait is THREE HOURS!! OMGoodness!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! i call my husband and let him know to get back in the car because we will be going back home. can i just say DISAPPOINTMENT!! our last Valentine's Day together before the baby and it just did not turn out the way we planned.

eventually we ended up calling in a pick up order to O'Charley's and had a nice sit down dinner at home.

lesson: from now on on Valentine's Day we will never NOT have a reservation!! i guess that's what you get when you have not been out on Valentine's Day in 3 years.