I was lucky to get a rare Friday night off so Erica and I hit up Carytown. We ate a nasty, overpriced meal at Double T's BBQ...then finally saw Harry Potter in the Byrd Theatre. Good movie...and even better because it was only $1.99 a ticket! When Erica arrived home that night, she found tulips had been delivered while we were out :-).
Saturday Erica put on a beautiful dress, I zipped up some nice slacks, and we visited Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Believe me - we have never and don't plan to ever spend anywhere NEAR what this place costs for dinner...but I won a $100 gift card from work so we decided to try it out.
I ordered a $50 New York Strip (cooked in butter) with a salad and scalloped potatoes (an extra $16). Erica ordered stuffed chicken breast with creamed spinach ($35). We also got cheesecake.
The bill came to $104...plus we left a $25 tip (what we normally would have spent for the two of us at any other restaurant). The food really was incredible but we both felt sick the rest of the night because it was so rich!
We ended up going back to Erica's and watched the movie Fireproof. If you haven't seen it, you should. The acting is a little goofy but the film has a great message: Never leave your partner behind.
After church on Sunday Erica came over and I cooked her dinner. We enjoyed lemon pepper chicken, Ukrop's macaroni and cheese, rolls, beans, and cookies for dessert.
On Monday we both had to work and I was hoping to visit Erica on my dinner break...but Mother Nature ruined that plan. The wind kicked up around 3pm and over 13 brush/house/apartment fires broke out over the course of the next seven hours. I was sent all over the place to report on the fires.
Fortunately I had a quick break and was able to stop in at my house. Erica was here helping a roommate prepare a valentine's dinner for his girlfriend. When I walked into my room, I was startled to see Erica had cleaned it, vacuumed it, and left this on my bed:
It made my day! Three of my favorite things TOGETHER: Scrabble, Cheez-Its, and Erica! What more could a man want?
I felt bad I had to dash out the door to get back to work...but Erica was very understanding.
All in all, we had a very eventful holiday weekend and hope to celebrate Valentine's Day over the course of several days for many years to come!
P.S. We got our engagement photos taken today. The photographer took over 300...so we are sifting through and picking our favorites. I'll post some of them here...but the picture at the top of this entry if a preview of things to come!
I did not know they had Scrabble cheez-it's, but I do think this could change my life.
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