Belated Celebrations

Last week, May 23 to be exact, was mine and Steve’s first wedding anniversary. However, we were not able to celebrate because he was out of town on business. I’ve told you all of this already. Remember? You remember.

After multiple delays, on Friday we were finally able to celebrate. I was sickly, and Steve was recovering from a trip to the dentist, but we went for it. We peeled ourselves away from the couch, popped a few pain pills, got all fancy and hit the door.

Steve had worked really hard to plan out our date night and my gift. I, on the other hand, should be sleeping with dogs because I did not plan well. Well, I had a plan, several plans to be exact, but my immune system had other plans and I wans’t able to make the journey to get his gift(s).

Steve made reservations at a really nice restaurant in the big city of Roanoke. It was a quiet, fancy, little place that prepared locally grown, organic foods – my favorite. I had  the fillet mignon and Steve had halibut. Typically, dessert is the highlight of my dinner, but the salad at this place was to die for. I have been drooling for it ever since we left the restaurant. It was an organic lettuce mix tossed with a vinaigrette dressing with some tomatoes, mushrooms, apples, Parmesan cheese, and (the best part) a little heap of black beans on the side. I had the fillet mignon and Steve had the halibut. For dessert we had homemade lemon ice cream with fresh berries, refreshing and almost as good as the salad.

If you are keeping score – Steve 1/ Renee 0

When we got back in the car, Steve gave me my gift. For many of you this may seem very unromantic, but I told him not to give me presents or news during a meal. Food is fantastic on it’s own and does not need to be tainted with sentiment (good or bad). I opened the tiny little box to find a diamond band inside! Steve had bought my eternity band for our Sealing early. He wanted to make sure that nothing go in the way of us getting this ring, so he got it early. I was allowed to wear it for a whole 24 hours. After that, I had to put it back in it’s tiny box until our Sealing on July 30. I couldn’t pout since I hadn’t gotten Steve his gift yet.

Check of the score – Steve 2/ Renee 0

To end the night Steve took me to the movies, but not just to the movies. He took me to Sex and the City 2, and he pretended not to hate it. He was the only guy in the theater. There was us, and a group of about ten other women in the theater. I would have preferred teenagers making out in front of us instead of this group of ladies. They were holding full blown conversations and their cell phones kept ringing – not vibrating, ringing. If I wasn’t so drained from being sickly and digesting fillet, I would have chucked my open water bottle at them. I’m pretty sure they would have attacked me like the fight scene from Mean Girls, but it would have been so worth it.

Final score – Steve 3/ Renee 0

Game over. Renee loses. Period. Amen. The end.

I’m officially spoiled and loved. I should be in big trouble for not planning better, but like I said, I’m spoiled and loved so Steve let it slide. One day in the not so distant future, when my health returns and I have another day off, I will make the journey to fetch Steve’s present. It’s going to have to be five million times better than originally planned to make up for the gross delay. Perhaps it will be another excuse for a great dinner.

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