An
Account of Our 5th
by
Rachael G.
We’re
best friends, and anything would have been special on our anniversary.
My husband
and I have now been married for over 5 years. This last celebration
was particularly important for us because we felt that it was
the last year of being newlyweds, and we’re still best friends.
We have three beautiful children and we didn’t have a lot
of extra money, but we were determined to celebrate what was rightfully
ours.
On a sunny
Friday, we were out getting a gift card for my uncle’s birthday,
and we went to a new shopping “city” which housed
Barnes and Noble along with many other stores and restaurants.
We noticed there was even a playground in the courtyard surrounded
by stores like J.J. Crew and P.H. Chang restaurant. Anyway, I
ran in to get the gift card, and as soon as I got back in the
car I heard my husband say “Next weekend, why don’t
we come out here and go to the Macaroni Grill and see a movie?”
I don’t
think I mentioned the movie theatre that is housed at the outside
shopping mall. I thought, it’s within our budget and this
place is nice. So I told him “Let’s do it!”
Besides,
we never get to go to the movies by ourselves (Our kids are always
with us).
We took our
kids over to my mom’s house about 1 pm on our anniversary
and headed over to the outside shopping mall. The first thing
we did was check out some stores, and my favorite was called “The
Container Store”. It is amazing how many different ways
you can contain things.
We checked
out the Zen store and some home furnishing stores as well. We
were getting hungry so we went to the Macaroni Grill. The atmosphere
was great, and I thought it was pretty cute how the waitress wrote
her name on the paper table cover so we would remember it.
My husband
ordered the Penne Rustin, and I ordered the Chicken Parmesan.
They offer wonderful foccacia bread which was lucky because when
they delivered our meals, I had been served eggplant parmesan.
So, I had to have them send it back and wait for awhile for my
correct order to be served. It happens to me all the time, and
my husband felt so bad. I really didn’t mind because we
had an awesome time talking and laughing,
After dinner
we headed to the movie theatre. We saw War of the Worlds in the
best theatre I think I have ever been to. We sat up top and I
have never been to a theatre that has seats so high up. The movie
was great and I’m sure that had something to do with the
sound effects because the sound was incredible.
After the
movie, we went to pick up our kids and head back home. When we
got home, we discovered that grandma had brought them home to
decorate our room Hawaiian style. I’m telling you this room
was decked out! There were a couple of palm trees, some sand in
a little box, some flower petals spread on the bed, and some Hawaiian
music playing on our cd player. It was such a surprise, and it
took everything I had to not shed a tear. The kids let us know
there was champagne in the fridge, and that grandma told them
they had to go to bed as soon as we got home. So, after a few
kisses and hugs off they went. My husband and I went to the room,
closed the door, and didn’t come out until noon the next
day with smiles written all over our faces.
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