My Sweetheart's Days

For my sweetheart Valentine's Day can sometimes get a little mixed up because his birthday is the day before. So each year we have to choose if we're going to celebrate each holiday separately or lump them both together. This year we were able to technically celebrate them separately, and here's a brief summary of how we celebrated both of my sweetheart's days.

For Mark's birthday we took a day to visit a city about an hour away that has some very Western shopping and food. Our first stop at the mall was to check out what movies were playing. While we were discussing whether or not to go to the movie I asked him if we could get a doughnut from Dunkin' Donuts. He said he didn't really want one, but if it would hold me over until the movie was over, we'd get one. When we got to the counter and saw all the different choices they had (not nearly as many as you guys at home have but quite a few for us) Mark ordered two apple filled ones. I figured if Mark was going to order two I'd order two also. Then the guy at the counter told us that if we ordered 4 we get 2 free . . . so we ordered a total of 6, thinking, of course, that we would eat one then and save the rest for later. We sat down at a nearby table, and what do you think happened? Yep, we ate the whole box within about 15 minutes! It's been a year and a half since our last real doughnuts! We decided to pass on the movie, and instead we attempted to walk off all those calories by shopping.

We came across a department store that had some really great sales, and Mark found a pair of Adidas tennis shoes for almost nothing. The only thing is . . . he had to buy a whole size bigger than what he buys at home. Weird, huh?

We did more looking than buying. (And Mark would say that I spent half of our time saying, "I need to go to the restroom.") And after taking one last look at the cute dogs in the pet store, we headed for another shopping center. There we had lunch - I had Burger King, and Mark had KFC - yummy! We found a really great store with lots of baby stuff, so we strolled around there for a bit. Then we headed to a big Wal-mart kind of store so Mark could look for a basket ball. He found one, but he said the price tag for a cheap rubber ball wasn't worth it.

Earlier in the day we decided that for dinner we would get a pizza from Domino's and take it home to reheat in the oven. When we left the shopping center, as Mark was trying to figure out the best way to get to the Domino's place, a Domino's delivery scooter pulled out in front of us at the light. Off we went, following that scooter. We had no idea whether or not he was headed right back to the store or to make another delivery! At one point, he managed to squeeze through the middle of a couple of cars and got a little bit ahead of us. So while Mark was watching the traffic, I was keeping my eye on the scooter guy. He led us down this back road, and I thought for sure he was just making a delivery, but he had actually led us right to the backside of the building where Domino's is located. Mark went in and ordered a large pepperoni pizza, and that night after a nice little nap, we had hot pizza for dinner.

Now for Valentine's Day . . . after doing a little grocery shopping and looking for a new umbrella, we tried out a new restaurant. Mark had steak, and I had some kind of shrimp dish. We went to eat much earlier than anyone else in town, which means we had the whole restaurant to ourselves. They even started playing some love songs (in English) after we ordered our food. Awwwww . . . wasn't that sweet?!

So after all of that, can you believe that we actually did have one regret . . . all day yesterday we kept asking ourselves, "Why didn't we bring home a dozen doughnuts when we had the chance?!"

Hope you and your sweetheart got to do something "sweet" this weekend, too!