Our day of fun.

To be cliche, I thought I'd write a post about our Valentine's Day festivities. Our original plan was to go whale watching and then to dinner. We got out of church a little late and there was A LOT of traffic heading down to Balboa. The combination of both of these things caused us to miss our boat! So that left us with 5 hours to kill down there before our dinner reservations. Being in our favorite place, this really proved to be no problem at all! We played games in the Fun Zone, walked around Balboa Island, and sat on the beach. It really was a beautiful day!

Then the real fun began. We couldn't find the restaurant but still made it there early. Bobby had described it as "Italian food" and "laid back". So he wore a casual outfit w/Rainbow sandals and I wore a casual outfit (i.e. no dress or heels). As soon as we walked in EVERYONE was super dressed up. By this I mean every man had a jacket and tie on and every woman had a dress on. So I ran out to my car and put on my pumps that were in my trunk. We were definitely judged by the higher-class people we were about to dine with.


Soon after we were sat and given a special Valentine's Day menu with a total of 5 items on it. That's right, FIVE items! Here is how our conversation went:

Tiffany: "HAHAHA, we can just leave before our server comes."
Bobby: "No, they know my name!"
Tiffany: "HAHAHA (again) okay fine. :::Server greets us:::: I'll have a coke.
Bobby: "I'll have a water" :::Server leaves:::: "HAHAHA..Babe you should have ordered a water so we can leave!"
Tiffany: "HAHAHA" (As you can see, we were really getting a kick out of this whole thing)

This is the point where Bobby took his phone out so we could Google the items on the menu. Keep in mind that we are laughing the whole time about how out of place we feel. We are not "foo-foo" people into fancy-schmancy food and wine tasting and being all high society. Not that there is anything wrong with that if I just described you and you are into that sort of thing! We are just satisfied with a hot dog and coke, that's all. (Or spaghetti and lots of it!) So nonetheless, having to Google the menu to de-code the food was hilarious for us. We settled on the "beef medallions", in which my immediate thought was "BAHAHA...It sounds like something you could wear around your neck!". Looking around, I was the only person who had the audacity to order a soda. And really, we were the only people who thought it was funny that we didn't know what "Baked Dover" was. I thought it was some sort of duck. We found out via Google that it's fish. Whoops. Good thing I settled for the cow necklaces!

This was probably the most enjoyable Valentine's Day I've ever had. We laugh together more than anyone I know. I am so grateful for my husband who was able to laugh with me through our day that didn't go quite as planned.