Early this week before I came home, Joe asked if I wanted to go out Friday night. Thursday is often date night but Friday would be good too. I asked Joe if he had any plan because I really hate making plans. He said he did and he thought that we should go to Jack's Gourmet and then to the movies. I agreed.
As the week wore on, I questioned why we were going to Jack's Gourmet since its a pretty fancy place for a dinner and a movie date night. I asked people at school if they had been there before but no one had and the consensus was that it was a pretty fancy place followed by schoolgirl giggling about how maybe it was the night Joe was finally going to ask me to marry him. I denied this since I knew that he was probably going to buy a ring at the end of the month. I asked Joe if he had done any research on Jack's before choosing it. He hadn't. At this point, I wondered if I was now going to get proposed to at IHOP. But Joe made reservations (even though once there, it was clear that he didn't have to), and so we went at about 6:30 for dinner.
Joe and I ordered an appetizer-toasty little squares with this creamy stuff, salmon and capers. Then we ordered the main course. In addition to the main course we got a little cup of soup-Joe got French onion soup and I got this creole creamy potato with sausage. Then came salads. Then the main course. By then, Joe and I were pretty full for our 'Easter slaughter'. Joe had duck breast which was super rich with duck confeit and roasted carrots. I had lamb chops with rice (which wasn't very good) and spinich which was fatty and yummy. We ate most of this, sharing too. I wasn't super impressed by my lamb. It didn't taste differently enough from beef for me to be like lamb. Now at least I know that I will eat lamb.
After dinner, we had some time to kill before going to the movies-Cop Out. So I insisted that we go to the mall and look at engagement rings. I promised Joe that I would be well behaved. (Esp. after since the last incident.) We went to Helzberg diamonds and a sales clerk promptly started to help us. She was crazy, overbearing, and well just not someone that I wanted to buy a ring from. Regardless, we found about three rings that I really liked. I couldn't rank them unfortunately. This one I have looked at before-its a whole set. It looks sort of small on my hand before you add in the wedding band. Its called Emma. Then there was the one that we referred to as the cheap ring, but then because that biases you against it. I insisted on now calling it the super sparkly ring. The third ring that we looked at was a larger ring with three oval cut stones and then more diamonds down the sides. It was nice but out of Joe's price range. Since looking at the website, I have found this one which is like the cheap one except a single stone and then this one which is just pretty. I need some second opinions. I think that going ring shopping was important for Joe to see what a ring looked like on my hand. Maybe then he can use the types of rings that we picked out to pick out a nice one for me. I think that Jackie is coming with me next week to provide an opinion.
After the exhaustion that was ring buying, we went and saw Cop Out. It was okay. Joe's choice. Then we went to bed and went to sleep. Seriously.
I had a fantastic date night. Tonight, Joe and I lie to ourselves about cleaning the house and then maybe play some Beatles Rock Band
[EDIT-Originally, posted to Blogger on March 12, 2011.]
As the week wore on, I questioned why we were going to Jack's Gourmet since its a pretty fancy place for a dinner and a movie date night. I asked people at school if they had been there before but no one had and the consensus was that it was a pretty fancy place followed by schoolgirl giggling about how maybe it was the night Joe was finally going to ask me to marry him. I denied this since I knew that he was probably going to buy a ring at the end of the month. I asked Joe if he had done any research on Jack's before choosing it. He hadn't. At this point, I wondered if I was now going to get proposed to at IHOP. But Joe made reservations (even though once there, it was clear that he didn't have to), and so we went at about 6:30 for dinner.
Joe and I ordered an appetizer-toasty little squares with this creamy stuff, salmon and capers. Then we ordered the main course. In addition to the main course we got a little cup of soup-Joe got French onion soup and I got this creole creamy potato with sausage. Then came salads. Then the main course. By then, Joe and I were pretty full for our 'Easter slaughter'. Joe had duck breast which was super rich with duck confeit and roasted carrots. I had lamb chops with rice (which wasn't very good) and spinich which was fatty and yummy. We ate most of this, sharing too. I wasn't super impressed by my lamb. It didn't taste differently enough from beef for me to be like lamb. Now at least I know that I will eat lamb.
After dinner, we had some time to kill before going to the movies-Cop Out. So I insisted that we go to the mall and look at engagement rings. I promised Joe that I would be well behaved. (Esp. after since the last incident.) We went to Helzberg diamonds and a sales clerk promptly started to help us. She was crazy, overbearing, and well just not someone that I wanted to buy a ring from. Regardless, we found about three rings that I really liked. I couldn't rank them unfortunately. This one I have looked at before-its a whole set. It looks sort of small on my hand before you add in the wedding band. Its called Emma. Then there was the one that we referred to as the cheap ring, but then because that biases you against it. I insisted on now calling it the super sparkly ring. The third ring that we looked at was a larger ring with three oval cut stones and then more diamonds down the sides. It was nice but out of Joe's price range. Since looking at the website, I have found this one which is like the cheap one except a single stone and then this one which is just pretty. I need some second opinions. I think that going ring shopping was important for Joe to see what a ring looked like on my hand. Maybe then he can use the types of rings that we picked out to pick out a nice one for me. I think that Jackie is coming with me next week to provide an opinion.
After the exhaustion that was ring buying, we went and saw Cop Out. It was okay. Joe's choice. Then we went to bed and went to sleep. Seriously.
I had a fantastic date night. Tonight, Joe and I lie to ourselves about cleaning the house and then maybe play some Beatles Rock Band
[EDIT-Originally, posted to Blogger on March 12, 2011.]
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