Valentine's Day!

Friday night before Valentine’s Day our church had a hilarious comedian Tim Hawkins come in to entertain and that is exactly what he did, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. It was a great night of dinner, laughter and hanging out with good friends. Then Valentine’s Day morning Josh and I got up and I cooked breakfast! We both love breakfast and Josh is normally the one that cooks it, but I decided I wanted to attempt it and I think it turned out really good! I was so proud I made 5 fried eggs and didn’t break one yolk!

Eggs, pancakes (I used cookie cutters for the I love you) and turkey bacon!

After breakfast we headed to Hot Springs to the horse races! I haven’t been since I was in college and Josh had recently gone with some work friends and was anxious to go back. We were excited to enjoy the afternoon with great friends! It was a lot of fun, but unfortunately we didn’t do that great! I think we ended up losing $30 for the day after eating and gambling on 7 races…not to bad I guess.
We headed home and got changed for a Valentine’s Day dinner at Capricious. Josh had had a leadership meeting at the Peabody and the General Manager gave his team each an unlimited gift card for two to Capricious. We were really excited about having the chance to enjoy a great meal without worrying about the cost. We planned several months ago to save it for Valentine’s Day and I called in early January to make reservations. So we were very excited and discussed the whole way there what we wanted to try. When we arrived we were greeted very nicely and then seated at a four person table, side by side! On one side there was bench, cloth seating and on the opposite side there should have been chairs, but they had pulled them all away, forcing couples to sit side by side. It was so awkward and we couldn't stop laughing! Then I noticed this piece of red cardstock on the table that said, “Valentine’s Day Menu.” I thought to myself surely this is not what we HAVE to eat! Sure enough it was!! So disappointing! We had no choice on appetizer or dessert and we got to choose from soup or salad (no choice on dressing) and then steak or sea bass for the main course. The food was okay, but not getting to choose made it very hard to enjoy it! Josh and I discussed during dinner how much we thought it would cost, I was guessing around $75, I even made the comment if this meal is over $100 I am going to die (there was no alcohol included here we had diet coke and water). Well the bill comes and I see $193! What no options and people were still paying this amount of money? It was crazy and we happily left our gift card and tip and got out of there. I will spare you all the details on valet parking, it was a disaster coming and going, but thankfully Josh and I just laughed about it and went home and went to bed early!

I almost for got to mention my Valentine’s Day present from Josh! He got me a pregnancy massage! I am so excited and already have it scheduled; however, it is not until March 20th, because the place was so booked. I will probably need it more at 36 weeks pregnant than I do right now!