Friday evening, Dec. 5th, Jon and I went on our Christmas date. We decided that instead of giving each other a bunch of presents this year, we would go on a fun date. A sister in our stake told me how much fun it is to see the play A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, so we decided we'd do that for our date. We headed up to the cities around 3:30, so we could go out to dinner before the show. We stopped at PF Changs for dinner and we had an excellent meal. Don't you just love their lettuce wraps? Anyway, I went to use the restroom after dinner and when I came back, Jon informed me that he didn't have his wallet. He went out to the car to see if it had fallen out of his pocket, but unfortunately, it wasn't there. The only thing we could think, is that he was so busy getting other things, most importantly our tickets, that he forgot to grab his wallet. I didn't have my purse with me, because I had asked him before we left if I needed to take it with me and he said "No". Here we were sitting in PF Changs having enjoyed a wonderful meal and no way to pay for it. I've seen this happen in the movies, but I wasn't sure what would happen in real life. I finally decided to call my dad and ask him if he wanted to pay for our dinner. Luckily the manager was okay with that and thanks to my dad, we didn't have to spend our evening doing dishes. Thanks Dad! I had to chuckle, I thought it was quite hilarious. Jon didn't find it as funny, until we got home and he saw his wallet safe where he had left it. Anyway, we went to the play and again realized we didn't have any money to pay for parking. We figured we could park on the street, but of course they only have metered parking and they meter until 10pm. We didn't have any change or any other options, so we parked at a meter and took our chances. Lucky for us, it snowed all evening and no one was out metering, so we didn't get a ticket. Someone was looking out for us that night. On the way home, we laughed about our fun adventure, saying it will be a date we will always remember and always be able to laugh about. We need those kind of moments in our lives to remind us to laugh. We had a very enjoyable evening together. Thanks for the fun date, babe!
3 comments:
Your Dad told us that story at our Thanksgiving/Holiday dinner. We laughed and laughed. It's great to have something to be able to tease Jon about! I'm glad you didn't have to wash dishes! What an awesome idea to go out and spend time together instead of getting gifts!! Miss you!
How funny, I love those moments that make you grateful for being able to laugh. I am always asking Nate if I need to take my purse. I really should be better at asking him if he has his wallet. He is always forgetting it. I do usually have my purse since it doubles as the diaper bag. Thank heavens for parents that are willing to bail us out even though we are old and married. I am glad you had a good night anyway!!
That sounds like a great evening! It's too bad you didn't have to wash dishes! Hah!
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