date night [february]

Hello. Welcome to our inactive-for-far-too-long blog.

We're back. Sort of.

Life got busy. We lost pieces of our camera - multiple pieces at different times. 

And life got busy again.

But we're still here! 

I've spent the evening organizing our photos starting at Christmas. 2011.

I still want to blog all the events that we've slacked on. Yeesh. It's going to take some time.

For now, feast your eyes on this. 

If you know me, you know I enjoy food. And talking about food. And pictures of food. 

You may also know that my Christmas gift to my sweet husband was a preplanned, prepaid date night once a month for all of 2012. He opens an envelope on the first of the month to find out what we'll do that month. 

For February, we went to a fancy/delicious place for dinner. 

I can't accurately explain how amazing it was. See for yourself!

 I ordered a wedge as my side salad.
They're usually ridiculously good anyway, but this one! This one had blue cheese chunks the size of my palm. Uhm-azing. Oh man, it was so good!

 

Of course, the cheese deserves more than one measly photo.
It was the creamiest blue I've ever tasted. I saved every last piece of it for last.

 The Mr. ordered the world's largest steak. Creamy garlic mashed potatoes on the side. They were buttery smooth. Delicious! 

The steak came with onions on the side. They were soaked in some sort of sweet and sour sauce before they were breaded and fried. It was sweet but vinegary - the perfect pairing!

 

And as a variation on the blue cheese theme, my main dish was pasta in Gorgonzola cream sauce. 

Topped with chicken breast and shiitake mushrooms, this was divine.

Such a good meal, I involuntarily said, "Yum!" after every bite.

(R thought it was pretty funny.)

 

 We like to eat!

 I snapped this little gem but had to try again so it would at least look like he was enjoying himself.

(Get a load of that fresh rosemary. Mmmm!)

Love!

 We were completely stuffed, so we decided to walk off some of the meal by trekking to Target. We picked up some birthday presents (1-year and 2-year gifts for boys. So fun to shop for!). And, because it was a fancy day, we picked up some special treats for ourselves.

R's pick:

For me: 

 

It was perfect. Highly recommend.

March's date: 

Dinner out. Movie and treats at Fargo Theatre.

Special bonus man date - Hair cut and hot lather shave at a local barber.