date night extraordinaire.

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Feb 21

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i have the greatest husband. when i asked to be surprised for my "valen-birthday", he immediately said, "great, got it", and that was that. and surprise me he did.when i got home from work on wednesday, there was a note waiting for me (i don't think he'll get mad at me for posting this...): note now before you get any ideas, let me just show you what was in the bag up front. get your heads out of the gutters people! pitch perfect you have to know that Mister Man did NOT want to watch this movie with me. no matter how awesome i insisted it was, or how much i told him i knew he would like it, he kept refusing. which is silly, because anyone who has seen this movie knows it's the best. so the fact that he was willing to sit through it with me, twitchy man that he is, that's pretty wonderful.we then proceeded to blast "thrift shop" on repeat while i changed into my little pink dress and nighttime makeup. this is the only photo i have of us, because i am the worst at capturing memories of people. whatever. also, please excuse my shaggy dog bangs. they are normal looking as of today.then my darling MM told me where we were going for our dinner. wa frost for those of you not in minnesota, w.a. frost is one of the most delicious restaurants ever. it's been around forever, and is beautiful and old-fashioned inside. they have a patio in the summer that is like heaven when the weather is nice. it's fine dining, but the thing i love about them is that you can still eat there affordably if you want. they have an early bird special from 5-6pm where you can get three courses for $28. on mondays they have half-price wine nights. and their happy hour food and drink specials are amazing.we did the early bird special, because we are 60 years old. and it was so. good. oh. my. gosh. let me take you on a culinary tour*.[gallery type="rectangular" columns="2" ids="1225,1226"] wa frost early bird we both got the mussels in green curry sauce to start, because they are one of the best things either of us have ever eaten. mussels for entrees, i got the goat cheese risotto with beet jelly. i only ate half because i ate every last mussel in the bowl and was full, but also, it was so rich and creamy. so good. is that getting redundant yet? risotto Mister Man ordered the atlantic cod, which was amazing as well, i know because we always trade bites. cod for dessert, i got the mini creme brulee, and he got the carrot cake. look how cute my creme brulee is! it's the size of my palm!perfectly full, we walked across the street (which is how far away we live from w.a. frost) and poured a couple glasses of wine and settled in to watch pitch perfect. and he liked it. a lot. especially fat amy, because obviously. and then i gave him a million kisses to say thank you for being so awesome and that's where the story ends for you all, because this is not that kind of blog.*sorry for the white levels/quality of these photos...i didn't want to be that girl with the flash in the nice restaurant. it's weird enough taking pictures of your food, amiright?