Anniversary Dinner Date

It's not officially until tomorrow the 26th, but since Mr. Man's schedule changed again, we've had to be flexible with our plans- three to be exact...

Tonight, this 13th year, was at Lawry's The Prime Rib in Dallas. We had a fun time enjoying the delicious food, especially the "melt in your mouth" sides that highlighted the entrees well. We were seated in a booth closest to where the servers pass through from the kitchen, but since they were so careful to not disturb us, it felt like the most private spot in the whole restaurant. It was an awesome experience! It was great seeing different people serve you over different things. It reminded me of our 10th anniversary at Mr.Man's previous employment, The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. Lawry's atmosphere inside was just as luxurious. (Lucky to have found these pictures online as we dined on similar fare and the location shot was done in the fall as well.)

Notice Mr. Man's tie and jacket, yes, it was that kind of restaurant. We scrimped to have a nice celebration for our 13th year to ward off the "unlucky" association with the number 13 and considering our wedding day was also so close to Halloween. ;-) (Nah, we just scrimped since we had a great coupon that we were able to use there.) What, you thought I wouldn't use a coupon at a nice place? Well then you don't know me at all... ;-D

Don't we look great all dressed up?

He needed more work tools for his new station so that was his anniversary gift from me. Easy enough for me! ;-) His anniversary gift to me, he let me buy a new sweater turtleneck top, a great looking beige crocheted dress jacket and my new black "cat woman" boots by CL by Laundry (Chinese Laundry), a fave shoe maker. (LOL, I was trying to show off my ring, but I miscalculated the water goblet's spot in front of my hand.) And you know that they were all bought dirt cheap...

Towards the end, we asked our server to take our picture. Can you see how big this slice of triple layer chocolate cake is?That's actually HALF of what we ordered! It is aptly called, Chocolate Fantasy cake! The shot didn't give it justice- it's bigger than that! They automatically offered to have us take home the other half. Fine with me, more chocolate!!!

And this English Trifle with Strawberry sauce was their signature complimentary celebratory token. Mr. Man loved it while I savored little bites of that huge cake slice above. Can you say we ended on a great note?

We didn't do anything after that, we just went home, because I had 6 essays due by midnight. But tomorrow, our actual anniversary, he will be taking me to breakfast somewhere and another date on Tuesday... We're trying to stretch out our anniversary into three days to make up for the few years we didn't get to celebrate...

Hope you all have a great week!