Our anniversary is only a few days after Valentines Day too, so we tend to focus on our anniversary instead.
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays with high expectations that seldom lives up. Early on, we decided Valentine’s Day was one of the worst days to go out on a date. It’s hard to get a reservation, places are packed, waits are long, service is bad, prices are high, and a lot of places switch to some kind of special menu that might not be what you really want.
For the first few years while we were dating and even after we got married, we made kind of a joke out of it, and we had a routine that was fun. We would hit the fast food drive-thru places and get the best thing made at each one. Get a shake at Jack in the Box, fries at McDonalds, burger at In-n-Out, eat it in the parking lot. The joke was “Nothing but the best for my girl!”
That lasted for a few years, but now we usually cook something special at home and then go out on our anniversary. This year is the first time we are breaking out of that routine in a long time. We are members of the wine club of a local winery, and they are partnering with a local restaurant and having a catered dinner and wine pairing at the winery. So that should be fun.
