For the last 4 years, I have not expected anything for my birthday, nor have I done anythong for Rob's. Basically we just treat them as another day. However, we haven't gone out much lately, so Rob decided to use my birthday as an excuse to go out. So Friday night, we spent 6 hours without kids. 6!!! He surprised me. He got one of my firends to come over after work and babysit. He wouldn't tell me where we were going, but just to dress nice, but not real fancy. I got to wear a beautiful dress that another friend had grown out of, and gave to me, but I had never worn before because we never go anywhere. He got all cleaned up and we went out. (Oh, and he even stopped on the way home and bought me a cake. I LOVE cake!!)
We wandered around the mall for a little while, waiting until it was reservation time. I bought some shoes and swimsuits that were on clearance (and he didn't even complain about shopping). We bought tickets to a 10:10 movie, and then went to dinner. The food was great - although I didn't eat a whole lot since I had stuffed myself sick at lunch. I wish he had warned me - although it was nice to be surprised. Then we had some more time to kill, so we went to Barnes and Noble. It was so relaxing. We grabbed some magazines and sat at a table in the peace and quiet. We talked off and on, but mostly spent about an hour in peace and quiet. Did I mention the peace and quiet part yet?
Then, we went to see Clerks2. Yeah, it's not exactly a date movie, but we aren't exactly dating either, right? We both love Clerks and some of Kevin Smith's other movies were good. Clerks2 was freaking funny! I was prepared to be disappointed because Clerks was great, but the sequal was at least as funny as the first one.
Some of the high-lights:
- Jay and Slient Bob return
- dance routine featuring the song to which Selma Hyack danced in Dogma (too lazy to look it up)
- racial slurs with appearance by Wanda Sykes
- inter-species erotica (beastiality)
- jail time
Very funny.
Plus, did I mention that we got an hour of peace and quiet? It was even worth not getting to bed until 1 am