A NEW ADVENTURE, A GLANCE, A TURN AROUND

My hubby is so wonderful and just an incredible worker. Last Friday he called me around 7 and said he was going to help his friend out and do his overnight shift for him. So, after a very long day, he ended up working through the night for a total of 16 hours. As a thankyou, this friend gave him a gift certificate that can be used at Red Lobster or Olive Garden.This is all we have been talking about all week. We have been a little down on the money, so this adventure of going out to eat was just what we needed. Both Steve and I have never done Red Lobster (I have never been much of a seafood fan), so we decided to adventure out there and try something a little different for us. (The family that keeps tabs on us know that Olive Garden is a very special place for us...and kind of our "default" restaurant for special occasions). So, Red Lobster would really be a change...but Steve and I are all about trying new things.


This really was the highlight of our week...what we had been looking forward to and planning. We weren't sure how we were going to react to it, and what the prices were, so we had a plan that if we looked at the menu and it cost more than our gift card we would just leave.

So, we get in the car and drive---with excitement in the air. We pull up and start to head in. Steve opens the front door to the waiting area. And, before we had a chance to go through the second door---I was overcome with the smell of seafood. It was too much for me to handle. I started hurdling over as if I would be sick and said "I don't think I can do this." It didn't last more than five seconds.


We turned right around, got back into the car, and headed to our old favorite OLIVE GARDEN! Steve said, "you should really blog about this..." We were laughing at how quickly our new adventure ended...sooooo funny!

Let me just say, that it was worth it. An old friend, Erin, works there...so we asked to be seated in her area. She, of course, made it all so much more fun.

Steve and I are chicken fans, and decided to venture out with meals we never had tried. Needless to say....it truly was one of the BEST meals we ever had there. Andy sat the whole time in a little highchair and ate the bread sticks. SO MUCH FUN!

At the end of the meal, Erin gave us an employee discount ( of course, she is just so great)...so we didn't even use all the money on our gift card. We left the restaurant and got to drive home in a mini blizzard (this weather is summer one day, then winter the next).Overall, it truly was a wonderful time. We may not have branched out, but we started on our new adventure...at lest we gave it a little glance before we turned around. What a great time!...