Date Night

Where do I begin? Ben and I are attempting to learn from friends and family on what to do and take advantage of as first time parents. Last night we did this by planning a date night on the town since it was the last night my mom was staying with us.

We decided to try this "seafood restaurant" our neighbor told us about a few months ago. Our neighbor heard that people come from all around to this place in Mableton for seafood that is flown in fresh daily. I was surprised to hear this since downtown Atlanta is only ten miles away, but didn't question. Ben has been trying to get me to try it for months but I kept turning him down because I was big and pregnant and didn't want to deal with getting dressed up. Last night however, I was ready to get a little fancy and enjoy a glass of wine with my honey. I put on a cute dress, my favorite pair of high heels and was feeling really good about myself. It was about this time that Abney decided she was hungry again...

Ben and I both were beginning to think we should just skip dinner, order a pizza, and start the date with our movie in the new theater room. No, no, we were already dressed up and have been dying to get a good seafood meal and wine. So off to the restaurant we go. My own jackets now fitting around my belly but unable to button up top but at least I can wear my wedding bands again.

We pull up to the restaurant and it is PACKED with cars and a fairly large group waiting to be seated. Ben dropped me off to run inside and put our name down. That's when I realized just how "large" the group were of people waiting. It looked like something you find on the strip of Myrtle Beach, complete with fake sea life on the walls and paintings of underwater worlds. I saw fried food being carted across the restaurant and the guests were not sipping wine in sophisticated attire. I was mortified to be dressed as we were and was missing my sweatpants.

When we were seated I could not stop laughing. The napkins were in a metal dispenser on the table and a basket full of single serve whipped butter. Have you ever been to a restaurant that has butter as an appetizer? Ben compared it to one step up from Long John Silver. We were both still determined to have a nice dinner and ordered the crab legs and lobster tails (not fried). How stupid could we be? Ben's crab was stone cold and my lobster was just gross. We were able to send back his food but didn't have a way to send my lobster back but asked for a to go box and our check. I at least hoped my mom would enjoy the lobster since she is a big leftover fan.

We headed to Dairy Queen to get blizzards for dinner and then home. We laughed the whole way and got our neighbors some blizzards as well so we could let them in on the hilarity of the restaurant. We were both somewhat speechless but mostly because we were laughing so hard. When we got home we snuggled up in our theater room to watch Twilight and polish off the blizzards. It wasn't exactly the evening we had planned, but it was a perfect evening nonetheless.