Monday, 16 February 2009

• Sometimes He Just Gets It Right -Date Nights

   by Mama Pig 

  You guys know how stressful this whole move thing has been on me. Between six kids, classes, and trying to move two weeks earlier than first thought, I have been more than a bit off as of late.

  In an effort to really try and work on our relationship, Hubby and I have strictly enforced our once a week date nights for the past month. While it is sometimes difficult to get out the door, each date has proven to be a ton of fun.

  Last week we just decided to walk around the mall. For the past six months or so I have been trying to find a replacement watch for one I lost about two years ago. I had purchased it at Wal-Mart probably ten or so years ago for less than $40 and wanted one just like it. That had proven to be almost impossible seeing as it had been a decade since I had last seen such a watch. Hubby decided to take up the search with me and we hit the Wal-Mart and Target at our local mall. I found many similar, but I wanted a black face and the ones we found with the right band all had a gold face. I'm slightly picky, so I wasn't giving up on the black face.

  I'm also really cheap when it comes to things like that and I was refusing to pay more than $50 for the thing. Hubby, who is cheap in many ways, but loves to spoil me suggested we branch out and look at Macy's and a few other larger clothing stores. Well, we found the perfect watch.

  The problem was it was in the fine jewelery department which meant it most likely came with a fine price. They of course very skillfully hid the price so that you were just left to wonder. We attempted to get waited on at the first Macy's and had no luck. We hit a few other places at that mall with the same result. All we knew was that we had found the watch, but had no idea if it would fall into my price range.

  We had only been out about an hour so we decided to hit the other mall near our home. Once again, there was the watch in Macy's and once again no salesclerk willing to give us the time of day. I am unclear if we just looked too poor to be bothered with or if they were just that busy, but they lost a sale because of that. Off to JCP to see if perhaps we would have more luck. We not only found the watch, but they were having a huge sale. The super sweet salesclerk came right over and showed us the watch. It was more than slightly out of my proposed budget, but Hubby insisted I get it anyway. It is beautiful and probably the nicest Valentine's gift I have ever received. He wasn't finished with me yet, though.

  He had promised me a spa day once the tax money arrived, but the move started and I just kind of put it on the back burner. Yesterday, after a really stressful morning with Whitney, Hubby told me to find the hairstyle I wanted and print it out. We were going to the salon. Oh my!

  I found the perfect style and off we went. I got my  hair colored and highlighted as well as cut in the exact style I had been dreaming about. It has been more than ten years since I have had a professional color my hair and I had a blast. The stylist was amazing and I walked out of there not only with a new hair person, but with a new friend. I was then escorted next door for a manicure. I freaking rock right now. I have not felt this beautiful in such a long time and I am so thankful that Hubby loves me enough to realize when I'm heading over that cliff and to give me a total "me" day to regroup.

  I'm off to play with my new style and I just might put on a bit of makeup.

  Do you and your significant other go on "date nights"? What recent thoughtful things have you done for each other?

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