Nothing like a little Gerard Butler to perk up a date night

Lee and I celebrated our 12th anniversary today. Our anniversary isn’t actually until tomorrow but we have a big birthday party to go to tomorrow night so the wild and crazy anniversary partying had to happen tonight.

As usual, we went to dinner and a movie. [I told ya. Wild and crazy celebratin' fools we are.] You might recall this dinner and a movie theme from previous years. For example last year it was Ruby Tuesdays and Zach and Miri Make a Porno where the food sucked but the movie was funny. Or maybe the year before that when it was Red Robin and P2 where the food was good, but the movie sucked.

However, unlike previous years we got it right this year.

We went to Red Robin for dinner. I could eat that Red Robin Royal Burger every day of my life and die a happy person. I’m a total sucker for that fried egg on my burger. And tonight I had a Gingerbread shake. That was a little bit of heaven in a glass.

Then we saw Law Abiding Citizen. I give Law Abiding Citizen a thumbs up. And not just because Gerard Butler is a total cutie patootie who could eat crackers in my bed any day (although that did help). Since Lee and I are starting to get up there in age (you know cause these 30’s are really kicking my ass) we were pretty exhausted by the time movie time rolled around. After all it was after 8pm and we had just eaten a big meal.

On the long drive (i.e. 7 minutes) from the restaurant to the theater Lee and I were both yawning. I think I might have even nodded off and smacked my forehead on the window. Maybe. Not that I’d admit that. We were actually thinking about just skipping the movie and just heading home to bed. ‘Cause nothing says Happy 12th Anniversary like going to bed at 9pm. But we decided we had to stop acting like 90-year-olds and at least make it through our traditional anniversary celebration.

And neither one of us fell asleep during the movie. Hence the thumbs up. It was good looking men. It was action. It had a few tearful moments. It was eventful. It even made me jump out of my chair once. Even though I totally expected the event that made me jump. Now that’s a movie. Everything a perfect date night movie should be.

So I think after 12 years we are finally starting to figure out this whole dinner and a movie thing.

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