It was a low key Valentine's Day for everyone, but an enjoyable one just the same. Cal was in Wisconsin working, so he planned on taking Maggie to dinner once he got back to Chicago. They were both excited about the restaurant that they were going to try. Nick was flying home from California late tonight, so he and Meg decided to wait and celebrate this weekend. She had already bought him a really fun gift and he had hidden chocolates around the apartment for her. Brett had celebrated Valentine's Day with Karen last weekend, but had a nice evening at Ash Wednesday mass tonight. Cameron followed the same path as Brett only he also sent Alina a cute drawing to match the one that she drew him for his birthday celebration.
Doug and I decided not to worry about gifts this year. There wasn't much that either of us wanted or needed, so Ash Wednesday mass and dinner out sounded perfect to both of us. Mass was very nice and we headed downtown after it was over. Doug had heard from the women that worked with him that all of the restaurants would be packed this evening, so we weren't really hopeful that we would find one that had available seating.
When we first pulled into town, there was a line of traffic, but the only restaurant that seemed to have a waitlist was Harry's. Doug had wanted to try The Lodge again as we had had a good experience there in December. We were surprised to see several empty tables and sat down right away. We both ordered the spicy chicken sandwich and enjoyed the atmosphere while we waited. We weren't the only couple celebrating Valentine's Day, but there were a lot more groups of people sitting together instead of tables of two. While our food was being cooked, we were asked if we wanted to participate in music bingo and thought that we would give it a try. Although we didn't win, we had a lot of fun playing and made a mental note to return again.
The rest of the night was spent at home watching one of Doug's favorite Hitchcocklike movies - Charade. I broke our rule of giving gifts by surprising Doug with Ghirardelli chocolates. He had been extremely supportive of our low sugar menu and I wanted him to enjoy his favorite candy. All in all, it was a wonderful night and the perfect way to celebrate our 34th Valentine's Day together.
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