I think going out for the romantic Valentine’s Day is important early in a relationship. By a coincidence of timing, Hubby and I met on a Feb 13th (yes, a Friday as some of you recall from previous posts), which meant our “first anniversary” together was basically on Valentine’s Day. We went to a lovely restaurant and he gave me a pretty little butterfly pendant. As time progresses though, staying in to avoid the crowds makes more sense for us and that’s what we did last evening. Yes, I know Valentine’s Day was Friday, but it was easier for us to do special meal last night.

When we do this, we usually start with a first course – often seafood – and champagne. This time it was lobster bisque. We hadn’t been to Sprouts in ages and shopped there to get the bisque from a family company in New Hampshire, lovely Angus strip steaks, and asparagus. Although Sprouts is good for certain things, they don’t have much in the way of bakery. I planned to go by Publix on Saturday for dessert. As it turns out, as much as I wanted that luscious looking small chocolate cake and really thought about the small heart-shaped white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake, I passed on both of them. I am still trying to loose the two pounds gained from the holidays and knew it was better not to have leftovers. I got a package of six chocolate covered strawberries and the small frozen apple pie so the aroma of pie baking would kick off the evening. Oh, we did have a nice Cabernet Sauvignon with the steak.

Everything was excellent and while it might not be romantic sounding, NASCAR season beginning with Daytona did top the day off for Hubby. He made it home from work as the Xfinity race had plenty of exciting laps left.