Date Night

Today, Keith and I were able to do something that we haven't done in over 6 months. Go on a date. Yes, I know we are totally lame (is that still "in"?) for not having gone sooner but time just gets away from you! Keith's parents came up to watch Garrett and we headed out around 10:30 this morning. Yes, we're also that lame couple that goes on dates during the day, but it works better for Keith's parents to come in the morning and leave in the evening and it's also easier for us to not be in the midst of all the other Saturday night daters.

Since the movie we picked started at 11:30, we were able to get $5 tickets! That's practically unheard of, but at our local AMC theater, if you go to a movie that starts before noon, your tickets are only $5. We didn't feel so bad about buying that $5 popcorn and those $4 drinks after that. The movie we went to see was "I am Legend". Trust me when I say that a lot of time and research went into our movie choice. Considering the fact that we obviously haven't seen a movie in the theater in a long time, and while I hope we go again sooner, it may still be awhile before we get back there, so our choice had to be a good one. We narrowed it down to three different movies. "I am Legend", "National Treasure 2" and "P.S. I Love You". Ok, I'll admit that the last one was my choice, so that was the first one to be eliminated. Our decision amongst the last two was simply based on which one would probably be the best to watch on the big screen. I liked the first "National Treasure", but it was one that we rented and watched at home, so I didn't feel that it was one that needed to be seen on the big screen. So that left us with "I am Legend".

A little info on this movie (you can read it in any movie synopsis so I promise I'm not giving anything away). Will Smith is the main character who is a scientist searching for the cure for this virus that has spread by the millions, wiping out cities. Initially this virus was supposed to have been the cure for cancer, but apparently it mutated or something (that part wasn't really explained that I can remember). He's basically all alone, just him and his dog. Parts of it reminded me of "Castaway" because he talks to his dog like he would a person (which is better than a volleyball, but still...). At one point he turns to his dog and says "Now, you'd better tell me if you're planning a surprise birthday party for me tonight. You know I don't like surprises and I promise I'll act surprised." It was pretty funny. The movie has some scary/gruesome scenes so if you're not into that, you shouldn't go see it. I also didn't like some scenes where they were using a handheld camera. I didn't see where it was necessary because there wasn't any movement on the part of the characters, but the camera is moving around like crazy and it made me a little dizzy to watch. Thankfully that wasn't the case for the entire movie. All in all, I would say it was a good choice and worthy of our first date in the past 6 months. I might even buy it when it comes out on DVD. If any of you have seen it, I would love to hear your thoughts.

After the movie, we went and ate at our favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. Their steaks are consistently the best around, for the price. If we had a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse really close, we probably would have considered going there, but we also wanted to get some shopping in before getting back home so the Roadhouse is a very good second choice. We then headed over to Best Buy. We're in the market for a new TV (and have been for a while), so we wanted to check them out (we didn't buy anything). Then we went next door to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Honestly I didn't plan to be in there but for maybe 10 minutes, just long enough to check out their curtain selection. However, I didn't take into account that my husband hadn't been there in a long time, and honestly, he enjoys looking at that kind of stuff. What was supposed to have been a quick scan of curtains, turned into us buying new sheets, pillows, shower curtain, and towels. They were all things we were needing, just not what I was planning on buying today. Keith picked out the sheets and pillows and I chose the rest. He actually did great on the sheets. What was a $150 set of king sized sheets, rang up to be $25, so I was pretty happy. I love a good deal! After a quick swing by Kirklands to look at some home decor stuff, we headed home. It was very nice to be able to do all of this without Garrett and he had a good time here at home with his grandparents.

While I'm on the subject of movies, we watched "Mr Brooks" last night. I wouldn't recommend it. Others might like it, but I found it very weird and disturbing. The next movie in our Blockbuster queue is "Evan Almighty". If you've seen it, is it worth our time?