A few years ago I decided to make it a thing that Paul and I have regular date nights. We decided that once a month would be ideal (well, I would love to have them weekly but that's not in the budget). I ended up planning a bunch of them in advance, but not all. Here is a year's worth of date nights:
January - my birthday month, so we had my birthday date at Finn's Bistro and then saw the play Dial M for Murder at the Village Theater. It was our first time there even though we had lived here 17 years (at the time, 18 now).
In February, we had our Valentine's Day date at an Italian restaurant in a neighboring town.
March is Paul's birthday month. We had his birthday date at a pub-ish type restaurant called The Black Duck Cask and Bottle.
April - Jazz Walk in North Bend. I was actually supposed to be on a girls' trip to Phoenix the weekend this was taking place, but ended up not going due to cost (had recently helped each of our girls purchase a car, and was supposed to fly free but that fell through, so ended up not going and the Jazz Walk was a great alternative!
May - Anniversary date at another Italian restaurant that we had yet to try.
June - impromptu dinner at Pine Lake Ale House after missing my brother and sister-in-law’s 50th anniversary party due to freeway closure/traffic. We were stuck on I-405 for THREE HOURS!!!! A section of it was closed and we failed to exit in time and got stuck in a huge backup.
July - The girls had their senior photo shoot, and when they finished at the first location and left to go to another location, we took off and drove around looking at cute mountain cabins, then stopping at a park and taking a walk on a trail. Another impromptu sort-of date but not really.
August - I can’t remember if we really did anything in August. Our big family trip was this month and then we had a family gathering and another smaller trip so probably not.
Sept- can’t remember anything for September either. We might have gone out for Mexican or something, but nothing planned.
Oct - breakfast date at Wild Huckleberry while at Crescent Bar for painting
November - again, nothing I can recall. Will have to do better in 2026.
December-Elf at the 5th Avenue Theater and dinner at Yard House.
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