Another Date Night

Both the kids have ditched us so they could enjoy sleepovers with their BFF's.

That means it's Date Night!

You might recall our previous two date nights: one involved the Library (here) and the other involved Bingo (here).

Before we get to Date Night, I'm compelled to share with you what we did earlier today.

The day started with an exciting soccer game for Alexia and I. The weather was fantastic and the team showed off some of their newly developed skills. The game was much more exciting this week than the previous one. Even the dogs had a good time, so they tell me.

Afterwards, we came home for lunch (& room cleaning and laundry) and Alexia left for her sleepover at about 12:30. Tanya spent the afternoon scrapbooking at home, Mikayla played with the pets and I took a few hours to visit a couple lakes located in the Chuckanut Mountains (here).

Mikayla, her friend and her dog went for a walk to Haggen's grocery store. On their own. Without an adult. Some people were nervous about this... some people weren't nervous about this. Regardless of all that, Mikayla and her friend were excited for such an adventure since such freedom is hard to come by when you are in 7th grade. They reportedly took turns at the store: one would stay with the dog while the other went in to shop and then they would switch.

I didn't actually get a chance to talk to her about their adventure today, but will report back on it (if there is anything you might be interested in).

Shortly after their return, they were picked up and were off to do their overnight.

Our date night started shortly thereafter.

First stop: Dinner in Burlington. Neither of us felt like grilling burgers, so we went out for burgers.

Second stop: Finish the grocery shopping at Fred Meyer (since the new Super W*lmart doesn't seem to carry the stuff we want).
Mid-way through our shopping trip I convinced Tanya that I needed to buy some underwear. This didn't come as a surprise to her because I've been shopping for these for at least a week... without success.

It never dawned on me that my undergarments might some day go out of style.

No, pictures are not forth coming.

You're welcome.

After confirming that Fred Meyer doesn't have what I was looking for, there was no other choice but to accept the fact that something was about to change. Two packs... into the cart.

Back to the grocery section to get the ice cream and then to the checkout lane.

Tanya chose the "About 12 items" express lane.

When you are a Weigel, 20 items qualifies as 'about 12'.

Tanya kindly plopped down my new garments on the checkout counter first (probably so they wouldn't contaminate her food) and by the time she looked up to see the total cost of our purchases she immediately noticed something wasn't quite right.

For the next three minutes (that felt like three hours) we had to have a discussion with the check out clerk about underwear, the cost of underwear, how long underwear lasts, how long ago did you last buy underwear and whether it's a smart move to bring your spouse along when you are considering an underwear purchase.

I'm positive that if this Fred Meyer Checkout person has their own blog we will probably be featured as the "Customer Of The Day."

We finally get to exit the store to the private confinement of the car.

Third Stop: Michael's Craft Store, so Tanya can use her 40% off coupon on a $5.60 scrapbook.

Fourth Stop: Home... to type up a blog story and Google search for "Customer Of The Day" (which didn't reveal anything useful).

That's it for date night.

Tomorrow we're volunteering at the Skagit County Family Festival of Farms for half the day. Some of us are helping direct cars in the parking lot, some are helping to sell raffle tickets and others get to help in the petting zoo.

Sounds like I'd better charge up the camera battery as this may be interesting.

~E