El Restorante De Valentino

Welcome to Thomas' Restorante De Valentino!! I came home this Valentines day to  candles EVERYWHERE, our table pushed into the middle of our living room, and rose petals from long stemmed roses covering the whole apartment (the poor dear didn't know they were four times more expensive, I felt like I was walking in gold!). Oh! And the most creative part!

 Our own fireplace! He is so romantic! He then began serving me with love potion (cherry 7 up) and all sorts of delicacies from the menu, complete with appetizers, entrees, and dessert!

Allow me to translate; Breadstick Del Caesar is actually Little Caesars breadsticks and Helado Riquismo was bunny tracks ice cream. Oh, he is so clever. I spent a good amount of time that I should have been eating, cracking up at the menu that I was squinting at in the candlelight.
I don't know if I was laughing harder because my cheese apparently came from a Bengal tiger or because Thomas actually looked up "A la mode" and discovered that it means fashionable.


When Thomas and I went to Gordon Ramsey's restaurant in NYC over Christmas break, we were given a tour of the plebeian eating area (where we were sat), the VIP eating area, and the VVIP eating area which was a special table built into the kitchen where you could watch the chefs work. I got to save myself 1500+ dollars, I got WAY better food than that stuff they call "gourmet," not to mention my chef was a million times hotter than anything I'd see there!! My cute boy worked his buns off serving me the most delicious 6 course meal (I ate everything on the menu)!

After dinner, Thomas and I got to know each other (and those long stem rose petals) a little better and then we watched the classic and always romantic Pride and Prejudice. Talk about a perfect Valentines Day!!!! And I haven't even mentioned the gifts! I was a cliche wifey and got Thomas Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz tickets. He had a feeling that was what I bought him, however, so I had to tell him I got a gift certificate to some French restaurant in SLC first. Needless to say, basketball was slightly more his cup o' tea. :) He got me T. Swift perfume and tons of awesome bubble bath (we are on a big bath kick right now).
AH I adore this man.

chick flicks and PMS

Sierra and I saw The Vow tonight while Thomas stayed home and played Batman on the Xbox with his friend Chris. It was weird!! I think it was the first time in six months Thomas or I had done anything social in the evening with other people. 

I've heard people say that chick flicks are the female pornography because it creates unrealistic expectations for relationships. I always thought that was dramatic until tonight when my female mood swing hormones were RAGING. I came home so giddy and wanting to cuddle and say romantic things all night... naturally Thomas was still finishing up saving the world with Chris when I came home, ready for a night in the life of fictional romance. So when I didnt immediately get the showers of love I wanted my mood snapped 180 degrees in the other direction! It was the most bizarre thing my emotions have ever experienced. The second Chris left I inexplicably burst into tears because my life isn't a heart-wrenching romance. 

Coming home to the bat cave wasnt exactly walking into The Vow and my PMS required romance. However, Thomas' reaction was so simple and "us" it made me feel that we had our own little beautifully average love story. No memory loss or years of fighting for each other, just Thomas scooping me up and putting me on the bed, changing me into my pjs and then holding me until he fell asleep and I came out here to blog (I apparently cant sleep with 759,000 emotions surging through me). 

Thomas and I definitely have our hard days but I got my own imperfect fairy tale and its everything I ever dreamed of. Okay i'm posting this.. and since its 3:18 and im an emotional wreck i'll probably come back tomorrow and have to rewrite it or just delete it all.