I changed my outfit three time in anticipation of our monthly dinner date with our neighbors. It was their turn to decide but the catch is, the restaurant had to start with an H.
We decided 8 months ago to dine with our neighbors alphabetically once a month. We got the ball rolling with the letter A, then they followed suit the following month with a B restaurant. When it's our turn we drive and when it's their turn, they drive.
It was their turn.
Not knowing where we would dine, and even cheating a bit, I looked up H restaurants in the phone book to see what the options were. As it turned out there wasn't many choices, hence my indecision on how to dress.
I asked the husband, after my second change, what he was going to wear. His reply, "Something not complicated."
Left to decide on my own, I chose an outfit on the semi casual side hoping jeans would be appropriate.
They promptly picked us up at the designated time, 6:30 and I was relieve to see their attire was semi casual as well.
As we drove away, I was curious as to why we went around the block and headed back towards our neighborhood. I started giggling thinking they were messing with us or perhaps, forgot something.
The husband was quick to guess we would be dining at their house, as their last name ends with an H.
He was right and by this point, we were all enjoying a good laugh. Those tricky neighbors of ours, little did we know she had been plotting and planning to hijack our dinner plans way back when we first started our eating out adventure.
As we entered their home, mood music was playing, the table was prepared with dinner salads at each setting and whatever was cooking, smelled divine. She went above and beyond with an amazing meal followed by a simple yet refreshing dessert.
We finished the evening visiting in the comforts of their family room and when it was time to go, our neighbor was gracious enough to offer us a ride home but since we live around the corner, we figured we could walk the two minutes it takes to get from their house to ours.
Next month we have the letter I. The pressure's on....
22 comments:
What a fun idea! I like the way you all think~
Cute idea! Especially the trickery. So fun.
I cannot tell you how seriously AWESOME I think this idea is. The whole dining at different restaurants, taking turns.... etc. How fun!
That is such a fun idea!! Love it! But yea that might get pretty tricky. You should keep track of all of the places and post it at the end
how fun!! I love this idea...and something to look forward to. thanks for the idea!
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Haha, that's awesome! Good thing you dressed carefully. :D
You have creative friends!
I guess if you wouldn't have dressed carefully you could have excused yourself for a second to run home and change :)
Lesa
Great idea! Wonder where you'll end up for I... ihop? :-)
What a great neighbour you have. It sounds like a lot of fun. So you discovered that there is a wonderful restaurant two minutes from your home. JB
I agree with Emmy, you should definitely keep track of all the places you've been. I LOVE this idea. It forces you to be very creative...I love that they took you back to their house!!
Oh my goodness - this is an amazing idea! I must make some frieds outside of my computer so that we can do this, LOL! :)
What a fun idea!
Sandy
Very fun idea indeed! I can think of several couples that would enjoy this fun adventure. Thanks for sharing.
That's so cool! And I'm glad you have such neat neighbors to do this with. Let us know where you come up with for I :)
WHAT A FUN IDEA !!!! Clever neighbors, and I am glad your hubby picked something "not too complicated" (tee,hee)
You now have to come up with an I.............?????
That sounds like so much fun!
You would never know what to expect.
Hilarious! Seriously, that sounds like a lot of fun.
That has got to be the coolest idea ever. I hope that someday I can put this plan into action.
That is one of the coolest ideas that I have heard in a long time. It would sure spice it up a bit. Thank you for the idea. It would even be fun to use this with my kids and make them come up with a restaurant or something to do starting with a particular letter.
Thanks! :)
My first response is also - how fun.
We would so love to have even just have friends to do things with much less something this fun. My husband and I have been loners for years.
Consider yourselves blessed.
Now that is how to have a good time.Great idea to use the alphabet to decided were to eat. :)
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