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dining out
I'm not the type of person who eats out a lot. I enjoy a comfortable meal in my own dining room most nights. Once and a while, however, I get the insane idea that it woud be nice to go out to eat--saving my wife time and work in preparing dinner and me time and effort in cleaning up. Tonight I thought it would be nice to try.
It's my daughter's birthday next week (she'll be 5), so we started out evening with a trip to the mall for an early birthday gift at Build-A-Bear Workshop. This is a great idea with lots of cute stuffed animals. Saturday is NOT a good time to go...line out the door. Mister softy that I am, one look in my daughters face, all lit-up with excitement, and I decide we need to stay and wait in line.
An hour later, we were on our way out of the mall with her new stuffed kitty cat. Side note: She decided to name it after our cat who died last year (can we say, "awwwwww?"). Since it took so long there, we didn't get to the restaurant until 5:30. We found a parking space and went inside, checked in...we would have a 130 minute wait!!??! Who would stand around and wait 2 hours for a simple steak dinner?
We tried two other restaurants before we found any with a less than 30 minute wait--no, it wasn't McDonald's (much to my son's dismay). Chili's has a good selection, and we always tend to leave satisfied. The food was good tonight, but the place was loud and the service was terrible. Needless to say, I think I have had my fill of restaurant outings for a while.
exhaustedIt's my daughter's birthday next week (she'll be 5), so we started out evening with a trip to the mall for an early birthday gift at Build-A-Bear Workshop. This is a great idea with lots of cute stuffed animals. Saturday is NOT a good time to go...line out the door. Mister softy that I am, one look in my daughters face, all lit-up with excitement, and I decide we need to stay and wait in line.
An hour later, we were on our way out of the mall with her new stuffed kitty cat. Side note: She decided to name it after our cat who died last year (can we say, "awwwwww?"). Since it took so long there, we didn't get to the restaurant until 5:30. We found a parking space and went inside, checked in...we would have a 130 minute wait!!??! Who would stand around and wait 2 hours for a simple steak dinner?
We tried two other restaurants before we found any with a less than 30 minute wait--no, it wasn't McDonald's (much to my son's dismay). Chili's has a good selection, and we always tend to leave satisfied. The food was good tonight, but the place was loud and the service was terrible. Needless to say, I think I have had my fill of restaurant outings for a while.
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