The date!
Samantha gave us a list of people we had to take to the dance with her, 2 of them being non-member friends she had invited. We already had a late start and we were running about 10 minutes behind schedule but we figured it would still be fine. As we got to the home of the non-member girls we saw them walking out in tank tops. I rolled down my window and told them they would have to change because they would not be allowed in the dance with a tank top. Ok no biggy right? Well I think we sat there for 10 minutes waiting for the girls to go in and change. Which would be fine except we were keeping our date waiting. We got ahold of our friends and they were already seated and waiting. Ok I felt so bad because we were still about 25 minutes away. We ended up telling them to order and we would reschedule for another time I felt sooooooo bad. I am so glad they are super nice and understanding and we will be going out again soon. This meant we were on our own.
The dinner!
After dropping the kids off at the dance we tried to find a place for us to eat. We like to try new places but really we stink at it. We have yet to have a good experience at a place we just walk in off the street. We saw a new restaurant that just opened by Costco called Arriba. We like Mexican food alot so we decided to give it a try. Well, when you are given a red flag you should just take it and walk out. We didn't.
The disaster!
The second we sat down Thayne pulled a hair out of his menu. Gross! Then when they gave us chips and salsa they serve them on a cute metal tower thing. Thayne looked at it and saw gunk on it from the people who used it before us. Second gross! Here is the kicker.. I order a chimichunga.. First off it was not that great, but when I was halfway through eating it I pulled out a big plank of wood. REALLY! 3rd gross! It was longer than a toothpick and about as thick as 4 toothpicks. It was the weirdest thing ever. That was it for us we were through. After waiting like forever for our horrible waitress to come over, we showed her the wood and she took it back to the kitchen. The manager came and tried to explain it was just a toothpick. NOPE! They didn't charge us for my meal and really now I think about it we should have gotten the whole thing free. We will never go back to Arriba's and they have now been added to the list with Vito & Nick's.
We did end our night on a good note and that is we went to 31 Flavors. We have never had a bad meal there. We went to the church parking lot 30 minutes before the dance got out and we both fell asleep.
To sum it up:
-date went wrong
-bad meal
-great dessert
-a short nap
I think it sounds like a date of a really old couple. We need to revamp our dating life alittle.
6 comments:
sorry you had such a bad nite. i know i wont be eating at that place any time soon.
Well, I'm sorry your date was kind of sucky, it gave me a good chuckle. We have so had dates like that and all though at the time you just think, sheesh!, when you look back it's kind of amusing. We almost never try new restaurants anymore,same bad experiences time and time. I wish I had known you were taking both ways to the dance, I would have gladly done one. Whitley just said that both ways were taken care of. sorry about that. By the way, you're not REALLY old! :)
Oh my goodness--first of all, even though my own daughter Lorien is taller than me, I can't get over the fact that you have big kids! They were so little the last time I saw them!
And I love what you are doing with your pics =0).
It sounds like things are great. We are trying to convinve our family to come out here to NC, but Mom wants to stay close to CA., like Arizona.
How do you like it there?
Sorry, that's not an old person's kind of date. We don't have taking kids to dances and we've very seldom late due to teenager difficulties. And we go home after to take our nap. Actually you're the typical parents of teenagers. Good luck with that. But you're great parents for just being there for the kids.
Thanks for the laugh! Sorry you had a bummer night....at least you got to experience it together:)
So sorry! The hair thing is really gross. I know last time we went out Thayne was saying how picky he is with his food. YUCK! We'll have to try again:)
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