This June 13th my husband and I will be celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary. We usually don't do anything like going out for dinner or a weekend away - this time of year has been historically rough financially for us. The past two years have also been difficult with Katie being so little and in all honesty - kids are so uncivilized. She stayed overnight for the first time last month, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to have a really nice kid free dinner.
But this year things are a bit different. I made reservations at The 5 O'clock Club in Milwaukee. (Apparently now it's called 5 O'clock Steakhouse. Whatever.) S and I had one of our first dates here almost 15 years ago, and we've always remembered it extremely fondly. Their steaks are so good, they wrecked me for steaks for the rest of my life - nothing is as good as theirs!
I made online reservations a couple of days ago - I was going to surprise Steve and not tell him about it until that day, but my surprise was foiled! They called to confirm my reservation, and the Caller ID popped up on the TV screen and S was all "Oh! 5 O'clock club! What are they calling for?!" in a happy excited puppy sort of way. The jig was up, and I told him about my plans - he is very happy about them and I hope he can turn around and maybe surprise me with flowers or something. [hint-hint]