Thursday night marked the first Alive After 5 of the year. Alive After 5 is an outdoor after work party aimed at young professionals. There is always a live band and plenty of booze. Last night Kathryn and I headed uptown after work to enjoy the beautiful day and listen to Liquid Pleasure. I wish I would have taken some pics to document the night. Single ladies, you need to go. I have never seen so many cute professional guys in one place! We met up with our friend Laura and some of her work friends.
After AA5 we enjoyed dinner at one of my FAVORITE restaurants, Mimosa Grill. I LOVE going out to eat and thoroughly enjoy good food and a good meal. One of my favorite activities is going out to dinner, ordering apps, a bottle of wine, and a yummy dessert, the whole shebang. I'd rather save all of my money and eat in every day of the week and be able to splurge on one good meal every few weeks than eat at so-so places.
To me, fast food is Dean and Deluca, Chick-fil-a barely qualifies (although I love it!). I like Chipotle because they use all-natural, local ingredients. I pay more for organic, farm fresh. To my husband, food is food. A McDonald's hamburger ranks right up there with one from Big Daddy's. Cheap mexican (while good) is the same to him as Cantina (another fav). He doesn't value the experience of going out to eat. This skewed viewpoint doesn't allow him to see that good food is priceless. He makes me feel very guilty after indulging in a nice meal. Granted we don't do it that often, he is still a major cheap-o when it comes to eating out and eating good food. Some of my favorite dining experiences with Jay have been at all-inclusive resorts where he can't stress about price! Haha!
I was talking to my mom about it this morning (she's still living with us) and she made a really good point, just save nice dinners for girls nights out! If Jay doesn't appreciate it, then don't waste the money. Although I love a nice romantic meal out, I despise the guilt trip about how much we spent. I think it will be worth it to give up romantic dinners with my honey and indulge when I'm with my girlfriends :) Don't get me wrong, I love my husband for many other reasons and I'm not putting him down at all. We both value different things and that's ok! We'll always have our Chinese take-out on the couch dates :)
Do you and your significant other disagree about things you value? About where your hard earned money should go? What's your way of handling it?
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