Yesterday
Ok, for those of you who do not live in Texas, this was tax-free weekend. So we headed out to buy the boy some uniforms for school and while we were at it, underwear and socks, all tax-free. Sweet!
At lunch, I was talking to the mil and we were at a restaurant that the hubby and I used to frequent before the boy. Well, we still go there, but not as often as we used to. Well anyway, I was telling my mil about how it was at this particular chain restaurant that the hubby and I ordered our first meal that wasn't hamburgers. I think that we were 22 and 20 years old. We felt like such adults, paying for our own dinners and not ordering burgers or pizza.
Now remember, I was raised in a town of less than 18,000 people and my husband came from a town of less than 45,000 people. So the most frequented places were like Dairy Queen and Whataburger or the local tex-mex places. Usually, when we went out it was Whataburger or Pizza Hut and on special occasions Hunan Garden and a movie! If we spent more than $13 on dinner that was a BIG DEAL!
I remember that we used to talk about ordering something other than hamburgers, but when push came to shove, we just couldn't deviate from the burger section of the menu. One night while trying to decide what we wanted, we told each other, "Don't order a burger...try something new." Fifteen years later, I don't have an inkling as to what we ordered, but I do recollect being proud that burgers and fries were no where to be found at our table!
We even told his parents about it because we felt so grown up. They giggled with us and told us of their first time not ordering burgers. It was a nice memory.
When I reminded my mil about it, she barely remembered the conversation, which was fine being as we have all slept several times since then. :-) Then we giggled about it again and ordered... BURGERS!
At lunch, I was talking to the mil and we were at a restaurant that the hubby and I used to frequent before the boy. Well, we still go there, but not as often as we used to. Well anyway, I was telling my mil about how it was at this particular chain restaurant that the hubby and I ordered our first meal that wasn't hamburgers. I think that we were 22 and 20 years old. We felt like such adults, paying for our own dinners and not ordering burgers or pizza.
Now remember, I was raised in a town of less than 18,000 people and my husband came from a town of less than 45,000 people. So the most frequented places were like Dairy Queen and Whataburger or the local tex-mex places. Usually, when we went out it was Whataburger or Pizza Hut and on special occasions Hunan Garden and a movie! If we spent more than $13 on dinner that was a BIG DEAL!
I remember that we used to talk about ordering something other than hamburgers, but when push came to shove, we just couldn't deviate from the burger section of the menu. One night while trying to decide what we wanted, we told each other, "Don't order a burger...try something new." Fifteen years later, I don't have an inkling as to what we ordered, but I do recollect being proud that burgers and fries were no where to be found at our table!
We even told his parents about it because we felt so grown up. They giggled with us and told us of their first time not ordering burgers. It was a nice memory.
When I reminded my mil about it, she barely remembered the conversation, which was fine being as we have all slept several times since then. :-) Then we giggled about it again and ordered... BURGERS!
posted by M at 9:58 PM
8 Comments:
Yeah, I remember hubby & I's first "real" date and having to order food that wasn't a burger. Geez, the prices flipped me out! And then his parents took us to Olive Garden to celebrate his birthday. I was supposed to and HIS PARENTS were going to pay??? This was wacko to me!
Now we go to a nice place like Olive Garden, I eat too many bread sticks and can't eat but two bites of my meal, get the bill, and then chide ourselves saying we should have just gone for burgers.
I wish we had tax free weekends!!
Back home going out was eating fish and chips. I remember eating my fist pizza at pizza hut in Edinburgh. I ate it with a knife and fork lol
Thank God for take home boxes, Mollo!
Serendipity~
That's about the only thing we have tax free around here and only for certain items and on the first weekend in August.
Ha! I still eat Pizza Hut pizza with a knife and fork. Do people tease you about it, Elohelae?
LOL i dont get teased that often, i think its my accent it sounds too aggressive, but really im a big softy lol. Also Im a nut case.
:)
at least your dates took you SOMEWHERE.
Mine took me to the underground parking lot to feel me up.
I tried the whole "crazy person" thing. It works for a while and then they realise that you are a regular person just acting crazy. ;-i
The main "date" that took me places was Dave, so I was pretty safe with him, seing as he married me.
I did have a few dates where there was a lot of heavy petting, but no homeruns! (my choice, warned them ahead of time and stuck to my guns.)
Rowan and MHN at least I would have taken you somewhere nice.... before i tried to feel you up... I felt I owed that much respect lol
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