September 19, 2008--A mini golf date

Erick and I had a date yesterday. It's been awhile since we'd been out together, and we were both feeling the need to get away together. Some friends of our church watched the kids for the afternoon/evening and we met in town and just had fun together.

The plan was to go to Bogey's Family Fun center and play miniature golf. I'd been there once with the women's group and had a vague idea where it was, but I went with someone else and didn't know exactly how to find it. Erick had never been there. We really didn't have a clue how to get there.

We stopped at Baskin Robbins and got some rasperry truffle sundaes and ate them outside on the little patio tables. It was perfect weather--not too hot, not too cold, and we were the only ones outside. We crossed over to Toys R Us when we were done with our ice cream to use their restrooms, and had fun looking at toys while we were there. We picked up a carnivorous plant growing system for Jay for Christmas.

Then we decided to stop at the Honey Creek mall, since we'd never been there. A saleslady tried to sell me a manicure kit. She was good at what she did, but since I've been through sales training when I tried to be a telemarketer that one time I knew exactly what she was doing. :) I didn't fall for it.

After driving around for awhile and still not finding Bogey's, we stumbled upon another miniature golf place, but it was with black lights. I thought it looked really awesome, but Erick can't handle strange lighting since he had his brain surgeries and so he said no. I was starting to think we weren't going to get to play golf.

Then I had the bright idea of calling directory assistance on the cell phone. I couldn't believe it took me that long to think of that. We called Bogey's, got directions, and were there in two minutes. They were behind Toys R Us. They have a really cute miniature golf course, with blue waterfalls and fountains, and it's cheaper than the black light place anyway. Erick won by five points, but we were even through most of the game.

After that we went to a Christian Book store and we drooled over all the books we wanted. There were several books I showed him that I want for my birthday or Christmas. We did end up buying one book--52 creative date ideas for married couples. We went to Hardees and ate Frisco sandwiches, sitting at one of those tall table with stools that you can't reach the floor from, and cuddled and read our book together. We had chili cheese fries, too, but we couldn't finish them all.

Then we went back and collected our kids and went home. On the way Joy told us the entire plot of Nanny McPhee in one long, run-on sentence.