Put this under "ways to get the girl"

A few days ago, I had an amazing blast from the past..

An old acquaintance, Aaron, called and said I should keep Saturday night reserved for him because he wanted to take me out for a "nice" dinner. To me, Olive Garden is a "nice" dinner, but I emailed him to find out where we were going so I could dress accordingly. He responded and said it's "kind of a nice place, so you should wear a dress." Kind of a nice place? My ass! That was the nicest place I've ever been to! He sent me the link so I could check out the restaurant's website and after seeing how nice of a place this was, I called my mom for an emergency session of nails, tanning, and shopping.

I was initially impressed that he was planning on driving all the way up from Renton to pick me up. This is kind of lame, but I don't think I've ever actually been picked up for a date. Obviously I've gone out to eat with previous boyfriends, but never had a legitimate date where the guy parks the car and walks to the door like they do in movies. That was exciting enough for me. I woulda been happy with Olive Garden.

We headed South, and after braving Seattle traffic, made it to the street the restaurant was on, but were opposite the side where the valet is. In another feat of impression, he flipped a U-turn in the middle of the crowded street, stopped the car, jumped out of his seat, ran around the car to open my door, tossed his keys at the valet guy, and in we went.

The restaurant was beautiful inside with dim lights and candles on all the tables. There was a live band but I didn't have time to absorb what they were playing because he directed me to the hidden downstairs area where "the music is better". The setting on the lower floor was the same atmosphere as upstairs, and the band playing there sounded very Frank Sinatra. I was loving it all.

We were there for about 3 hours, and in that time we emptied two bottles of veryyy expensive wine, and ate the most expensive crab cakes I've ever seen. Our dinner bill was more than I make in a week.

I am still beeming over last night... and we have a 2nd date next Saturday for my birthday :) My world is perfect right now.