Best Date Ever!

I don't have a bed. I have been sleeping on an air mattress since about the end of October. I had been sleeping on my couch for about 3 weeks. But in my old age, my body said "No more!" and seriously, my back hurt so bad. I would be sitting at work, the phone would ring and I'd reach for it, and a pang of pain would shoot through me, and I'd grab my lower back and say, "ooo!" I felt really really really old. So I inflated my air mattress and have been sleeping on that ever since. It's kind of getting old. So, in light of tax season, I figured I wanted to buy myself a real mattress. So in light of that, Jeremy and I proceeded to have the best date ever.

So we started out by going to Panda Inn and ordering some Chinese food. That is a good Chinese place. Not seriously fatty and greasy. I ordered Szechwan Beef (was feeling spicy). Jeremy ordered Mu Shu Beef. It was way cool to watch the lady construct his Mu Shu Beef into the Chinese pancakes so they looked like burritos. But we also had dessert -- first. We went with the most exotic looking thing on the dessert menu, which was icy lichee. Haha... Jeremy is braver than I am. I go with the known. So here we are, enjoying our icy lichee before chowing down on our yummy dinner :). And my fortune cookie fortune? Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment. Jeremy and I got a little smile out of that :).
Aren't cell phone pictures top notch?!? I should have thought to take my camera. Especially for what came next. Well, we went shopping at Fred Meyer. Then we went mattress-hunting. We started at Ashley Home Furnishings. We got a run-down on how to tell which mattresses on the floor were ones they sell. So we went from bed to bed (including in the sleep spa area) and just relaxed on them to test them out. Foam. Plush. Firm. Plush Firm. Good grief! Who knew there were so many options!?! And how do you really pick one based on 3 minutes of laying on it? So we asked questions, took a business card, and went on our way. We saw Sleep Country USA. We pulled in. We got out of the car. The sales guy inside walked toward the door and I thought he was going to open it for us. How nice. Ummm... Or not... He quickly locked the door and unplugged the "open" sign. Haha... We laughed about that for the rest of the night. Guess where the mattress will not be purchased!

So we left empty-handed as far as mattresses are concerned. Oh well. One day. It's not vital. The air mattress isn't awful.

And I don't know why it was the best date ever. But we seriously had so much fun! Making new memories, laughing, smiling :). Gotta love it :).