Since our anniversary fell on Wednesday, I thought our options were pretty limited for celebrating on the actual date. In previous years, we've had a date night on the weekend before or after. But, this year, we lucked out in that the boys had a half day at school Thursday. I asked my parents to pick them up from school Wednesday, keep them overnight, and let them skip their half day on Thursday. That allowed me and Scott to get tickets to the Pistons vs. Jazz game so we could check on the new Little Caesars Arena.
Scott surprised me with flowers during the day at work. He had them delivered to the school and I was called down to the front office. It was so sweet! And my roses are absolutely stunning!
I gave Scott a really cool Tiger's card, a Pistons t-shirt to wear to the game, and a love note in his lunch bag.
It was so strange coming home from work to an empty house. Not having to pick up the boys or get them started on after-school snacks and homework. I picked up the house in preparation for our cleaning lady on Thursday and took the dog for a walk. When Scott got home we hit the road for Detroit.
We decided to eat dinner in Greektown and try Wahlburgers since we were casually dressed and in a time constraint with the game. Parking was free at the garage and we easily found a spot. Dinner was just mediocre. In fact, I'd probably not go back again. Our waiter was actually a former student of mine, which was crazy weird! He gave us a free cupcake since it was our anniversary.
We rode the People Mover from Greektown to Grand Circus Station and walked about 7 blocks to the arena. It was freezing walking that far, but we made it work! The arena was really nice! A little strange since getting to your seats you have to enter a specific portal number, which is different from your section number. We grabbed a beer at Kid Rock's bar and went up to our seats. They were super high up, but center court. The game was exciting, with all the loud music and performances during commercial breaks. At halftime, we walked around the main floor and took a tour of the arena.
We left close to the end of the fourth quarter and walked back to the People Mover. Scott wanted to stop in Greektown Casino to gamble for a bit. We ended up staying in Greektown until about 10:30pm. Thursday morning was a bit rough since it was such a late night for us, but we had a great time out! I'm kind of loving the weeknight date!
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