What A Date!

Hi! I'm Jon, Carissa's husband. I've hijacked her blog for a few minutes while she's feeling under the weather. Hope you enjoy my post! 

For a while now I have been planing a date for Carissa and I to do together. Just the other day we finally had a chance to go out for it. This date had three simple rules and requires both partners to know a lot about each other. 

Here are the rules

First thing to do is head out to the mall. We went to the one in the city and picked separate ends of the mall. We had to text each other when ever one of us wanted to head over to the other side and arrange it so we would not accidentally see what the other was carrying. When we were finished getting our first 2 items we took turns heading over to the food court and picked out the meals. I finished first and got Carissa some Chinese food then sat at the back of the food court with my back to the vendors. Carissa then was able to come and get my meal. She got me 2 greek wraps one chicken and one beef. We shared both meals together and exchanged the gifts we had found for each other. It turns out we both didn't spend all our money! We had some to spare. 

Carissa got me Zelda for the wii as item #1 and the dutch blitz for item #2.

 I got Carissa a water colour paint set and watercolor markers for her item #1. And tri-omonos for item #2. It was a lot of fun exchanging our gift and seeing what the other person had for ideas.

When we got home we spent a lot of time playing our new games together and to date Carissa has beaten me at dutch blitz more times than I can count. That girl can move fast. 

The best part about this date is that it forces you to think outside of the box and find practical and affordable things that both people can enjoy together. We want to do this date again but change the elements a little bit. Next time we'll go to a different store and try decreasing the amount.