Now that I got the PF Chang thing off my chest I’ll tell a happy story.  Clearly, we won’t be discussing Delta.  Instead I’ll tell you what Chuck and I did for Valentine’s Day in San Diego.

sunset at the San Diego Harbor

We started the day with a drive north from our Mission Beach condo.  Then we thought it would be fun to just drive and see where we ended up.  Did we end up anywhere exciting?  No.  For two reasons.  One, because we had to find a bathroom and two, because we were getting crabby from lack of breakfast.

We ended up at a shopping mall, before it officially opened.  We walked around looking for the bathroom (love the outdoor malls!) and ended up back in the parking lot.  We saw people leaving the Crate and Barrel across the parking lot so we headed over there.  The doors opened by two salespeople with a smile.  They told us to grab a scanner and have a good time.

Chuck didn’t think anything of it, but by looking around at all the happy, young couples and stations of food, I knew we had stumbled across something.  First order of business though was to find the bathroom.  Up the escalator, just as we were getting off someone offered us a mimosa.  Yes! A Mimosa!   Whatever it was, it was awesome.

Trying not to make eye contact with the staff we made it safely to the restrooms and afterward we grabbed a mimosa.   I told Chuck he should take off his wedding ring because by this time it had dawned on me that this was an event for newly engaged couples.  He thought I was crazy and wouldn’t follow suit  when I slipped my wedding band off.

Boy did that change when two salespeople cornered us and started asking us questions about our engagement.  I scared Chuck silly with my skill to lie about things that don’t matter.  And while asking questions about this decoration piece he kept his had firmly in his pocket.

We scored some free food along with our mimosas.  They had waffles, pancakes, fondue, strawberries, cupcakes, etc.  It was good enough to hold us over until we made it lunch.

It was fun to pretend for a little while.  We spent the rest of the day at the San Diego Harbor checking out the USS Midway and Star of India.  We wrapped the night up with a carryout pizza and making each other laugh at the condo.

We are easily entertained…