Our First Anniversary |
In three weeks it will be our SEVEN year anniversary!!! WOO HOO. I can't believe how fast time has flown! This is a picture of us on our very first anniversary, six years ago. I can remember it as if it were yesterday. We were celebrating by going out to dinner and leaving our one month old behind with my parents. I don't think I enjoyed too much of it as I spent the whole night worrying about my baby girl...and to top it off, we got stuck in traffic because of the local parade and it took a lot longer than we expected. Of course, my daughter was fine when I finally made it back home.
Six years later and I now dream of the opportunity to get away for a quiet dinner for two, but it doesn't happen very often with 3 kids!
So, when MyBlogSpark contacted me and asked if I wanted to have my own "date night" at home and try out their Wanchai Ferry and Mararoni Grill Dinner kits it was a no brainer.
Wanchai Ferry Orange Chicken
This was my favorite meal. I was skeptical as to how this would taste from a box, but it was absolutely delicious. It was simple to make (when you don't skip a step-like rolling it in cornstarch that they provide-and yes, yours truly forgot this step :) and didn't take long at all. My husband was really impressed with this dish and I served it with some delicious egg rolls over a candlelight music-filled dinner!
Marcaroni Grill Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken & Pasta
I don't eat out very often, but I had just eaten at Macaroni Grill a couple of weeks before I tried this one, and I have to say I was really surprised at how much the boxed dinner really did taste like it came from the restaurant (minus the wonderful waitress waiting on me hand and foot!). This is definitely a meal I would purchase for a quick dinner. Served with some fresh bread and it is just scrumptious!
Buy It: You can buy these at any of your local grocery stores!
Win it: One lucky winner will receive a Date Night prize pack that includes one Wanchai Ferry dry dinner kit, one Macaroni Grill dry dinner kit, and a $25 Visa gift card that you can use to create a magical date night at home.
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Products, prize pack, information and additional prize pack to give away were all given to me from Wanchai Ferry and Macaroni Grill through MyBlogSpark.
We went out to dinner at a local restaurant and saw a movie.
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My husband and I had our first date at a mall in NJ 15 years ago. We were 19 and 20 at the time. We had lunch at Friendly's.
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the art museum! no dinner though :(
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Our first date was in Disneyland of Japan.
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at a Japanese food restaurant.
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we went to the movies and to a bar afterwards
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My husband and I never had a first date really. We were friends and we took a road trip across the country and back with another friend. By the time we got home, we were a couple.
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We played putt putt golf and ate popcorn at the movies :)
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we went to the wildlife park and went out for lunch :0)
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We went to get dinner at a Sports Bar. Not romantic but very fun!
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Our first date was a picnic in the park.
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We had our first date at California Pizza Kitchen!
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Our first date was at a local Chinese Food restaurant (that has since gone out of business). He used the money that he needed for his bills to take me out, which I found out about later.
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with friends at their house
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Our first date was a day in Wisconsin Dells
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We had dinner at Champs. He was multi tasking and really wanted to watch a baseball game.
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Well it was a very long time ago but our first date was a movie date. We were teenagers and I remember his mother drove us to the theater and my mom picked us up. I think we just had theater snacks, no meal.
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We went to the movies - saw LeMans with Steve McQueen
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We went to the movies to see Lord of the Rings.
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I met my husband through one of his fraternity brothers'. We didn't have much money back then so our first "special" date was one he created with candles, his grandfathers' tux, soft music and shrimp cocktail. Even though it wasn't glitzy and/or glamourous I will remember it to this day and it was just over 20 years ago.
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We went to a new restaurant that had just opened in our area. Then we walked around the marina/park and looked at the boats/water. The restaurant didn't last, but we did:)
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On our first date we went to dinner at a local restaurant call The Rolling Rock and then went out for a drink afterwards. It was very traditional first date.
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Went to dinner and a movie.
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Our first date was at Panera!
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we went to the movies, I think the movie was blade. Some weird vampire movie
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Our first date was at his apartment. He cooked me dinner!!
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It was at El toritto restaurant
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We went to the drive-in and spent most of the night talking and getting to know each other.
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my hubby making dinner and then a movie
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My husband and I are highschool sweethearts. Our first date was at a local pizzaria.
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We went out for Mexican food!!
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Our first date was at TGIFridays!
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at a fancy italian resturant
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We went to a Chinese Restaurant and then the Drive-in movie theater
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Our first date was at Six Flags.
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First date was dinner after skiing together in a snow storm at Mammoth Mountain
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We had ice cream after the high school dance.
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Our first date was to a football game at our high school.
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We went to my high school prom :)
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We took a walk in some nature trails :)
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We went out for drinks after work.
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We went to a party on our first date.
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Our first date was to a movie and then out to a lounge
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Our first date was at Chi-Chi's restaurant. We went there every year for our anniversary after that but sadly, they are all closed around here now.
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It was at a local bar (for me).
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Our first date was to a small restaurant that I can't even remember the name of. Then we hung out at the mall.
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we went to alcapulco joe's - a mexican restaurant.
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We went to Starbucks for Coffee on our first date
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we went bowling for our first date
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We went to a Texas A&M football game and then out to eat at Chili's.
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Our first date was on Halloween and we went to a masquerade party....had a blast!
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I am not married, but my SO and I had our first date at an Irish pub.
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My husband took me to a little hole-in-the-wall place that a friend's band was practicing in. He bought me a 7-UP and we listened to the band play. Big spender! We have been married now for 30 years so something took.
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We had our first date at an Olive Garden. It was a blind date. He was 20 minutes late- but I forgave him when I saw him. That was 16 years ago. We have been married for 12 years now.
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We had a picnic on the grounds of a local museum.
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We had dinner at an Italian restaurant on The Hill. It was very nice ;)
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We went to the Flea Market then out to eat Mexican Food.
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Our first date we went to our best friends wedding--we had been friends for years but never dated.
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We went and saw the movie The Bodyguard and to Mcdonalds.Thanks for the chance.
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karoake bar at the riverside resort in laughlin nv, felt the hair on his chest and fell in lust heard him sing and fell in love
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