However, Adam is wonderful and suggested a date night when he was downtown for work. I jumped at the chance for some time alone with my man., of course I did need to run an errand in there....
My Aunt Pat is turning 70 and I was put in charge of finding a gift from the Classen Clan. Que silence here because I was stumped at what to get my Aunt. Of course so was my father which probably accounts for him handing the task over to yours truly. NEVER FEAR though, as we all know I am very, very comfortable in a retail setting. Especially when I am spending my Dad's money (a luxury I don't get often as a big kid).
So our mission is to find a wonderful gift for my mom's oldest sister, who by the way probably has everything! At first Dad and I kicked around the idea of getting her a nice wine and cheese set to enjoy in the spring time out on her deck, but lets be honest she is a Knop female, its genetic that all females in the Knop line love a good glass of wine with some cheese and crackers on a quiet evening, thus she was going to have the instruments for this activity. So with NO idea what I was looking for and dad's credit card I headed to my favorite place.
I never had a true appreciation for this store as a child. In fact a trip to any location, most notably the Michigan avenue store, would elicit moans and groans from all four of the Classen children. Every time my Mom would laugh and tell us that "Someday you will love to come here"...Yep once again she was right.
Glass and silver intermixed with bright splotches of color set against a white background...ah true bliss. With so many beautiful things to see I almost didn't notice the nice sales clerk who had come up to escort me through the purchase process. Poor guy, I was too distracted to listen to his suggestions. I had seen what
I knew was the perfect gift and my mind was quickly running through all the accessories needed and wrapping options. I was in a whirlwind of shopping bliss.I am sure that I looked like one of the Cathy comic strips. You know the ones where she is piling stuff on top of a sales associate while brainstorming what else shes needs? In the midst of my frenzy Adam walked into the store and promptly started laughing at me. This slowed my frenzy enough to actually make my purchase and put back all of the things I found for myself. Including these absolutely adorable mini martini glasses - I will someday be able to bring these home. I already have a girls night based around these.
Alright so we are about an hour into date night at this point and a hot drink sounds really good. So Adam and I are off in search of a coffee shop, shouldn't be too hard, we are downtown afterall. Yep, turns out everything closes early on Michigan Avenue on a Wednesday evening. Luckily in the middle of my mental meltdown I am reminded that we are supposed to go to dinner at our favorite sushi restaurant OH Fusion. Adam and I stumbled upon this wonderful BYOB sushi restaurant via Groupon. I love Groupon because it has allowed us to try so many wonderful things in the city for a low price that our wallets love. They have a multitude of different rolls that are a fusion of Asian and Euro-American ingredients. With low prices, wonderful tastes and great service, Adam is constantly hearing my suggestion for a sushi dinner when he is up by me. Oh and I was a lucky girl because Adam even got me a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc to pair with all the little shrimp and fishy rolls!
We stayed out late talking, laughing and catching up on some couple time. It was so nice to be able to take the time and spend time just being with each other even if we did have to run an errand in there.
