Continuing the Valentine Experience

First of all, one more photo for the 104 challenge ...

Something Blue - Photo 38 of 104

We walked for about 30 minutes after breakfast, which was plenty of time to take a few photos, as well as hold hands and steal a few kisses.

We drove to the Cinema with a few minutes to spare and we were actually the first people to enter cinema 5, so we got to take our favourite seats, which are the high ones at the back!

We saw 'The Vow', which I enjoyed very much.  It wasn't as sad as I expected, but it's based on a true story and was still very moving.

There was a young couple sitting two seats along from us.  The young lady, who I'd guess to be in her mid twenties, felt it necessary to give a running commentary during the movie.  She repeated lines, audibly gasped and groaned when unexpected things happened, made loud predictions and then gasped again when her predictions were wrong!

Her partner shushed her twice during the movie and I came very close to asking her to refrain too.

I think I'll have to go see it again.

After the movie, we came home to have some 'time out' before the remaining valentine activities began, but before we drove down our street, Adoring Husband took me to the park by the river.

This is where we spent the day, the first time we visited this town and also where we were married in 2010.  He walked me to our spot to remind me again, how much he loved me and we stood for a while to soak up the moment.

THEN it was time to return home.

Adoring Husband requested that I be ready for my surprise afternoon by 4pm and that I should 'dress up'!

When I was almost ready, I walked into the lounge room to find Adoring Husband standing there in his suit and tie!!  What a handsome devil!

I was ready with a few minutes to spare, when he appeared in the bedroom and wrapped his arms around me and handed me a gift wrapped box.

He usually buys me a different kind of heart-shaped pendant for valentines day, but this year, he said "I thought I'd try something different".

I've been eyeing this off since our last whale watching trip in 2011, so as far I was concerned, it was a good choice made by him!!  A lovely surprise!

I wasn't able to wear it out because it was on a leather strap, which didn't go with my 'dress-up' outfit!

We drove into The Bay and finally parked in the vicinity of the Urangan Marina.  I had guessed that we might be going on a dinner cruise :D and just as we arrived, a big black cloud loomed above us and, much to Adoring Husband's horror,  dumped some rain on us!

Luckily, it didn't last very long and he soon led me to a catamaran that was taking us, along with four other couples, on a sunset sail.

Not a dinner cruise, but the captain did serve us a fruit and cheese platter and other assorted goodies, along with the choice of champagne, red or white wine, beer or soft drinks.

We were the first on board and Adoring Husband asked the captain if there had been a delivery for him during the day.  Next thing that landed in my hands was a giant, long black box wrapped in a bright red ribbon.

Inside the box were a dozen beautiful long stemmed red roses!  More hugs and kisses ensued.

A Self Portrait - Photo 40 of 104.

A sunset with potential, and although it was beautiful, it failed to reach 'spectacular'.

Soon we were off enjoying a two hour sunset sail.  The other couples were friendly and happy and the captain was very approachable.

One of the males, on board with his partner who was expecting their second child in 6 weeks, had quite a bad sunburn on his face and when he removed his sunglasses, there was a very noticeable white area where the glasses had protected his face.  I told him that he looked like an 'off-duty superhero'.  They were highly amused.

It was a lovely couple of hours, but for the last thirty minutes I was beginning to feel very queazy!!

After we disembarked, I needed to take a moment to sit, catch my breath and find my land legs!

Finally, we were off to the second half of our evening and we parked the car outside a new restaurant that I have been wanting to try for a couple of months.

Naturally, being Valentines night, it was extremely busy, but the service was very good and the food was delicious.  I was expecting a long wait, but the food arrived quite promptly.

For our main, we had Pork Belly with Watermelon Salad and then splurged on dessert.  Adoring Husband had a Cheese Platter of Tasmanian cheeses and I had a Banana Split which had banana, banana mousse, chocolate sorbet, peanut fudge and caramelised popcorn.  Absolutely 'to die for'!!

When we were leaving they charged us for our neighbouring table's meals, which were double the cost of ours!  They sorted it out quickly though and that was the only real hiccough for the evening.

So we were home by 10pm and were both exhausted, but happy.

The end of the night - Adoring Husband with my roses.
Also A Heart - Photo 39 of 104

It was a memorable valentines day and I felt very spoilt and very loved.

Nite all.