the me date

So about 6 years ago, I unknowingly started a little tradition I like to call the “me date”, because everyone needs a little self love, amiright?

Irwin and I didn’t actually end up spending a Valentines Day together until after we were married only because I was still away at school, and when I finally came home to finish my undergrad, Irwin had a job that kept him out of the state for 300 days a year. By the time February hits, I am usually sick of being cooped up in the house and I suffer from the winter blues almost every year, and it just so happens that all those cheesy movies that Irwin has no desire to see come out right around Valentines Day. So every year around this time I take myself out to see a movie – and Mitchell’s Ice Cream. {Side bar – I’m all for following rules, but sneaking an ice cream sundae into the movie theater is the greatest thing you’ll ever do for yourself, promise}.

Tomorrow just so happens to be my annual date day and I am excited. I will be seeing the new Fifty Shades movie, because what else would I see and I am going to pick up some ice cream from Mitchell’s before heading into the theater. I’ve both seen and own the two previous Fifty Shades films, and I know they are not what you would call “cinematic art” but for what it is, I enjoy them. And let’s be real, anything with Jamie Dornan gets an A in my book.

So how about you? Do any of you take yourself out to movies, dinner, or even the spa to have some “me” time? I couldn’t possibly be the only one who enjoys doing this…