Everything turned out better than we could have imagined or planned. Funny how it works that way, right? You spend days upon weeks planning a special occasion and perhaps you end up having a nice time, but the moment you let go of all your plans – bam!- the best day ever.
I have a firm ‘celebrate whenever you can’ policy because you never know how the most wonderful moments will unravel. Despite our best intentions, they oftentimes happen on a lazy Saturday or random Tuesday.
Jon and I woke up yesterday, and, like most Saturdays, began the day reading the paper and sipping our coffee. We chatted about this and that, watched a bit of football, and then went for a run together. After the workout, I told Jon I was getting cabin fever and asked if we could go out. He said we could do anything I wanted, and so I asked him to take me to the Mill City Museum.
Fast facts learned from the tour:
- In 1945, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was deemed the ‘most well-known’ woman in America. Who took second? Miss Betty Crocker.
- Ireland eats more cereal than any other country in the world. England comes in second, Australia third, and the United States takes 4th place. On average, people in the USA eat 160 bowls of cereal a year. Are you contributing to that number?
Check out the gorgeous views from the 9th Floor observation deck:
I know, I know – Minneapolis is gorgeous. All the flours at the Mill Museum made us crave our favorite carb, pizza, and so we headed to Zelo in downtown MSP. The restaurant has *the best* view for people watching, and so we ordered cocktails, sat by the window, and made commentary as Minneapolites went about their business. We ended up sitting at the table for just over two hours:
Feeling full and happy, we decided to walk around the downtown while the Christmas lights were still up. Guess where we ended up?
We finished the day by listening to Christine Daaé sing out, “All I want is freedom/A world with no more night/And you, always beside me/To hold me and to hide me.” A perfect ending to the perfect day.
As we were driving home, I thanked Jon for curing my cabin fever. His response? ‘I had way more fun than my birthday!” Well, okay, great — but today was random and his birthday took me weeks to plan! See what I mean? The best of days have a funny way of sneakin’ up on you. Gotta be ready for ‘um.
this is totally true! sometimes the stars align just so and you have a wonderful time when you least expect it. 😀 LOVED the post and all the pictures 😀
i love those random days that turn into great memories! i have never been to the museum, but would love to go. my son went there on a field trip and loved it.
Oh goodness, I should try to figure out how to get down for phantom of the opera…or just watch the emily rossum movie, I really liked it!
love love love the emmy rossum version- it was wonderful live, too!
Fun date! We went on a “chips and salsa” date this weekend that was totally spontaneous too. We’d eaten dinner, and hubs was like, let’s go to Chili’s and get chips! Haha. I love spontenaity.
chips&salsa date sounds something like perfection to me – so simple and fun (and perfect for an arizona girl!)
What a blast!! I loveeee random adventuring days like this!
What a fun day! I still need to check out the Mill City Museum sometime.
Awww I’m glad you had a wonderful time 🙂 I wish I could have met up with you while I was in Minneapolis! Maybe next time I’ll stay for more than 24 hours 😉
Absolutely so incredibly true 😉 I can’t even count how many times the unexpected and unplanned adventures have led to one of the most inspiring and fulfilling moments. In fact, I just had one of my own over the last two days (although not nearly as romantic and cool as yours :-)) that I will most likely be documenting in the coming week or so. Live with your eyes open and senses alert and amazing things will begin to present themselves to you 😉
Love this. Spontaneous date nights are my fav, too. 🙂
Ha! That’s too funny. Guys always know the right thing to say…not. But glad you had a great day!
How fun! And I love the snowy pic!
This is the sweetest! What a fun date night! Museums, cocktails, phantoms…what more could a girl ask for?! You look darling in these photos! Minneapolis is just so goll darn awesome. Glad you and your hubby got to see a show! We LOVE heading to the Orpheum! 🙂
I love Phantom! What a fun date night. You look gorgeous- you have such pretty skin! 🙂
nicest compliment ever- no one has ever said that before – thank you!! made my day 🙂
Isn’t that the truth!! The best days are the ones that are not planned! It looks like y’all had a great time! But it looks so cold up there… brrrr!!
I totally love your “celebrate whenever you can” philosophy. That’s how I like to live, too! And that museum looks very interesting…I imagine I eat much less than 160 bowls of cereal per year…I used to really like cereal, but this year I just stopped eating it altogether….random…
Fun day! I love when days with nothing planned end up being super fun. Happy New Year!!
that sure does sound like a fun day to me 🙂 happy new year jen!
I love days that turn out unexpectedly wonderful! 🙂