Today was our 9th wedding anniversary. I had purchased Teresa a white gold and ruby set of ear rings, necklace, and ring. They were put in a glass music box . She likes rubies and likes music boxes. I told her about Pro 31:10 "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies" and how she is much more valuable than the jewelry I just gave her.

We went out to dinner to The Steak Barn in Goldsboro. We debated about where to go...someplace more modern like Chili's, where we knew we liked the food and the prices; or someplace different and take a chance. We pondered a new bistro in Clayton, The Melting Pot in Raleigh (it would have cost us a minimum of $90 there just for dinner, so we passed on that one), or some other restaurants we are familiar with.

I wish we had tried someplace else. The food was not real great. The bread was dry, the soda flat and wattery, the kabobs didn't have much meat, the pilaf was dry, and the steak was cooked way overdone. At least we got out for $39 including tip. The waitress, though nice, was straight out of the area's best trailer park. That is not to slight people who live in them (we did for five years), but to contrast the attempted atmosphere of the restaurant with the appearance and demeanor of the waitress. Cul-de-sac neighborhood restaurant with trailer park wait staff. Like I said, she was nice, but better cut out for Hardee's than The Steak Barn.

We also found a stash of "Coffee and Cream" Oreo cookies. We have been looking for them for months. Apparently, they were discontinued. We found shopping carts full of them on clearance at Big Lots.

It is getting late here, so I will head to bed with my bride. We had some quality time together today.

Sort of sad, though...nobody remembered it was our anniversary except us.