Danny ChaiI hate going out to eat on Valentine’s Day. Every restaurant jacks up their prices with special Valentine’s Day menus. The food and service is poor because it’s so crowded that day. So you end up spending more for less. That just really bothers me. My thing is, let’s celebrate Valentine’s, let’s go out to dinner, just not on the day itself. Let’s do it the day before or after. Same (or more) enjoyment. Less money.
I explained my reasoning to Jieun and she thought it was lame. That’s like celebrating Christmas on December 26th she said.
She meant that to discourage me but it had the opposite effect. Celebrate Christmas on December 26th… that’s not a bad idea! Well, not on the 26th, maybe more like the 29th. But then you can get all these great post Christmas deals while everyone else is returning stuff. You’ll get more for the same amount of money. Or you could get the same amount of stuff that you would have and give the excess money to the poor. What better way to celebrate Christ-mas? And it’s not like the 25th is his real birthday, it’s almost arbitrary. December 29th. My new Christmas.
Unfortunately, that’s not gonna fly. But the Valentine’s thing, I managed to convince Jieun, and not the way you might think. We decided to babysit for another couple that day, so they can go out for Valentine’s. We’ll do our thing some other night. So I convinced Jieun with an opportunity to serve. Service is like a key small group thing for this year. Anyway.