Readers Digest:
-Planned to go see a matinee of Tangled, sale at Gymboree and dinner at Macaroni Grill.
-Tickets were too expensive, so cancelled. Sale was disappointing. Mac Grill and Chili's both closed with about 6 fire trucks, 2 ambulances, and an assortment of police cars checking out an "electrical problem"
-Googled next closest restaurants. Found a road closed dead end with a non-existent Chili's after 12 miles of driving. Drove another 9 miles to get to the one we knew existed. Another 7 miles home.
-Before we even started the adventure I said to Scott "man, wouldn't it be the icing on the cake if we couldn't eat at Macaroni Grill for some reason?" ...I was having a bad day. And that statement came true.
Details (for those more invested):
We planned after lunch to go check out a clothes sale at Gymboree, then see a matinee of Tangled around 4:30, then head to Macaroni Grill to use a gift card we had for dinner. As we were getting ready, Scott checked movie prices and realized that since it's a "holiday period" it would cost $10 a ticket for a matinee! So we scratched that. Instead we decided to head over to DSW to check out some shoes and find me some cute new tennies. Which we did. On our way I said to Scott "man, wouldn't it be the icing on the cake if we couldn't eat at Macaroni Grill?" I was having a depressing day.
Then over to Sports Authority to kill time and see what they had. Then we drove to the mall to see if there was any cute baby clothes on sale at Gymboree. Of course we found nothing. It was a huge let down. So we walked around the mall for a while...thinking that it was pointless to shop for anything because I'll be changing sizes soon. Eventually we got hungry and decided to go to dinner.
As we were leaving, we heard tons of sirens and fire trucks getting closer and closer. We drove out of the parking lot and realized all those emergency vehicles were going to Macaroni Grill too! We decided to see what was up. Apparently they had some electrical problem so they were closed. But, we got $10 in gift certificates, so that was fine. So we decided to hop over to Chili's next door and eat there. Also closed.
So I looked up the nearest Mac Grill and nearest Chili's. MG seemed too far away (8 miles in the opposite direction) but there was a Chili's only a few miles from our house...but 12 miles from us. We decided to check it out. 20 minutes later, we got to a closed road with no Chili's in sight. At this point I was so tired, hungry, frustrated and depressed it was hard not to cry. Scott didn't want to give up though, so we drove another 9 miles out to another Chili's we knew existed. Finally, we got food.
After all that driving we realized it would've been faster to go to the Mac Grill that was 8 miles away. Or just go to the Chili's we knew existed. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry about the whole adventure, so I did both. Scott mostly laughed. It was crazy.
We joked about that if I went into labor later that night, our adventure would be a good recipe for natural induction! Stress, lots of walking, bending to try on shoes, more walking, bumpy roads, and spicy food. But of course, it didn't happen. Why it was SO difficult to enjoy a night out to eat using a gift card, I have no idea. Oh well, we still had fun.
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