Date Night, Homemade Pizza!

Since the BF was going out of town for the weekend, we decided to declare Date Night.  However, it should be noted that it was a Wednesday night (and a rainy one at that) and we had both had a long day at work; we were fairly uninspired.

Originally I had planned that we would drive by the mailman's light display.  He has been telling me everyday for a solid week about the glory that are his House Christmas lights.  I thought it would be fun and nostalgic to "take a drive"  see the lights, romantic even.  The rain 86ed that idea.  Afterwards we would go to a gourmet grocery store and pick out a decadent dessert, then go to Tusk & Trotter or get a pizza from Johnny Brusco's.  But rain and laziness prevailed, meaning...

Date night resulted in homemade goodness.

Menu

Baked Brie Leftovers - the BF had just come back from weight lifting at the gym and was famished, this ensured he would not inhale dinner but enjoy it

Homemade Pizza - handmade simple dough & toppings ideas: mushrooms, goat cheese, pepperoni, artichoke hearts, olives, onions.  We each made our own mini pizza, this ensured we each had the right amount of what we love on our pizzas (he adores a ton of sauce wheras I am a minimalist)

German Chocolate Cake - excellent with Braum's Peppermint Ice Cream, if this recipe looks to intense, you can always do what I did, which is buy the Duncan Hines cake mix, easy and yum.

181 Merlot, 2009

Movie: Crazy, Stupid, Love. starring Steve Carrel and Julianne Moore

Perhaps the next Date Night will involve getting out of the house... however this budget was hard to beat!