Celebrating the Big 3!

With our anniversary approaching, Kevin and I were anxious to do something fun.  We have never really celebrated our anniversary before--the first year we moved to AZ that week and had no money, and the second year we had a new baby and only had enough energy to get some See's chocolates from the mall. So I was absolutely determined to do something worth telling this year.

I learned from a friend that Arizona Broadway Theater is just a five minute drive from our apartment.  So I looked into and learned that they are showing Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat.  I vaguely remember that Pilchuck High School put this show on and I kind of remembered enjoying it.  Kevin was excited about the idea, so we bought (kind of pricey) tickets.  It's a dinner theater, and the website said the whole thing started at 5:30.  We arranged to drop Henry off with our friends the McDonalds at 5:00, and expected to be back by 8:00.

Well.  Sometimes, when poor people do things that are typically done by rich people, those poor people are more confused than they realize.  We got to the theater by 5:05, and there was practically no one there!  We were a little concerned about getting to our seats by curtain because they wouldn't even let us go to our table.  After sitting on a nice, soft sofa for a couple minutes, we decided to ask someone what the protocol was.  Apparently, dinner was at 5:30, then curtain was not until 7:30, which allowed for a nice leisurely dinner, but would get us back to get Henry close to 10:00, not 8:00.  We now understood why there was an option on the website to buy a ticket without dinner.  Rather than sitting and watching everybody else eat, as we thought, those patrons simply don't show up till the show is about to start.  Now we know.

We called the McDonalds right away, and they were so kind to say that we should just enjoy ourselves, and everything would be fine.  And since we had spent more money than I would like to admit on these tickets, we were determined to stay and enjoy the entire event.

All I can say is, it was worth every penny.  The meal was gourmet, and the show was incredible.  I had no idea that Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat was so funny!  We were cracking up throughout the entire show!  I highly recommend it.  The best part of the evening, though, was reminiscing with my sweetheart about our busy, but delightful, first three years of marriage.