Today Chris and I decided we needed a bit of a break. We both work from home, and Chris often gigs at weddings during the weekend. Last weekend he played Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which pretty much writes off the weekend. I will usually work some of the weekend too, with the idea that we will go out on a weekday instead, but that very rarely happens!
It is very difficult when you work from home to split your 'work' time and your 'play' time up. Anyway, the other day we had an idea that we would start 'alphabet dating'. The idea is that each week one of us comes up with a date that is based on a letter of the alphabet, and the next week the other one does the following letter, etc. So I kicked it off with the letter A. Well, the day out went well, but I didn't really stick to the rules very well. I thought maybe I could base the day on Animals, but somehow we ended up at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Then I thought we could go to the cinema and watch Alpha Papa, but we actually ended up watching Kick Ass (which is awesome by the way!).
We did go to Las Iguanas for lunch though (an iguana is an animal!!!) and we also went into a mini fossil museum/shop, which featured various creatures and critters.
Here are some of the pictures I took...
Has anyone else tried alphabet dating? I thought we have invented it, but whilst searcing the internet for inspiration I discovered it was already a 'thing'.
So in a fortnight Chris will be basing a date on the letter B. Hmm, I wonder what he will come up with! Hopefully he will be more successful than I was!
Now we are off to eat an apple, an almond and an aardvark for dinner, see ya!
Laura xXx
Looks great! I love your outfit too - the owl fits with the animal theme! :)
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You are right! I didn't even notice that! I should have made Chris wear something animal themed, damn! We did spot some animal onsies on the way home. we should have bought them!
DeleteThat's a really cool idea. And I love your owl shirt!
ReplyDeleteBumper cars! Badger racing... beer making... bouncy castle-ing...
ReplyDeleteIf he takes you bowling I'd sack him ;) Looks like you had a great time, and I see a seagull and an owl, they are animals! :) I hadn't heard of alphabet dating but it sounds like a great idea :)
Badger racing! Now theres something i'd like to see! ... maybe ?
DeleteI have SUCH a hard time separating work and play time. One of the pitfalls of working from home, right? Love the idea of alphabet dating, forces you to get really creative!
ReplyDeleteI know, it is really tricky! I may have picked up a postcard for our swap whilst on my nautical adventure, I thought it was quite fitting with the 'underwater' theme!
Deleteooh I love this idea. Love the fact that a date every other week would mean a year of dates in one alphabet run!! I may be stealing this idea. I got married 3 weeks ago, and moved to my husbands house Hamble then, so not far from Southampton!
ReplyDeleteB.....biking? At Victoria country park they have a new-ish bike hire place that hires tandems and bikes with carriages on front. We did a Bushcraft course on the Isle of Wight on honeymoon too, which would be a great date activity. Plus, makes the men all primal. :)
I know, its perfect isn't it, lets hope we can keep it up for a year! Biking sounds great, and a bushcraft course, awesome! I hope you lot are still on hand to help me out when it's my turn again and I have to think of a C date!
DeleteI love your shirt:) These photos are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!
ReplyDeleteHave you read the book Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble?
That's the premise of the book - a different date for each letter of the alphabet. Lots of ideas in there! (and a good read as well!)
Looking forward to the next 25 dates! :-) x