A CULTURED WEEK AHEAD

This week, Matt and I have two great dates planned. We usually don't spend much money for our date nights- we'll cook together, or eat out with a coupon, and do a free activity like go on a run or watch something online together. So when there is something more expensive that we want to do, we don't feel bad spending the money on it. And it just so happened that two events we wanted to do, were in the same week- which is this week.

Back in November, we bought tickets to see the opera, La Traviata, this upcoming Friday night in Salt Lake City. We are really excited to see a live opera. We often listen to Pavarotti on our record player while cooking, and one of the songs we have by him is featured in this opera. La Traviata is what Moulin Rogue was loosely based on, if you want an idea of what the plot is about.

We also decided to finally go see a film at the Sundance Film Festival! We have both lived here in Utah for several years, and neither of us has gone. We got tickets to see Listen Up, Philip on Tuesday night. We are seeing it up at Sundance Resort, and not at the main venue at Park City, since it is closer to us and it is a school night.  Here is a teaser for it:

I am especially excited that these fun dates fall this week, because this past weekend marked the anniversary of our first date, and today also marks our 6 month wedding anniversary- we have been married for half a year already! (Can you tell that I love to keep track of time, and count things?) Matt had a dozen red roses on our kitchen table when I came home from work as a surprise :) I just love him.