Every once in a while, a girl needs a night out.

And tonight, my friends, was my night.

I love to hang out with my friend, Ashley. It's pretty much a party for us, whenever we get together. We love to eat, we love to chat, and we love to watch movies. So tonight was pretty much the most perfect Saturday night I've had in a long time.

We met at Red Robin for dinner. We shared a Cobb Salad, because we're friends and that's what friends do. (Also, because their salads are huge and we both wanted fries, too.)

So, we split a Cobb Salad that looked very much like this.

It was delish. I could have gone for a little more blue cheese in mine... but then, anyone who knows me knows that I could go for a little more blue cheese on just about everything.

Speaking of Cobb Salad, I know this is totally random... but I found this lovely link to a story about how the Cobb salad may or may not have been created by one Mr. Robert Cobb for Sid Grauman, of Grauman's Chinese Theater. (I recognized the name of Grauman's theater, because I am a good daughter and I pay attention to my mother when she tells me stories about the first time she saw Mary Poppins. - Just a little shout out to Mom, Mary & Bert there. Oh, and Mr. Grauman and his theater, too.)
Anyway, the salad was FAB.

And so were the fries. All three baskets of them. (Listen. They didn't put very many fries in the basket and we were sharing. It's not like I ate three baskets of fries all by myself. I mean, I could have... but I didn't.)


Honestly, who doesn't love Red Robin's steak fries?

Does anyone else have a favorite dipping sauce? I adore these fries dunked in poppy seed dressing. I mean, I adore them. If you haven't tried them with the poppy seed dressing, I advise you to do that the very next time you're there. In fact, why don't you just go ahead and invite me to come with.... in case you don't like the poppy seed dressing. I could finish it up for you if you're not such a big fan.

I'm just saying... it's a thought.

After having a fabulous dinner (which was mostly healthy - did you not see the picture of the salad up there?), we headed across the street to see Valentine's Day.

I'm not going to lie to you, people. I LOVED THIS MOVIE. It made me laugh. It made me cry. (It also made me wince in discomfort a couple times, but it was mostly a very, very good time.) I'm telling you - the cast was so much fun, the writing was pretty great, the side stories all merging into one big story of love was very... well, Love, Actually, actually. I'm a fan. Of this movie, and the Ashton Kutcher character. (I'm just saying - if that man asked me to marry him, I'd be all for saying yes. I heart Mr. Bouquet.) Also, pretty much my dream come true would be to own/operate a flower shop that was also a bakery. Think about it, people. Who isn't happy when they're buying a muffin? Who isn't happy when they're buying flowers? ... It'd be the perfect place to work! No cranky customers - SCORE! I'm in love with that business model. Oh, and - again, Mr. Bouquet. (I'm still swooning.)

All in all... this was so the best Saturday night date I've had in a good long time - even if I did have to buy my own movie ticket. (It blows the foot fetish guy clear out of the water, I tell you.)

Anyway... I'm totally up for seeing this movie again, should anyone want to go and not have someone to go with. .... Anyone in for a Monday night movie? $5.50 tickets with free popcorn - and my loud laugh ringing through the theater - it's a heck of a deal. Let me know if any of you locals want in. :-)