Couples Adventure Challenge #9

 Couples Adventure Challenge #9......

LizEtheridgeSekerke

...is in the books!

We've been doing these crazy Adventure Challenges for over a year but, unfortunately, they had been put on “HOLD” these past few months until we unpacked the last box....hung the last chandelier....and caught our breath from a whirlwind of moving....living in hotels for 3 weeks....then moving again.

We were more than ready to scratch off our next Couples Adventure Challenge and see what we would be doing this weekend!

The Challenge was:

1) Each of you write down your ultimate date idea for the night. This is your chance to make it all about what you want.

2) Select one item from you house (keep it a secret) that you will take to a pawn shop to sell.

3) Whoever sells their item for more money gets to choose the date idea for the night.

4) Combine the money you got to pay for the date.

So as Wayne went up into the attic to search for his “secret item” to sell, I went no further than my jewelry box.

As he placed his item in the trunk, I placed mine in the backpack and Googled “Pawn Shops Near Me.” Google sent us down the road to the great town of McKinney.

Wayne walked in with a vintage manual typewriter in mint condition that had been in the family for many years. It had been used many times to type high school homework assignments and college essays. A classic. I won’t lie; my heart tugged a bit at the thought of him selling this piece of history. But that typewriter had been moved 8x over the years and needed a good home.  

My “secret” item was a diamond tennis bracelet I had been given years ago that I wasn’t sure 

was even real.

Turns out, the pawn shop doesn’t buy vintage typewriters and my diamond tennis bracelet was, indeed, real. SCORE!!  

Liz won!!!

So we walked out with a cool $380 to go on our Adventure Date with!

And where had I chosen as my ultimate date?? None other than.......Putt Putt Golf and Dinner. We’re simple people, folks....it doesn’t take much to have a good time with this guy.

We headed to an indoor Putt Putt called Puttery at Grandscape not far from our house and let the fun begin!

We discovered our level of expertise at Putt Putt was exactly the same.....sketchy at best.

Wayne found he golfed better when putting backwards.....

And we took the ski lift from hole to hole.....

And ended the date with a nice dinner on a rooftop cafe and a free concert in the park.

Life with this guy just keeps getting better and better....