Italian Sausage with Bow Tie Pasta, Spinach and Tomatoes

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My husband and I had our first “date” at Olive Garden. I am punctual … like, OCD about it. The thought of being late to anything totally stresses me out. Brian lived out of town at the time … So he had  little further to go to get to that Olive Garden than I did. I, of course, being the impatient person that I am … arrived early and decided to sit in my car and wait for him to arrive (which wasn’t a long wait). We were talking to each other on the phone while he was driving into town … and I guess he missed the part about telling me he was in the parking lot because he kind of snuck up on me … and gave me a mini heart attack by knocking on my window. After giving him a hard time, we went inside and enjoyed a nice meal together … and talked a lot! I absolutely love that we can talk for hours …. and we have the cell phone bills to prove it. 😉 Towards the end of the date, when they bring the check – they also bring you those little Andes mints. I may have flicked one of those mints at him …. (imagine elementary school – when you flicked the paper football through your friend’s hands that were the “uprights”) which totally caught him off guard. He had no idea it was coming and it hit him in the chest. The look on his face was priceless. I like to believe that’s when we both knew it was love. {awww} He also learned a very important lesson that day about his future wife – always expect the unexpected! 😉 Hehehe.