Because TJ will be away next weekend, we decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day a week early. At the last minute I decided to book a hotel in Atlantic City and surprise TJ. Finally, a weekend we are both off of work! We were due for a weekend away with each other to relax, de-stress and get out of our cold apartment! I booked us a room at Harrah’s for Saturday night- and I told TJ to pack for the weekend, but didn’t tell him where we were going. 😉
We got up early Saturday morning, heading to DD for some breakfast and coffee, then plugged the “secret” address into our GPS to hit the road. This is when TJ found out where we were going, because the GPS said—- “En Route to Atlantic City”….busted!! Oh well, I can’t keep surprises anyway! The drive wasn’t too bad, only a little more than 2 hours. We stopped at a rest stop about 30 minutes outside of AC and ran into Paul Sr. from Orange County Choppers! We were able to grab a quick pic for TJ and then we were off! AC Expressway here we come!
When we got to AC, we were a little too early for check-in, so we decided to play some slot machines. Bad idea…. 😉 After loosing $60 we headed over to Bill’s Burger Shack to grab some lunch. After lunch we checked into our room. The plan was to go to the pool and have a relaxing afternoon there. Because I didn’t tell TJ where we were going for the weekend- he didn’t exactly pack for ‘a trip the pool’.
We spent the next few hours relaxing poolside. There was a DJ for their volleyball pool party, so that was fun. After a few hours hanging out, we gambled a bit at the roulette table and then went upstairs to get ready for dinner.
TJ LOVES pasta and Italian food, so I surprised him with a trip to the Tropicana hotel for some delicious Carmine’s! We took a cab from Harrah’s to the Trop and were quickly seated. Unfortuantley our ‘romantic Valentine’s dinner’ wasn’t so romantic, because were sat next to a table of 30 guys celebrating their friend’s bachelor party, but we made the best of it! One of the men even offered to buy us both a drink, due to the loud inconvenience. I took him up on his offer! A little wine never hurt anyone ;P
After dinner we walked around the hotel and then headed back to Harrah’s. TJ decided to surprise me with my Valentine’s gifts early– since he will be in NYC at the All-Star Basketball games next weekend. He bought me a beautiful set of diamond earrings as well as tickets to the Spring Spectacular featuring the Rockettes!! I sure made out good! Thanks Teej!! <3
Overall, our weekend was super fun and a much needed get away.
 Where are we going next?
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