I've just booked a night in a hotel for DH and myself in our own town.

[jac34]

Next week DH and I will have been married 10 years.We hadn't made any plans to do anything,as we've been a bit busy,with his brother visiting from Australia,school hols etc.
As we left it so late,my parents have plans for next weekend but could manage to sit for us on Friday night.
We have a really nice waterfront area in our town and we thought it would be pleasent to go out early evening,sit,have a few drinks and a bite to eat overlooking the marina.
There are some new hotels there as well,so I decided to book us into one for the night.
I checked with my Mum,they will stay at our house with the children,then we'll be back early enough for them to get away in the morning.
We never treat ourselves,most of our spare cash goes on the kids or the house,and I just didn't want to let this pass without doing something special.I love him loads,we've been through quite alot together in the last 10 years and are still very happy.
Do you think I did the right thing or is it a bit of an extravigence???

Good on you, sounds like a great plan. Enjoy it!

Definatley the right thing! Sounds fab. Have a lovely evening.

Go for it,sound's lovely.
Enjoy,don't talk about the kids all night!!

I think it's fantastic, go for it

xxx

Sounds wonderful. Have a lovely time.

We did this for our 10th anniversary last Sept. Best friend and her DH and kids came to ours to look after the kids and DH and I drove five miles up the road and stayed at a lovely country hotel.. ate at their lovely lovely italian restaurant by which time I was pissed on the lovely lovely champagne that DH had arranged to have in our room on ice.. and then came back to our room and had an excellent quality shag (complete with new sexy undies.. me not him! ) that had nowt in common with the usual bi monthy quickies we often make do with.. if that!

Good for you Jac.. have fun!!

SJ x

I'm really looking forward to it now.
We were talking about it earlier,but thought it might be a waste of money.
He's taken the kids swimming, so I thought I'd book it before we talked ourselves out of it.

Aren't I crude??! What I meant is that we made sweet luuuurrrrrrve ... not 'had an excellent shag'

Good idea to stop discussing it and just book it! :)

I know I've just said this, but I do think that this is FANTASTIC, DH and I have never been alone for a night since our children came along, we think we are going to have our first next month. Reading your post has really given me the incentive to make sure that this happens.

ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY

I know,you just get so used to not treating yourselves.It's years since we've stayed in a hotel room without any children in tow.
And as I said,I just couldn't let 10 years slip by without doing something.

We did something similar for our 10th but the hotel was near my parents (who had our kids for the night). It was a VERY nice hotel, reknowned for its food and we had never been before (even though it was my hometown). Definitely one of the best ideas we had ever had - far more enjoyable than lunch at a famous London restaurant which we did for the actual anniversary - food was far better - mind you we were so full it sort of detracted from the rest of the evenings celebrations

Go for it!

Sounds perfect!
Make sure you dress up to make it really special
(and how about bringing a bottle of Champagne to sip as yuo get ready??)

Jac, it's a brilliant idea. Good idea to be close to home as then I'm sure you'll really relax, knowing you're very close to home and able to be there in an emergency.

Hope it's fab, and you have inspired me as well - it's my 40th next year and I am going to start planning something for DH and I!

Hope you have a lovely night. It's a wonderful way to celebrate. Hope dh and I are as in love when we hit 10 years anniversary....(Married 2 years and together 10)