M and I had our celebratory meal today! We wanted to go to Alphütte on Saturday night, but unfortunately it’s not open for dinner on Saturday nights (which I think is quite odd), so the only option was to go during next week, which was just too far away! So we took the afternoon off, and went for lunch today instead.

It was pretty cool to sit in the restaurant and watch the world go by. I could get used to not going to work, and just spending my days eating lunch in fancy restaurants. Whenever I’m not at work during the day and I’m out, I always wonder why there are so many people around who aren’t at work - don’t they have to earn a living, dammit?! I wonder if they wonder the same thing about me.

Going out for lunch is great. We always go out for a meal on M’s and my birthday, and usually it’s dinner, but for M’s last birthday, we went out for lunch. It was really good, because after you’ve stuffed yourself (which inevitably happens when you go somewhere nice - you want to enjoy yourself!), you’ve got the rest of the day to digest it, rather than getting home at around 10:30 with a belly full of food that’s just going to sit there all night.

True to form, I stuffed myself. I had Mushroom Buttons for entrée, then Hirsch Medallions for main, with a side of Röschti of course. Yum! I’d been planning to have dessert, but by the end of the main I was so full that I couldn’t fit it in, so we just had a coffee instead. I’m glad I didn’t have dessert. It seems I can only ever fit two courses in, so next time we go out for dinner I’m going to make the two courses main and dessert - being the sweet tooth that I am, I need dessert every now and then so that I can function properly. And I really would have liked the chocolate mousse served in a chocolate box, with a raspberry pudding on the side. Mmm chocolate. Patience, my pet - there’s always next time.