When my now husband and I were in college at Chico State in 1986, we had little to no money. One Valentine's Day, he said I needed to dress up and we were going to dinner. I was so excited, yet I was worried about where he was going to get the money to take us both out to dinner. He had a 1963 Volkswagen van and we started walking towards his van as if we were going to leave to go somewhere and instead, he opened up the back and inside he had the table set up with a tablecloth, flowers and he had the windows covered with a beach towel that was an ocean and palm tree scene. He had an ice chest with champagne and homemade spaghetti and meatballs. We sat there and ate dinner inside his van. This was just one of the reasons why I knew he would be the one I would spend the rest of my life with. We now have been married for 25 years, and to this day, that was the most romantic dinner ever.
Denise
