Valentine's Recap

What a looooovely week this has been! Literally, just so full of love! And no, that is NOT sarcasm at all. I promise! Since Valentine's Day was on Tuesday aka my day of hell each week (as in, I leave home at 7:10am and get back home at 9:30pm.....yeah, hell!) we decided to celebrate Valentine's over the weekend instead. To celebrate, we went out to eat at a restaurant that we had been wanting to try. It was a BBQ place and it was AMAZING!!! I had the ribs and they were fall off the bone delicious. I think as soon as we walked in the door, both of us were drooling because it just smelled THAT good! So the dinner was a success! We were planning then on going to see The Vow...um Channing Tatum AND Rachel McAdams, how can you turn that down?! But it got too late and we missed the showing...better luck next time. Either way, it was a fun and entertaining dinner date. Now back to V-Day, and just to clarify this, Jordan and I had agreed shortly after Christmas that for Valentine's we weren't going to be exchanging gifts or anything since we have wedding stuff to pay for. And I mean, do we really need to keep trying to impress each other with gifts for Valentine's Day just because our culture and society has made it into the huge ordeal that it is these days?? No, my friends. We do not. I also promised Jordan that come V-Day, when I wake up in the morning to nothing and come home to nothing, that I wasn't going to be disappointed. I swore to him that I wouldn't be one of those girls who is all, "I don't want or expect anything but I'm secretly hoping that you surprise me with a Tiffany's box and some flowers....and I'll be pissed if you don't." Hell no, I'm not that girl. I'm pretty sure I may have also said, "and so help me god, you spend any money on flowers, especially roses, I WILL SLAP YOU!" 


So imagine my surprise when Jordan actually did get me a gift and had it on Monday night. And it was.....drum roll please................................a loaf of bread and a 20oz Mountain Dew! Umm best practical gift ever? Yes. His reasoning? "Well, I know how much bread you go through for your lunch each week so I got the bread to help you make sandwiches in the morning. And I know you have a long day tomorrow so I thought you could use the Dew." What a guy, I tell ya! I must be pms'ing because I cried over bread and mountain dew, ha! I'm not lying, I really shed a few tears. It was just one of those really sweet, unexpected gestures that Valentine's Day or not, reminded me of how he's always thinking about me and one of the reasons why I love him so much. But of course, I couldn't let him outdo me with bread and a Dew. So on Tuesday, I went to the mall and got him one thing I knew he would freak out about. A slice of cookie cake from Great American Cookies. If you've had these, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, then you're surely missing out. Their frosted chocolate chip cookies are perfect and delicious. I mean, we don't call them crack cookies for nothing. Not to say we've done crack, but we like to think that they're equally as addictive. Whatever. Needless to say, when I finally got home and surprised him with the cookie, he was pretty pumped and even shared some of it with me. Win win for both of us.


We were however both pleasantly and very happily surprised at the arrival of a Pampered Chef box  that we got on Valentine's Day. Of course, I tore right into it and couldn't wait to see what we got. We got a small micro-cooker, peeler, adjustable measuring spoons, basting brush, a grilling cookbook and an appetizer cookbook. Score!!! Of course, Jordan's reaction was, "Wow, did we get all of that just for registering?!!!" Ehh, not quite but good try. Finally, after literally taking everything out of the box, the extra packing paper and all, I found a card. Turns out it was all ordered from my parents and my mom had it shipped right to us. Double score!!! Right when I thought my mom was out doing herself for the wedding and putting me to shame....now she's already checking stuff off my registry list! Thanks Mom and Dad for being the best and most giving parents ever. We'd be lost without you both!


And well, that's a wrap on Valentine's Week. But it wouldn't be complete without Paisley's take on the whole day....

Just because I like to chew your socks...
doesn't mean I wanted some for my own paws!

Now that I've humiliated her again, I hope you've all had a fantastic week and that you continue to spread the love the rest of the year instead of for just one day. Enjoy the weekend! :)