happy valentine's day !!

so today was officially the best valentine's day i've ever had.

but don't read too far into that, valentine's day isn't a big deal.

i was totally shocked at work when a delivery man stopped by with a lovely bouquet of red and white flowers for me from steve.  it absolutely made my whole day and i kept catching myself with a big grin on my face.

then we got dinner at one of my favorite restaurants and chowed hard on curry.  i LOVE indian food.  

i power walked downtown on my lunch break and picked us out some valentine's day cupcakes.  2 red velvet, 2 german chocolate, and 2 girl scout samoa cupcakes.  so we can basically run on simple sugar forever now.

if you recognize any of the photos in the collage i made for steve... you've probably been to charleston, SC!  i found us an incredible deal on a hotel in charleston and decided to give steve a valentine surprise.  we are headed down south for his spring break!

it may not be jamaica but 66 degree whether sure sounds better than what we've had here.

hope everyone had a simply lovely valentine's day. and if you didn't, that's ok there's always next year.  it's just the 14th of february after all.

photo recap

taking pictures of my bubble necklace is what got me through this long work week.

...ok... the sweets and coffee at work didn't hurt either.

i made bert a handsome bow tie collar.  he looks like a millionaire cat.

painting hearts for the valentine's day garland.

steve got a picture with the praying mantis at the kzoo nature center before paul's eagle court of honor.

my parents brought us their catering left overs from my dad's company party.  YUMYUMYUMYUMYUM

happy friday!

i heart seasonal decor

winter has really been getting to me this year.  i am pretty sure i could eliminate snow from the rest of my life and feel no remorse.  the other morning when heading to work my car had a frozen lock.  after busting through the passenger side door and shimmying my way over to the driver's seat i opened my driver's side door from the inside.  this ended up being a big mistake as the latch became frozen inside the door and i had to drive about halfway to work holding the door shut until the car had warmed up enough to loosen the latch.

*frown*

so, in an effort to cheer myself up yesterday, i decided to pack away the big wooden glitter snowflakes i had hanging in the front window and make something cute for valentine's day.  heart garlands seem to be all the rage on pinterest so i thought i'd make one of my own.  it definitely makes the front room cuter, but i'm still waiting for it to melt the ice outside.

(cardstock hearts painted red with acrylic.   smaller cardstock hearts hot glued in the middle with sharpie letters.  strung together with white thread.)