SIMPLE KINDA LIFE

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We've made it to Friday!

Too bad we all can't celebrate together....wouldn't that be so fun?

How was your special love day yesterday? I'll get into ours in a minute.

Real quick I want to say hello to all of you who are new around here!

 {except I was really tan here...sigh...}

Like I said yesterday, I recently posted many of my favorite posts on my About Me page, so if you want to get to know the girl behind this blog a little better, that would be a good place to start. 

Who knows, maybe you don't want to know anything about me.

I'm hoping that's not the case though. ;)

I want to address something that brought me a lot of happiness this week...

There are not many things better than seeing you guys make projects that Billy and I have made (in particular-I've seen many of you do the $20 wood shelves), healthy recipes that I've tried, etc. 

I was sitting on the couch with Billy the other night actually showing him your tweets, pictures, and so on of the things you were inspired to make from seeing on my blog. It was like holy canoli-we loved it so much! and it inspires us to do more projects! So, thank you for that.

Moving on...

I've always told Billy that the things I remember/love most about Valentine's day are the things that are the most thoughtful. Even just spending time together in our own home is perfectly fine with me!  
Wine? Check. Movie? Check. Sweatpants? Definitely not mad about that one, so consider it yup-checked.

 

{right before the sweatpants made their appearance. thank you iphone for one of the blurriest pics I've ever seen.}

What made yesterday special for me was: 

....Getting breakfast out together before work so I don't have to make it.
Billy knows it's my favorite meal. In fact, the entire place was empty when we went. It was lovely.
 
....Handmade cards. You just cannot put a price on homemade cards.
They provide me with many laughs + are probably one of my favorite things ever.

....Our plan for the evening was to have our favorite meal at home, have a little wine tasting (Billy surprised me with three bottles!), and go to a cute dessert place (Pistacia Vera) down in German Village. When we got down there, we ended up getting dinner to go at a place close by that we've never tried. We love trying new places together, so this was fun for us.

....The MACAROONS themselves make me want to LIVE here! OK, and the truffles.

 

 

{in the back there is the chocolate bar I designed for Billy from Chocomize}

Anyway, Valentine's day is nice because it gives me that reminder to soak up my time with Billy and just how much I love him (even though I feel this way everyday). But just like other holidays, I wish my mom were still here. She was one of those that loved to celebrate any and every holiday and would go all out for it with the cutest little things. On the other hand, it's nice that I have a valentine up in heaven, too.

Tonight, I'm going to dinner with three of my best girlfriends and going to see this movie....

typical.

What are you doing this weekend?

Cheers to having {love}days everyday and possibly continuing it into the weekend?

xo