Valentines Day 2014!

Awww, it's Valentine's Day! Happy, HAPPY Valentines to you and yours!
... Or... Happy Singles Awareness Day, to all of my single lads & ladies out there. (:

There was definitely enough love to go around today. We started at work, with the traditional Friday office lunch. Coincidentally, it was Naked Pizza. Fully clothed, we chowed down in less-than-graceful fashion. We are spoiled..

naked pizza!! (:

The weather reports showed that we were due another bout of wintery stuff today, so we closed down the office right around 3pm and called it a week.

not bad for a commute home!

Nobody was complaining. (: I even took the opportunity to stop off at a little corner store I've been eyeing for a while but never actually visited, until today. It's a resale place that is apparently part of the Plato's Closet family, and managed to score some leather boots for a $20 before getting back on the road home.

I'm glad I did get moving homeward when I did. By the time I picked up Sydni in Milford and got halfway back to Beechmont, the sleet was in coming down in waves and 1 of every 4 drivers had panic attacks like they usually do in inclement weather around here.

We finally made it safely home, and Rob came in not far behind us. We had already voted a BIG negative on going anywhere for Valentines, 1] because we're really not that into sappy stuff, 2] the roads were junk, 3] Sydni's with us this week, 4] it's more fun when we all just stay home and play or read together and 4] Jesse was en route to visit for the weekend from Illinois. Needless to say, we promised each other we'd show some restraint this year, and kept it a humble little celebration. Really though, it turned out better than any fancy shmancy dinner at an over-crowded restaurant ever could have.

♥♥♥ it's the small things, really (: ♥♥♥

As a joke, I bought Rob a case of adult spirits for Jesse and him to enjoy over the weekend for Jesse's visit. He in turn bought me a new sherpa throw and some coconut macaroons. Sydni got a Valentine's bag of Hello Kitty goodies: jewelry, stickers, coloring books and crayons. She and I curled up with my new blanket and a macaroon each to color some pictures, and Rob busied himself making the first fire in our new place. The entire cast of our house was captivated by it.

it's fireside time!

^ And that, folks, is where all five of us spent the rest of the evening: in front of a crackling fire, listening to Sydni tell a story about the picture she was coloring and playing with the dogs. I couldn't have imagined a better evening to put real love on display than us being together tonight.

I'll have to say my hello's to Jesse tomorrow; he's still on his way, apparently crawling now through the traffic that's built up because of the weather :(. It's been a long week.

Happy weekend, friends!

xo | cmd