Valentine's Weekend Recap

I have a confession. I am officially bloggerwhelmed. I can't keep up with reading and commenting on everyone's blogs, not to mention posting on my own blog. I am just too busy to do fun and interesting things, and I think this time of year there's not a lot going on to take pictures of or post about. I feel bad for not taking pictures and posting more often, but let's be honest: it is freezing and quite ugly outside, so going out to do fun things and take pictures is not that appealing. I have even considered taking an official blogging break for a week so I don't have to think about it for a while.

But Spring is coming and hopefully that will pull me out of the blogging slump. I just had to confess. Now for the weekend recap...

Saturday:

• Laundry


• Modern Warfare (Klane) and reading books (Angie)


• An afternoon nap


• A romantic dinner at Alta in the West Village. It's a Mediterranean restaurant and you order several smaller dishes to share, so you get to sample several different foods. Each dish we tried was so unique and delicious, from the fried goat cheese with lavender-infused honey, to the ricotta parmesan gnocchi, to the lamb meatballs. It was such a fun, romantic evening. Perfect Valentine's date.


• Homemade s'mores treats and a movie on the couch

Sunday:

• Klane taught a great Sunday School lesson on God's Plan of Salvation and the importance of our physical bodies.


• When we got home Klane set me on the bed, handed me my book and told me I wasn't allowed to get up. He washed the dishes, put away the clothes, cleaned up and fixed us lunch! I love my husband.


• Valentine's Day dinner. We whipped up the yummiest pasta and amazing (+ easy) breadsticks.



• Klane got me this cute shirt from Anthropologie! I was so impressed. This is the first article of clothing I've owned from there (besides a plain white undershirt), because every time I go in I can't commit to choosing something. Klane isn't a big shopper, so it's pretty out of his comfort zone to pick out a shirt for me. Which makes it that much more sweet. He did good.


• Another movie on the couch.

Monday:

• SLEPT IN!!


• Cleaned a lot of neglected corners of the apartment. Felt so good!


• Discovered the MOST AMAZING GROCERY STORE just up the street. Best Yet Market just opened, it's only three blocks away and I will now only be shopping there. I am not kidding you, this was in my top three highlights for this weekend. I almost cried, I was so happy. It is HUGE, and so clean, the isles are so wide, and they have a huge selection, and fresh produce and meats and you can actually find more rare ingredients there. We both walked through the store in awe and kept saying, "I cannot believe this! This is incredible!" Seriously, I think being able to shop at this store will change my life for the better. That may sound dramatic, but you have no idea how much I hated our tiny grocery store with the limited selection and questionable produce/meat, crowded isles, huge lines, etc etc. This is me, about to cry tears of joy, after I discovered that they actually had more than one type of brown sugar there. It was so beautiful.



• Spent a few hours in B&H, playing with and drooling over cameras and lenses, and Klane picked out his Valentine's day present: a new set of nice headphones.


• Finally spent my Williams Sonoma store credit from our wedding. I decided to use it all toward one big purchase and I am so happy with what I got. It's even red for Valentine's day: