Category Archives: Holidays

Date Night Idea

February 20, 2012

Recently I wrote about Walker and I’s Special Night. Basically that we celebrated a Valentine’s of sorts but on the 13th and it was very low key with homemade macaroni and cheese and brownies. Since we celebrated on the 13th the idea was that nothing would be done on the 14th. I tried and tried and tried to be ok with this. Like I said I’m trying to let go of girly idea of Valentine’s Day. All day I was secretly hoping for some small surprise. Maybe some flowers or a chocolate bar? Just saying. So when Walker came over later with nothing I tried to hide my moping but I’m not so good at that. Then Walker suggested a walk over to the drug store cause he was in need of some throat drops (oh yeah he was not feeling well and I was the one moping). He knows I love to take walks so I tried to perk up and be excited about the mini adventure. Once we got there he asked if I’d like to head over to the food co-op and wander around. We hopped on the motorcycle and headed to the store. On the way there we came up with a plan, a way for me to get a bit of a surprise. We would go in the store with a spending limit, $8 in this case, and pick out little things that each other would like. Then when we got home we’d surprise each other with the little gifts. We split up and thoughtfully picked out items while keeping our budget in mind. I had so much fun picking things out and trying not to let Walker see any of them (it’s not a huge place). We had out goodies packed up in little paper bags so no peeks could be had and headed home. We exchanged bags and oh what a good job he did! I told him this may be the first time he’s beat me in gift giving. I was very happy indeed.

(My favorite part! Dried roses from the bulk section-I got flowers after all! )

(He loves mushrooms-I hate them)

(His tea and my roses)

-We had so much fun doing this and I’ve been recommending it to everyone. I think it would be great for anyone- couples, sisters, friends, mom-daughter, dad-son, anyone. It’s so fun really! If this inspires you please let me know your story. I would love to hear how it went!

Our Special Night

February 15, 2012

This year I tried to let go of the idea of Valentine’s Day. To let go of the pressure of the day, the need to feel special, to make someone else feel special just because it’s the 14th of February. It’s nice to have days like this but we should feel inspired to do so whenever we feel like it. So instead of making a big to do about Valentine’s Day (not really like we have in the past) we had a nice night in cooking and having fun with no pressure at all. We made homemade macaroni and cheese and brownies. Mmmm. I opened a bottle of Michigan wine I’ve been holding onto for a year and a half or so. It’s one of my favorite Michigan wines so I thought it would be a nice time to open it. I helped grate cheese and temper the egg into the sauce. Walker cooked the noodles and pretty much made the brownies except for the chocolate heart shape I insisted he let me add. It was all so yummy and it turned out to be a special night in it’s own way. Nothing fancy.