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Showing posts with label date. Show all posts

Monday, August 20, 2012

who doesn't love an overnight getaway!

Mr. H and I were excited about this weekend.  We decided to do a $$ date from our date jar and chose to stay at a hotel on Friday night.  There is this trendy loft hotel in Las Colinas I'd heard about so we thought we'd stay there.  The NYLO hotel was pretty cool and it was super trendy.     


Who doesn't love a mini getaway?!?!  It's nice sometimes to escape reality and spend a little time way even if it is only for one night.  We don't have a king bed so I always love when we get to stay one!




The shower was AMAZING.  I have never taken a shower with a shower head that is above.  After experiencing it, I know that we'll eventually need to upgrade to this.  There was a cool sliding door on the bathroom.

See what I mean about it being trendy!  No that little bitty couch was soooooo not comfortable.  It's more like art than anything else.  I sat down on it thinking it would be bouncy...nope!  I love the art over the couch though.  The walls were cement which was kind of cool.  


I arrived to the hotel before Mr. H so on his way over, he stopped and got us a yummy Chicago style pizza: pineapple and canadian bacon...my favorite!  It's our tradition so even though we weren't home, we still enjoyed Friday night pizza.  


Being the sweet eaters we are, I talked Mr. H into driving us around the corner to get a shake from In & Out.  I had actually never even eaten there before, but knew they had shakes.  I got a small shake and Mr. H got us an XL iced tea.  Look how huge the XL size is!!!  It almost didn't fit into our cup holder in the car.  Hahaha.  We just lounged in the hotel and watched TV.  It was a really fun date night!!  


Remember all the weddings we have this year???  We'll one sweet couple from our Bible study group is getting married September 8 (two days before our anniversary!).  Our Bible study threw them a Western themed couple's shower Saturday night.  We had a BBQ pot luck and omg it was so yummy!!  


I made this banner for them in the Western theme.  I'm all about details when it comes to parties.  No I wasn't planning on getting a new dress for the party, but I had to stop by Target to get a card and obviulosy with it being tax free weekend I had to check out the clothing section.  I found this adorable lace dress and knew I had to have it.  I was planning on wearing my cowboy boots and knew it they would go great with this dress.  Mr. H even said this was a great purchase because I looked super cute. Haha.  His words, not mine.  


Sunday is our lazy day at home, grocery store day and church time.  What a fun weekend, but they aways seem to go by so fast!!!  Why is that?  Well another Monday is here and I hope this will be a great week!!!  

Tonight, Mr. H has made us ribs and we'll be watching Bachelor Pad.  I'm pretty excited.  





Friday, August 17, 2012

fashion friday...summer sunset

Happy Friday!!  Man do I love the weekends.  They are my favorite time out of the week!

Okay ladies, today's Friday's Fancies is all about summer sunset.  These two outfits I'd wear on a date with Mr. H for a sunset dinner.  I used the colors of the sunset as my inspiration and then added some animal print for extra pizzaz.

think pink
This dress is from H&M and I think it needs to be in my closet ASAP.  I love animal print paired with pink.  This outfit would be perfect for a date night with Mr. H.  I 'm always cold in restaurants so I always make sure to carry a cardigan with me.  This one is especially cute because of the rhinestone buttons.

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mellow yellow
Like the dress from above, this top is from H&M and I think it needs to be in my closet ASAP. It comes in white and light pink so I'd have a hard time deciding on which color.  This would make a cute  outfit for a date with Mr. H out to eat or a night with friends.  I'm nil one with those Michael Kors earrings.  

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Mr. H and I have a fun night planned.  We will be having an overnight date night!!  We chose a $$ date from our date jar and I am so excited for a mini staycation!  Then, Saturday night we will be helping host a western themed couple's shower for a sweet couple from our Bible study group.  They will be getting married in September!

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend FRIENDS!

Monday, July 16, 2012

guess who i talked into getting a pedicure...

Hey FRIENDS!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Mr. H and I sure did.  We had a fun, relaxing weekend.  I'm so excited to share what we did.


friday
Friday evening, Mr. H came home after being out of town for work for three days.  Needless to say I was thrilled to see him.  We had a couples pizza and game night with two couple friends from our Bible study group.  It was sooooo much fun.

I forgot my camera so excuse the poor quality phone picture!

We played Catch Phrase and OMG did we have fun!  We played girls against boys and let me tell you that the girls dominated!!!  Here's the funniest part of the night during a round of Catch Phrase...

boy #1- his hint was "Merry Christmas in Spanish"

boy #2-"Happy New Year!!!!!"  (said with excitement)

boy #3-"Cinco de Mayo"

answer-Feliz Navidad

all 3 girl-dying laughing!!

I'm not sure it translates well via text, but it was hysterical!  The rest of the night proceeded to be just as fun.  I loved hanging out with these awesome couples!!

There are no words.



saturday
Mr. H and I had a lazy Saturday at home.  I always love days when we just stay home and relax.  There's no need to be doing something all the time!  Mr. H had a bachelor party and I photographed the groom's soon to be bride.  She asked me to do a special photo shoot as well as some bridals.  

I can't post a dress shot since she's not married yet, but here is a sneak peak.  Cute shoes, right!

I went to meet her with one of our friends and we had some crazy weather come out of the blue.  It was 98 degrees when we went to pick up the bride.  It started getting really overcast and crazy windy all of a sudden.  On our way to the location for pictures, the temperture dropped over 20 degrees!!!!!!  It was raining on and off; and then when it stopped we saw a beautiful rainbow.  





sunday
Sunday was my favorite day this weekend!  Let me explain...I've been trying to get Mr. H to come with me to get a pedicure for as long as I've know him.  The answer has always been NO!  And that was that.  

Last week, my older cousin, Dennis, who is good friends with Michael, posted on Facebook he recently got a pedicure and LOVED it!  He was very enthusiastic about how much he enjoyed and admitted he didn't know why it took him so long to give it a try.  I knew with Dennis on my side I could hopefully convince Mr. H to try a pedicure too.  This became my goal over the next week!

Let's just say that after a few text between Dennis and Mr. H, I finally got Mr. H to give in and get a pedicure with me!!!!  Yea!!!!  I KNEW he would love it if he just gave it a try.  

I asked Mr. H a few questions before and after about his FIRST pedicure experience...

On a scale from 1-10:
Q: How happy are you to be get a pedicure today?
A: 4



On a scale from 1-10:
Q: How much did you enjoy the pedicure experience?
A: 8

Yes or No
Q: Would you be willing to go again?
A: Yes (I got him to admit that at least once a year.) 

We went all out on the pedicure.  I wanted him to experience it all!!  Mr. H got the milk and honey pedicure and I got the tropical pedicure.
  • Foot/leg massage 
  • Hot wax paraffin
  • Hot stone massage
  • Hot towel wrap 
Then he told me that he could see himself going in the futur with our daughter (if we have one).  How sweet is that!!!  I have the best husband ever and I'm so glad he FINALLY gave it and went with me!  It was such a fun date afternoon.

Happy MONDAY!






p.s. I'm looking forward to the Men Tell All on the Bachelorette!


Monday, May 21, 2012

date at the farmer's market

Hello FRIENDS...Mr. H and I had a wonderful weekend together.  We had a fun little date planned to go to the Farmer's Market on Saturday late morning and then a couple's wedding shower we nearly forgot about on Sunday (oops).

**Get ready for an awesome LONG blog post today.  :)  You're welcome!

I hadn't been to the Farmer's Market in over a year and Mr. H had never been to the Dallas one.  We found lots of yummy things to look at and eat.



I love veggies and fruit so this was heaven for me.  I wish I could have picked one of everything!!  Ha.  


Look how cute these mini green apples are!  They are basically bite sized.  I'd never seen any that small before.


Mr. H and I love new potatoes.  We like to boil them whole, cut them in half and add a little butter and salt and pepper.  They go great with any meat...add a fresh veggie and you've got a delicious meal. 


I LOVE sweet corn on the cob.  We didn't get any unfortunately.  Mr. H was the regulator and had to say no to some things because I wanted everything!!  :)


I really, really wanted some yummy berries....specifically blackberries.  Mr. H kept saying they were all too expensive.  $4 for a small bowl full, I get it, but I REALLY wanted them.  Blackberries, raspberries and strawberries are my favorite fruits!  The summer is the perfect time of year to eat all you can before they aren't in season anymore.  Next time we go to the Farmer's Market, I'm going to insist we get some blackberries since I didn't get any this time!!


We got some of these green beans.  They will go great with our new potatoes.  Look how huge these grapes are.  I'd never seen any grapes this large before.  They look delicious too!!

I mean they had EVERYTHING you could want there.  Veggies, fruit, meats, eggs, honey, flowers, and then there were little vendors inside a separate pavilion.  There were so handmade soaps I wanted to get...next time.  OH and these super yummy looking pies.  They had mini ones were were going to get, but we got another little dessert treat instead.  We have an excuse to go back now to try these other things!!!


There were lots of flowers and these were my absolute favorite!!  Here you have a combinations of lots of beautiful flowers and the colors go so good together!  They are just so cherry and bright...I LOVE!  We live in an apartment so it's not the best place for planting flowers.  



I love all these beautiful flowers.  The large red ones are so summery.  I wish I had a yard to plant some in, but with my luck they'd die instantly.  


I saw this hanging plant holder and thought it was the cutest thing ever.  I picture my future house with a large wrap around front porch with several of these hanging with some of those bright colored flowers.  Wouldn't that look beautiful.  


Here's Mr. H being silly with his gig 'em thumbs up wearing his maroon shirt (supporting is TX A&M school).  Isn't he the cutest!!!  


We got lunch out there and I got this yummy spread.  Two tostadas (one beef/one chicken) with black beans, cabbage, cheese, tomatoes and cilantro and a side of refried beans and rice.  The tostadas were amazing and very authentic.  


My favorite part of the trip was tasting and getting fudge!  If you didn't know by now, I'm a HUGE sweet treat lover.  Mr. H is too, but he'll tell you I love it more.  We decided upon pecan praline fudge.  We both LOVE pralines and this was absolutely to die for.  If I had it my way, I would have gotten three or four different kinds.  Haha.  Again, next time... :)


We had such a fun little outing at the Farmer's Market.  It turned out to be a gorgeous day and I had my favorite person with me.  Thanks Mr. H for taking your wifey on a fun date! 


Here's what we ended up getting: peaches, cherry tomatoes, new potatoes, strawberries and green beans.  I'm pretty excited about these things!  The peaches were so ripe and tasted amazing.  We'll have a yummy meal this week with our new potatoes and green beans.  I'll be taking these strawberries and cherry tomatoes for lunch this week.  Lots of nutrients coming our way this week-look how healthy Mr. H and I are.  (minus the fudge. haha)




We have lots of weddings to attend this summer.  This sweet couple below are getting married June 22!  Congrats Alina and Daniel.  Aren't they the cutest couple?  Well be sides Mr. H and I of course.  



We took another pictures with A&D.  How cute right?  Haha.


Two of my sweet friends.  See the creeper in the back...that's Stacie (on the right)'s fiancee.  They are getting married June 1!  It's getting close.  I'm so excited!!  Can't wait to celebrate with y'all Stacie and Jeff!!  

We had some time to kill before we headed to church at 5:00 so Mr. H took me to...


Pretty awesome right!!!  Are you jealous??  You should be because those cupcakes were amazing.  I usually think Sprinkles is over rated and typically they are a little dry, but they were amazing actually!


I got carrot and Mr. H got lemon.  Carrot is my absolute favorite and I was so happy they had it.  If you've never been they don't carry all the flavors everyday.  


I was so happy to eat my cupcake!!!  Mr. H sure knows how to make my day even better!!


We didn't like our cupcakes if you can't tell.  Ha.  We ate them in about one minute.  No shame though...every bite was amazing.  Mr. H's lemon was yummy too.  I of course had to have a bite.

We had a very fun weekend and got to spend lots of time together.  That's why weekends are my favorite...I get to spend lots of quality time with Mr. H.  

I hope you too had a fun weekend and were even able to relax a little!!  It's time to get back to work and I look forward to what this week has to bring.  I'm starting to look at beginning the week with a positive attitude.  I have a hard time getting back into the work week, but with a good attitude it will make it so much easier!  

On a side note, I HATE fever blisters!!  I've had the virus since I was younger and I get them every now and then.  I got one on Friday and it always makes me so mad!  Mr. H does not have them so that's right, I can't kiss Mr. H until it goes away.  4-5 days people!!!  Ugggg.  We're still able to cuddle at least so it could be worse I guess.  Be thankful if you don't have them, they are painful and just plain annoying!  

Have a HAPPY day friends!