Valentines Weekend

I heart V-day. Just as a reminder, to do something special with the ones we love.
On Sunday we had french toast with yummy berries for breakfast, then Jackson went to Grandma's for a few hours.Mr. H and i spent the afternoon, checking out some shops, and having a late lunch on Locke Street. (We'd much rather spend time together DOING something, than buy each other gifts)

Of course, the Cheese Shop on Locke was Marcus' favorite. He got some expensive stinky cheese. I took some pics of their loverly product displays.

My favorite store, is Citizen Kid. They sell a lot of unique toys. wooden, handmade, organic, toys that require use of imagination. A great store to check out if you are going to a baby shower, or a child's birthday, and want to get something unique. I didn't take any pictures there, i was some what scurred of the sales girl.
Our original plan was a somewhat fancy dinner, but alas, we were ready to eat at 3, and the dinner places weren't open yet. Instead, we went to the West Town, a diner-ish place. Our kind of food.

All i can say is, i have serious love for deep fried pickles, and pizza with feta, sun dried tomatoes and red onion. Oh, and Stella. I can't forget the Stella.

(a nice out of focus picture of me. Bleh!)

In lieu of going to the movies, and trying to find something decent to see, we rented some movies, and made homemade hot fudge sundays. Yumfreakin'um. A damn perfect Valentines day to me.We watched Conviction, which was a GREAT movie, as well as Black Swan, which was good, but weird, and sort of meh.
We also had The Fighter to watch, but we were asleep on the couch all too early.
We sort of extended our V-Day celebration into Monday, which brought us to the decision to get back to our healthy eating habits after today. We sort of fell of the wagon after Christmas, and never fully got back. I don't think either of us have actually gained any weight per se, we just feel icky and lame. Normally, we eat healthy during the week, and on the weekend allow ourselves to have 1 or 2 free meals. For us, it is a good balance. By healthy i mean, nothing fried, whole grains, fruit, veggies and usually lean meats. Marcus' does eat white bread, but at least he doesn't get a doughnut at Tim's, and he doesn't drink beer or regular pop anymore. Here's to hoping that we stick with it. I think the fact that we discussed it with each other, and i am now accountable to the blog sphere should help.
Now to plow through all the chocolate we have in the house!

My V-day flowers. (Jackson picked them!)