celebrating love

last year on valentine's day, the husband and i ended up not doing anything. because it's his birthday just two days later, that week is usually a busy one for us anyway. but this year, we decided to go all out. and to be the biggest living cliches ever. ;) 

for saad's birthday, i gave him a gift box which also included a red tie along with a note. in the note i told him i had a matching red dress and asked him to please, be my valentine. so cheesy, i know ;) 

i'm not the only cheesy one because at midnight, he asked me to go "get his jacket" for him from the backseat of his car. that's where i found my present. i was so surprised. wasn't expecting it at all. gotta love sneaky saadu :)

 ^^the presents

we went to cheesecake factory for dinner, even though the wait was insane. we ended up getting lucky and got a table in the bar area within about forty minutes (which is not long at all compared to the almost three hour wait to be seated elsewhere.)  

after dinner, we tried to go to the revolving restaurant at westin in downtown but the wait there was also two hours so we left and ended up getting sprinkles cupcake and ice cream. 

 ^^matchy matchy

 ^^the boy

 ^^the two hour wait for dessert had us disappointed

 ^^sprinkles saves the day!

 ^^ice cream and cupcake? best.combination.ever

^^me all happy with my dessert ;)

before this year, i always thought i loved the idea of valentine's day. but after going all out, matching outfits and giving gifts to each other, i realized that these are things we do regardless of it being february 14th or not. plus, it's a real pain in the ass dealing with the two hour waits everywhere you go. so starting next year, we'll be less cliche and more simple. :)

so here's to celebrating love, no matter what the date is and whether you go all out or not. i'm forever grateful for this life with my best friend, today and every day :)

p.s. here's a little throwback of two years ago. when saad showed up on my doorstep in albuquerque, all dressed up in his red button down holding a bouquet of red roses. he gave me the surprise of a lifetime on our first valentine's together :)