Valentine’s Day in the Fagan household was low key and lovely!
I surprised Ryan with a ridiculous “Happy Valentine’s Day” display on our garage door.
In our household, the cheesier, the better!
Ryan and I are big sign people and like to leave signs on the door to welcome each other home after a trip away or congratulate each other after something neat happens, so I figured I’d up the ante a bit and he got a big kick out of it!
After dinner, we exchanged our $20 gifts!
And yes, Ryan wrapped my gifts in a popcorn tin that we saved from Christmas. We never buy new wrapping paper or gift bags when we give gifts to each other and just reuse the gift bags that we’ve received from others, so it’s always interesting to see what our gifts look like. I laughed out loud when I saw the popcorn tin!
My gifts from Ryan included a super soft pink t-shirt, gum (I am a gum-chewing maniac) and awesome neon Reebok socks!
The socks totally reminded me of the Lisa Frank notebooks I used to own as a kid and the fourth grade girl inside of me freaked out a little bit!
When I mentioned Lisa Frank, Ryan gave me a rather confused look and told he me had never heard of her. It saddens me to know that his childhood didn’t include neon kitten notebooks and Trapper Keepers adorned with psychedelic seals.
My gifts to Ryan included a book, turkey jerky, his favorite candy, a can of nawgan (he loves this stuff) and a bunch of white chocolate-covered Oreos from a local chocolatier that obviously got inhaled the minute he opened them since they alluded any photographs.
It was a lovely Valentine’s Day!
Workout
Today began nice and early with a sweaty whiteboard-inspired workout at the gym.
Once a week or so, my gym puts a new functional training workout on the whiteboard and today I followed the workout, but added in some upper body exercises as well. It was a good one!
I had a smoothie for breakfast and worked through the morning until it was time for lunch.
Lunch
Lunch today was rather random.
I had a serious craving for ricotta cheese that I couldn’t shake, so pizza toast made with the creamy cheese sounded perfect.
Craving = Satisfied
I also ate a couple of handfuls of salted cashews on the side.
Now it’s time to pack. Off to Sanibel for the weekend!
Happy Friday!
Question of the Afternoon
- Any other childhood Lisa Frank fans out there?
I can honestly say I forgot all about Lisa Frank until this post – thank you so much for the reminder! I remember being whole-heartedly in love with fuchsia, purple, and pink as a child thanks to Lisa Frank’s genius
And, in spite of my aversion to exchanging gifts and decorating for holidays (Bah Humbug
), I think the gifts you and Ryan got for each other and your Valentine’s day decor are adorable!
Erin @ The Elliptical Chronicles
I LOVED LISA FRANK!!!
Beth Sheridan
my food processor just broke and i’ve been looking into getting a high powered blender to replace it! this would be an awesome win for me!
sarah
haha wrng post oops!
sarah
hmmm, i can’t seem to open the other post with the blendtec giveaway…
sarah
I work on a college campus and I’m always on the go! I would love to have a great blender and some yogurt to keep me healthy on the go.
Laura
I also tweeted you! My Twitter handle is ljcoombs
Laura
&& I “liked” Stonyfield Farm on Facebook…the Banilla looks delightful!
Laura
I ALSO signed up to receive Blendtec recipes… hopefully to use with my new blender
I’m really hoping for a little luck here!
Laura
The last post’s comments wouldn’t let me comment. Can I comment here? I am hoping to win a Blendtec blender! I’m 13 weeks pregnant and staying active! I’m doing weights, cardio, and running still. I also am working at staying healthy in my eating habits. A Blendtec blender would help!
I also tweeted! Thank you!
Brooke Doughtie
I would love love love the Blendtec blender. I have never had a really good blender and would like to have a smooth smoothie. I love to make spinach smoothies for my children, hoping to impress a healthy lifestyle in them, and I am positive they would want me to have a high quality blender like Blendtec!
Pamela Holland
The Blendtec blender would be amazing!!! I have at least one smoothie per day and seem to go through regular blenders like socks. I would love a high-poweder one like this one that can handle ice, frozen fruit, and nuts like it should!
Alice M
Can you send the title of the book that you got for Ryan? It looks like it’s about Seal Team 6? If so, would be up my fiance’s alley!
raquel
I made my fiance the “52 Reasons Why I Love You!” It was so much fun – thank you for the idea
He loved it!
Missy @ Life After Morning Coffee
Lisa Frank fan checking in!!! I love cheesy signs too..haha! You guys had a nice gift exchange. love it!
Mandi
Mandi
I make smoothies everyday since my kefir cultures seem to be dividing nonstop. It seems to be the most delicious and easy way to keep up with the cultures. However my blender tends to leave frozen fruit chunks everytime, a Blendtec as well as yogurt would be great new additions to these smoothies!
Christine
oops wrong post!
Christine