Valentines Day Weekend!

I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing and romantic Valentines Day weekend!

My weekend started out relaxing. I went over to my girlfriends Meg (at My Monochromatic Life) house for a little spa day. This was the perfect opportunity for me to try out the DIY at home spa routine I had been dying to try when I read about it on one of my favorite beauty bloggers blog (say that fast 3 times 😉 ) The Beauty Snoop. I was super excited to try it because I had most of the items to execute it,  I am a lover of DIY,  and what girl doesn’t like a little spa pampering at a fraction of the cost.

Between the two of us we had almost everything except for a face mask, so off to one of our favorite stores, Target. After a lot of searching on our part and some help from a wonderful male worker we found a face mask.

That night we executed a relaxing facial, manicure and pedicures, girl talk, wine drinking and enjoyed some red velvet Oreo. It was the perfect start to the weekend.

Saturday, Valentines Day, was romantic.  Steve made breakfast in bed for us, then we were off for a morning date at our local Caribou Coffee. Steve worked on some homework while I played games on my Ipad and read my magazine. It was perfect!

Once home we had started to get ready for our evening out with our friends for Valentines dinner.

dress front

dress back

This is the dress that I was loving for Valentines day. I picked it up at Primp around the holiday’s and saved it cause I thought it would be more appropriate for Valentines Day. It was the perfect amount of classy with the long sleeves and v-neck, but little sexy with the open back and shorter length. I paired it with my favorite shoes that I picked up around Thanksgiving. Even though these shoes have a tall heel, they are so comfortable!

Steve and I have been together for 7 years and this was our first Valentines Day going out. I really wanted to celebrate by going out this year and wanted to celebrate with our friends that we love. I was so happy that everyone accepted going out for a fancy meal and getting dressed up. I made reservations for the six of us at Vincent. I had heard great things about the restaurant, so I was excited to try it.

I had the sea scallops and sweet potato gnocchi. Which was amazing and filling. I choose the dish because I hardly ever prepare scallops at home and its a dish that needs to be prepared just right. And, the gnocchi cause why not, sweet potato and gnocchi are like my two favorite things.

The restaurant ambience was simple, beautiful and romantic and the serves was welcoming and helpful. This restaurant was definitely busy, which was fun to see on such a cold MN night. Since, the food is more on the expensive side, I would go back to Vincent to celebrate a special occasion. I was glad to have the opportunity to try it and happy with my experience.

After the fancy meal, we weren’t ready to go home yet, so we headed over to Brits Pub and The Local for some drinks. We ended the night around midnight, which was perfect.

*I didn’t take any photos of the delicious food, because it wouldn’t have been appropriate in such a nice atmosphere. You will just have to make a trip out to Vincent to see how beautifully presented the food is.

Then Sunday, we went to one of Steve and I’s favorite Thai restaurants to meet up with my sisters and their significant others. Come back Thursday to read about it.

How was your Valentines day? Do anything fun? Would love to hear about it.

busy weekend….

Hello!! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, whether it be you relaxed, caught up on house projects, hung out with family and/or friends… I hope it was good.

I had an awesome and busy weekend!!  I usually open up my life to you through food posts, but this post is going to be about my adventures out on the town, the outfits I was loving this weekend and the newest member to my immediate family.

Let’s start with Friday night shall we….

Steve and I went out with our friends to a concert called The Last Waltz at The Cabooze in Minneapolis. Our friend Meg (from mymonochromaticlife) invited us. So, we joined her husband, and her family for a fun and inexpensive night out. The tickets were $10 each and drinks were between $4-6 for a tallboy beer.

To sum up The Last Waltz quickly:

The Band (yes, that was the name of the band) performed their farewell concert back in 1976, featuring guests from throughout their career. This included artists like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the list goes on.

This is reenacted by top Minnesota entertainers, some got into costume and others just got up on stage and had a good time performing.

It was fun to see a wide range of ages enjoying some live music together till about 1 am.

I was loving my outfit on Friday. I was going for a little more of a rocker feel which was inspired by the top that I wore.
    

the final song

Saturday Night:

Saturday night we celebrated Meg’s birthday with a large group of our friends at The Libertine in Calhoun Square in Minneapolis. It was a restaurant that I had been interested in trying so I was excited when she chose it.

The atmosphere was luxurious and comfy all at the same time. Since our group was larger, we were seated in a lounge area, which was nice because we could move around freely and get a view of the whole restaurant.

The menu had a variety of food choices to please everyone and delicious and pretty cocktails.

A pear life cocktail with cheddarwurst burger and steak fries

I was loving my dress from Primp (a local boutique and a must checkout). And, if I do say so myself, Steve was looking mighty handsome too. He was wearing a red and black checkered button down with gray blazer. I love that he enjoys and puts the effort into looking nice when we go out together!!

After, The Libertine we headed up to the Republic for another drink and to continue chatting. We ended up closing the bar. 🙂

Lastly, Sunday:

Meet the newest member of our family… our nephew Jorge.

He was a week old on Saturday. He slept pretty much the whole time we were with him, except for when it was time to eat, which is when I was fortunate enough to capture him with his eyes open. It was so much fun to see and hold a new born. I forgot how small they are!

Steve and I are going to love being an aunt and uncle! Since he lives an hour away, we won’t get to see him super often, but I am already looking forward to seeing him again.

Well that was my weekend! I hope everyone had a good one too!