Today marks one month until our wedding! Ah!! I can't believe how quickly it's approaching. I'm not going to lie, the planning process has been stressful and time-consuming. It's easy for me and Chris, and I'm sure any couple, to fight in those circumstances. But Valentine's Day yesterday was a perfect excuse to put all planning aside and just enjoy each other's company. With the upcoming wedding and everything going on, we decided to stay on a budget and have a date night, but not splurge on gifts. I did buy him a card and he bought me two bouquets of gorgeous flowers.
I surprised Chris with homemade peanut butter cookies, Prosecco on ice and a cute table setting.
Maybe it looked kinda cheesy, maybe not... I guess that depends on your outlook :-) I loved it though. {
heart champagne flutes, red & pink heart shapes table scatter, napkins and paper plates all from Dollar Tree} I experimented with the cookies and decided to try to make them heart-shaped. The first batch wasn't quite right; They didn't look horrible but they also didn't look enough like hearts.
One the second batch, I formed the dough into a more drastic V-shape.
They turned out much better! ...actually, I think they turned out adorable! It took a couple extra minutes but it was worth it.
After popping some bubbly and toasting to love, we headed out to dinner. We're blessed to live in downtown Fort Worth and so we decided to walk. It was a tad chilly, but thankfully the weather the last few days has been quite nice! When we were trying to decide earlier that day where to eat, Chris and I had a telepathic moment where we both thought of Thai food at the same time. He texted me while at work and suggested it and I thought
Wow we're exactly on the same page.
If you haven't tried
TIE in downtown, it's phenomenal. This was only my second time eating Thai food; both experiences were at Tie. I fell in love on our first visit. It's delicious and it's affordable... and the restaurant is currently BYOB. Not to mention the friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere. You wouldn't think it could get any better, but it does... the music playlist. I'm not sure if it's an XM radio station or what but it's straight up 90s jams and it takes me back to my childhood! We brought along a few Shiners and enjoyed a fabulous meal for less than $30 before tip.
We thought about going bowling, but after calling the
Lucky Strike and discovering they had a two and a half hour lane wait, we opted for something else. Since we were already roaming downtown on foot, we headed a few blocks over to one of our favorite bars,
Paddy Reds. We ordered a few Shiners (since we had to store our leftover byob beers with the bartender) and played a couple of games of darts.
I think one of the things Chris loves about me is the fact that I love to dress cute and sassy, but I'm still one of those girls that is perfectly happy drinking a few beers and relaxing at the pub. I was feeling a little Blair Waldorf compared to the other bar patrons {ha!} but that didn't stop me from loving this outfit!!
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Booties: Isaac Mizrahi (old) similar // Wristlet: Coach}
The night was perfectly us. I loved it and I love him. Hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day too. One month and counting... I can't wait!
