Valentine's Day

After a short discussion with my sweet husband about what we would do this Valentine's Day, we both determined we would forgo gift giving this year and save the money. We toyed around with the idea of an "Old School Date" which means we would wear sweats to a movie at the Rave and get some 'Cookie Don't You Want Some' ice cream from Cold Stone. This sounded fabulous, but a part of me wanted to make this date special. Meaning, we could dress up, have a glass of wine, etc. While talking about all our options, he mentioned dinner at the Scene. We ended up settling on this with a movie at Monaco.

The tickets were purchased and the plans were set. Around 3:00pm, Jamie calls to tell me I MUST be home at a quarter till 5. I questioned him and he didn't budge. At promptly 4:30pm, I get a call from jamie saying "You're not still at work are you?!" I was. It was then I realized that he was up to something and very serious I get home and be ready by 5:15 and NO later. We get off the phone and I head to the house.

I walk to the door and find Note Number 1 -

Let me add that the "this is madatory" line saved the whole operation. My immediate thought was "I don't want wine right now, I have to get ready!" He knows me so well.
I walk to the kitchen and he has purchased one of my favorite bottles of wine by Chocolate Box. Under the wine glass next to it is Note Number 2 -

I walk to the bedroom and he has my Purple Dress laid on the bed. It is now I realized, "Crap, I haven't shaved my legs. Crap I haven't shaved ANYTHING!" 4:45pm and I jump in the shower for a quick 'once over.' Ouch.
Under the dress is Note Number 3 -

After giggling at the Jersey Shore reference, I walk to the bathroom. Note Number 4 is under our toothbrushes -

He's so clever.
I walk BACK to the kitchen and find Note Number 5, under the butter -

And just in case I needed clarifying...

I love my man.

The cab arrived at 5pm. I grabbed my coat and my gift (which consisted of a recent Walgreens purchase of Jerky, Peach Rings, Stride Gum, Airheads and a small bottle of one of his favorite colognes - Curve) and I was off
in the cab. After sharing a spider roll, Monaco burger and 2 Lucky Cat Martinin's, we went into the theater and watched 'Just Go With It.' The rest of the night, we will just say, consisted of your normal Valentine's Day (Night) happenings. ♥

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Hello. My name is Lindsey and I have a problem...

As the weekend approaches, I find my Browser History to mainly consist of the following websites...

Bebe.com
Francescascollections.com
Dsw.com
Aldoshoes.com
Dillards.com
Lulus.com...

HELP!

And rather than constantly Skyping Brandi about my wants and NEEDS, I decided to take it out on the blog world.

I would like to start out by saying that our weekend trip to Atlanta has been a 2 week obsession amongst the 6 girls going... ok let me rephrase... at least 4 of the girls going. We have talked about what we are going to wear for 2 weeks now and I blame my obsession on that very fact.

First off, we are going to dinner at PF Changs in Atlanta and we are dressing UP but would prefer not to wear our 'club' dress to din-din. I plan to wear the dress below (in purple)...

Oh but wait! Now that I have my dress, I HAVE to get accessories right? After drooling over a necklace I saw on a Look for Less Blog a few weeks back, I had to get the knockoff from Forever 21...

...but will this color blue go well with Purple? I think so, but what about earrings? Luckily the necklace is gold and I can wear my $40 (I have issues) Kenneth Cole gold earrings I bought a while back. Done. That leads us to the wrist area. Since this is for dinner, i will probably wear my gold Michael Kors watch and my beautiful Juicy charm bracelet I got from Kelsie. What about my feetsies? Shoes are a no brainer. After drooling over some Steve Madden pumps in November, I found them on Clearance at DSW a month back. SOLD

Outfit Number 1, done - pending husband approval. Eek! If all else fails, I'll wear my black, long sleeve dress from Lulus. :)

Now - what to wear to the club?! This always leaves me at a crossroads and I seem to end up in skinny jeans and a baggy top. This is fine, but all the other girls will be in dresses so this is an excellent excuse to go shopping! (or at least drool over my keyboard)

After a failed attempt at Forever 21 - in which Brandi & I decided we are Forever NOT 21 :( - we ventured to Pleasures (but that's neither here nor there) and then on to Bridgestreet to speed walk thru the wet snow. As a last resort to stall for Julie's surprise party, we dipped into Bebe. In what started out to be solely a distraction, ended up with drool on the floor. I now want 4 Bebe dresses that are each priced at $98 and above. Good times. I take that back, one is on Sale for $69... what a STEAL! *insert sarcasm*

Dress Number 1 has great reviews and I feel will look really cute with a spray tan. :)

I love the bangle set she is wearing too, but I'm fairly certain their jewelry is priced at $50+ and, for bangles, you can find some cheap ones all the same. The set on the left are $5 from Forever 21 and on the right is $18 from Francescas. :)

But what color shoes? Nude?

Dress #2 is not listed on Bebe's website but is too cute. It's printed and fun but still slightly flattering and I feel that my sweet husband might like this choice more. :) Did I mention it was most expensive? grr...
Dress #3 is on the Sale Rack at Bebe and is from the Kardashian by Bebe line. It is taupe, suede, one shoulder with a gold belt. So cute. But doesn't suede stain very easily? That would just be a mess if I wore that OUT and about --> $60 down the drain. Either way, I have that dress on hold till Friday.
Dress #4 is a cute peacock lookin' dress that I would post a picture of but have just now ruled out. SO, no need. :)

Dress #5 is this dress from Modcloth I bought 6 months ago and have NEVER worn.

As you can see, it wouldn't be the easiest dress to dance in. Eek! Not to mention, I might have to suck in the entire night... or at least until I slip into a liquid coma and no longer care.

MORE on the wish list is this button back shirt...

This bracelet...

And this cross-body bag...

*Sigh*

I feel better.

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