valentine's weekend

valentine's day weekend mauricio and i decided to venture into the unchartered territory of ... Vermont. in retrospect, we should've planned more and done some sort of outdoor recreational activity, like snow-shoeing or snowboarding. but we didnt. instead, we slept really really late, ate lots of meals in bed, took a tour of the Ben and Jerry's factory, did a lot of sight seeing, and spent too much time in a maple sugar gift shop.


we weren't really planning on doing anything super romantic, especially since it was like 11 degrees outside. so about a week before we left, i saw this post on my favorite website: Design Sponge's awesome v-day gift idea and i ran with it. i got all the supplies, i even made one for my favorite co-worker, Meghan! (i knew her v-day was going to involve having pizza and wine). it was perfect. and his reaction while he was opening it was perfect, too! i love DIY projects.

that weekend was also monumental for me, as it was Mauricio's introduction to the world of sweatpants. he's the kind of dude that comes home from work (at a ridiculously late hour, nonetheless!) and ... doesnt change into something more comfortable. he gets out of bed in the morning and ... pulls on a pair of jeans. i knew that if this relationship was going to work, he had to love sweatpants as much as i do. so, we hit up our local old navy (yes, even a cute little town like Burlington, VT, has an Old Navy) and he shelled out $25 on possibly the best first pair of sweatpants. comfy gray knit, wide ribbed waistband with a drawcord, nice wide leg, relaxed fit. i knew it was going to be love at first wear. and boy, it was.