Weekly Wrap-Up: Valentine's Day & feeling sick...

Just after last week's recap, I was pretty much under the weather the whole week!


Precap:

• Sights:  Being sick :( and catching up online!  :)
• Eats:  ARC Food & Libations, The Crooked Duck

Valentine's Day Dinner @ ARC Food & Libations

Well, Friday was Valentine's Day, and I was feeling ridiculously awful.  I barely made it through the day, so our plans had to be postponed.  Just before my guy left work, I told him that I was going to do my best to scrounge up the last of my energy for a semi-special dinner with him.  We ended up catching a last-minute table at ARC Food & Libations, which we last went to in August.

My guy ordered his drink, called Coffee & Cigarettes...

...and we ordered this spread and more!  Check it all out here on The Episodic Eater!

Over the whole weekend, I ended up being really sick at home.  :(  Sniffles like crazy!  I did not have any food at home, so I had a bunch of people coming over with food and care packages in between naps.  So nice!

In the meantime, I ended up going through all of my e-mails and whittled them down from 700+ to under 50.  Yesss!  I even received a funny picture from my guy again with another weird Rick Owens outfit.  Remember the first one?

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11 Sweet Valentine's Day DIYs!

You may have noticed after I was all gung-ho about Thanksgiving, I dropped the ball on holiday posts.  But never fear, we have TONS of awesome inspiration for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday from the amazing linkers on Do Tell Tuesdays!  I found all of these really great ideas last week that would be perfect as a Valentine's gift or something to make to celebrate the holidays on the day of!

Without further ado, check out these 11 Sweet Valentine DIYs!

This Sugar Scrub Recipe from Momdot would be a nice present or a treat for yourself on Valentine's Day!

Isn't this a sweet Valentine's Day mantel?  The Ampersand Valentine Art from Life in Velvet is a lovely decorative touch!

I just adore these Cute Handmade Hearts from Passion Shake.  She has so many pretty patterns that you will have to check them out yourself to find your favorite one!  :)

This Burlap Memory Jar from My Paper Craze is perfect for keeping track of memories, but I also think it would be a perfect little present along with some chocolates stuffed inside for Valentine's Day!

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