a bit o the bubbly

Even though i think valentine's day is way overrated and ridiculously commercialized, i will use any excuse to have a nice romantic day with my partner. that being darin, of course. and just because i am a dork, i will tell all of you about our day.

we got up, fed the cats, opened all the curtains to the bright sunny day, and headed out to run some errands in my car. then we went down to dimple in folsom and bought the following new cds: patty griffin's new one called "children running through," lucinda williams' brand new one called "west" (these two albums look alarmingly similar to each other, both with a funky deserty cowgirl picture of them on the cover in which they are both wearing rustic black leather jackets, and both with pictures of running horses elsewhere on the disc) and the new one by jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter, called "like, lust, love and the open halls of the soul." then we took the new cds into chipotle to peruse while we ate lunch.

speaking of chipotle i am actually pleased to announce that i didn't LOVE it all that much. the food just didn't taste that great to me. i think i might be over my addiction. it was dangerous when we were in school and could stop by so easily on our way home (the one off zinfandel). after we ordered in came a crowd of people so immense it was erupting through the whole place. mostly teenagers, some girls so skinny when they turned sideways they disappeared and i wondered, how do they fit chipotle in there? anyway it was kind of obnoxious. folsom is a strange strange place. everyone is so darn AFFLUENT. it is a bit off-putting.

anyway so we came home and took a bunch of silly pictures of us in our backyard and darin wore a pink western shirt and looked very handsome. maybe i will post one here.

then he had to work at night, so i walked over to mom's with a backpack full of stuff and arrived very red-faced after huffing and puffing up her hill and she and i went to the movies together to see "music and lyrics." darin met us with popcorn and soda and we laughed a lot and i have to admit it was VERY GOOD. for a romantic comedy...of course it had the predictable elements and such but it was so entertaining it made you tingle. not kidding.

i made pink cupcakes too, all decorated cute, but no one really to give them to. i gave joey two, dad two, and darin and i each had one. so mikie, they are waiting for you!

so it turned into a fairly delightful valentine's day. lucky for us placervillians, especially mom, we have free movies that can always provide a needed treat.

any stuff you want to get rid of, let me know. GARAGE SALE at OUR HOUSE, MARCH 17, Saturday, St. Patrick's Day. love to you all.