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These are the cute little treat bags I took to work today for Valentine's Day. The picture doesn't really do it justice (as the bags were shiny and difficult to photograph)...but fun nonetheless. And...you might notice the fun twine that my friend Kristin is letting me borrow : ) I was so excited to use it!

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Happy Valentines Day!

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I like baking - but I like baking with a theme more. Fun, random holidays like Valentine's Day are good for that purpose! So, I gawked some food and got to work. After a long day of cleaning the house I quickly realized that I had bitten off more than I could chew...so David stepped in to help. He was a huge help and we made some fun goodies for me to take to work on Valentines Day!

We made these Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies

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...and Iced Shortbread Cookies

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Yuuummm!

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David and I went on a fun little date to Lolita tonight (you can read about our other visits here and here)! We needed to go to get a gift card for someone so we figured we'd make a date out of it. Not wanting to spend a  lot of money, we decided to try some of their happy hour fare -- and I'm glad we did.

We did have to sit at the bar in order to order off the happy hour menu...but you can't beat a $5 Lolita burger and some mac n' cheese! So worth it.

Here's our view of the bar, including wine on tap. Never seen that before! I really like the decor there - namely the framed "iron trees" placed strategically in front of the window. So pretty!

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Friday night was girls night...and look what my friend, Kristin, brought me! I blogged about something similar over here...so I was super excited when she showed up with this. It'll be the perfect touch to a little Valentines Day baking I plan to do this weekend.

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I got home before the sun went down (yay for longer days and sunshine!!) and took the opportunity for a walk around the block. I noticed these dead branches and couldn't help but think that in just about two months this little bush will be transformed and full of life. I can't wait!

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I had a super fun photo shoot with sweet 4-month-old Mason today. I shot the WHOLE session in manual mode -- which I'm really excited about. I feel like that's a big milestone for me and I've come a long way just in the last month since I've been forcing myself to get more comfortable in manual. It's great and I'm feeling accomplished!!

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Can you believe it was David's birthday and this was the ONLY picture I took -- him reading on his Kindle app? Ridiculous. Sorry babe -- I had fun celebrating with you anyway!

Happy Birthday!!