i {heart} saturday!

What a nice Saturday it's been--the kind where you're really busy, but it still feels like you're having fun.

I went to my 90 minute step and weights class and will most surely be feeling it in my abs tomorrow. Then I came home and watched all my 'boys' play a game of baseball on the wii (the only gaming system I would ever recommend to anyone!). Brad and I went to lunch downtown at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was gorgeous inside--big venetian glass chandeliers, oversize artwork and accessories (I LOVE oversize!), and a trolley car with booths inside it right in the middle of the dining room floor. I was really looking forward to a great meal, but it turned out to be very average tasting spaghetti that was way too heavy on the oregano. The minestrone was tasty though, and the spumoni was good too. And of course I had the best company! Downtown is decorated so beautifully, and we enjoyed a quick walk around the block--might have gone further but it was super cold! (Elena--I may need another lesson in how to put web images up here. Tried to put a photo of the spaghetti factory up, but it wouldn't work. So no pictures this time!) Finally,we put up half our outside Christmas lights (in the dark!). I'm waiting to take the photo for when (and if?!) we get the rest up.

One more announcement: Last year I got Brad what I thought was the "perfect" gift--something he absolutely wanted, but never saw coming. It was a gift certificate to go skydiving. He LOVED it! Well, this year he has totally returned the favor. No, I'm not going to jump out of a plane, but he did manage to find what I think is the perfect gift for me. He had to tell me though, because it's kind of a personal thing and he needed my help to plan it. Curious? You'll have to wait and see :)! It just may be here before Christmas.....