Savouring our Saturday

This week was a loooong week of early mornings and late nights, that by the end left me dragging my feet home on Friday night. Despite the deep desire to just sleep the whole day away, we decided to suck it up and wake up at reasonable time this morning and head out to get all our weekend errands done right away.

After a fast and energetic class at the gym, I did the grocery store and drug store stops while Garrett finished his workout.

Then we headed to some local shops to pick up some odds and ends we needed – hooks for the bathroom, furniture markers to repair some dings and a sunny gift bag for an upcoming baby shower.

I also found this colourful box to store some of our momentos we’ve made each others – Valentine’s Day cards, sketches on napkins, homemade fortunes from fortune cookies, etc. Its nice to have a little spot to stash them and look back from time to time.

For now I’ve tucked it onto the shelf in my home office and I have to say I love the pattern. It brings out the olive green from the dining room chairs and the navy from my favourite vase I picked up on a trip to the Greek islands a few years ago. I actually might go back and pick up another one in a different size.

Our last stop was to the local farmers market to look for some fun produce to cook up. We ended up picking up a big basket of sweet potatoes and a couple of beeswax tealights. I love the smell of beeswax candles, so I’m hoping to light them this afternoon to make the house smell pretty.

Our post-gym lunch was inspired by our farmer’s market purchase – freshly roasted sweet potato fries, steamed broccoli with a little grated cheddar and leftover chicken. It was a very coloruful and flavourful lunch and will tide us over until our big dinner tonight.

We’re heading to a friends’ house for a dinner party where a chef comes in and teaches you how to make the meal. Should be fun!