What we did for Valentine's day

Valentine's day was Sunday, and the hubby and I went out to our favorite sushi restaurant for dinner. As it happens, the kiddos and their grandparents also went out to the same sushi restaurant... just not at the same time. Thank goodness.

Our second round of sushi arrived with these cute little guys:

Kissing Wasabi turtles! I'm pretty sure this should go on Cute Overload or something.

After our delicious dinner, we went to do the thing that couples who are madly in love and renovating houses frequently do for Valentine's day... we went appliance shopping! Lowe's was having a sale on all Energy Star appliances, so we thought this might be a good time to snag a new front-loading washer and dryer. There's really nothing wrong with our current washer and dryer, but to conserve on space in the new utility room (not to mention conserve water), we wanted to see if we could find something stackable. And yes, you can stack front-loaders.

Alas, Lowe's was closed, so we had to do our shopping online from home. After a thrilling hour of comparative online shopping, we picked out a Samsung washer and dryer, which will be delivered on Friday. I'm looking forward to it, because having the washer and dryer installed means that the utility room will be painted and the floor will be done!