Tuesday, February 17, 2009

staycation

Somehow in my brain, I thought the day off for Presidents day was next week. So imagine my delight this last week when I discovered that this was the long weekend! Suddenly I was having dreams of getting away for the weekend.

It was my turn to plan the Love day festivities, so I immediately began brainstorming. And though I really wanted an excuse to splurge on some fancy place to stay, my frugal side (& my house) we calling for me to be creative. So I dreamt up a stay-cation for the two of us. I led Bobby to believe that we were getting away, and I put him in the car, drove him around blindfolded, and arrived at the esteemed Porter Cottage.



the hanging hearts thanks to martha, came highly recommended by karla last year

Inside Bobby was provided a personalized brochure outlining a vacation worth of relaxation, yummy food and entertainment.
Room Service

Art Appreciation
thanksgiving point lets you watch glass blowing and stained glass. You can even make your own flowers...


and more with movies, dinner and dancing.. but the best part was pretending like real life didn't exist around us and just being on vacation together.

15 comments:

Christina said...

Aren't staycations the best? We did that for our anniversary last year and loved it!

Lindsay said...

Oh that's really cool. I would have never thought to do something like that. FUn stuff. So creative!!

Kristin said...

Glad you had a good weekend. Was he surprised?

Becky Nelson said...

That glass blowing is so cool. I am also going to have to take your cute idea of the house as a get away spot. You look so happy!!!! Take care

Melissa Tiek said...

That is such a great idea! I love it! I may have to steal that idea sometime in the future.

Annalisa said...

very creative! brochure and everything. i think we're going to do that this weekend...a stay-familycation and find something fun in san diego to do...i've got friday off and the weekend...i'm antsy for something fun to do.

Anonymous said...

I am so jealous about the glass blowing, I have always been fascinated with that, LUCKY! The whole stay-cation looks like it was fabulous, good job Megan!

Frankman's said...

oh.my.gosh. you are so dang creative i love it! we ordered in pizza - how lame are we compared to you!?!? :-) dave and i totally want to go do the glass blowing thing. you are an inspiration!!

Anonymous said...

BRILLIANT! Bravo to you M! Mom

#A5 said...

megan! how great is that? i LOVE that you had a brochure!!

Unknown said...

You are soooo creative! I love the brochure, and seriously the whole thing looks fabulous! Way to go Megs

karla said...

Hooray for hanging hearts, frugality, and V-day! What a great idea - the brochure is awesome!

Amy said...

very creative! Megan you are too smart to work for the State! ;)

Tim and Angela Johnson said...

You are so creative. I never would have thought to do that. Congratulations on getting a house, Timmy gets so jealous when I show him all of your fix it jobs around the house!

Molly said...

Done. Let's cook together. :) Also, I think your vacation is pretty much the coolest- hello, GLASSBLOWING?! Thanks for the awesome idea!