When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip

Well, another Valentine's Day has come and gone... at least in our house, and it. was. fabulous. I guess I should preface by saying that I'm a total weirdo. For years, I've been really strange about celebrating Valentine's Day on the actual day and going on a date to a fancy restaurant, only to be one of those couples who's buying into this overdone Hallmark holiday. Yes, I love Valentine's Day. And I love love. But what I don't love is crowds, and the "Cupid Menu," and the teenagers trying to impress their girlfriends on Mom & Dad's dime, and the hoopla of five dozen reservations on the restaurant's agenda.

So this year, February 12th it was! Last night, Glenn Coco took me on a hot V-Day date to The Melting Pot, where we proceeded to drink our weight in wine, eat our weight in cheese, and each get our own pot of chocolate dessert because I married a man who is weird doesn't like the magic potion. {He got the bananas foster white chocolate. Delicious, I'm sure, but it's no S'mores... I'm just sayin'.}

Unfortunately I forgot this dress isn't very forgiving when eating pounds of Swiss.

Little secret about us: We love to sing and dance. Not to be confused with we can sing and dance, but we just like to do it and act like complete idiots. So, any time we're in the car, especially when I have a lotta a few glasses of wine in me, shit like this goes down. Betcha can't guess what our favorite genre of music is, eh? Anyone? Bueller?

It's not any surprise that I love date night, and last night was no different. But I've gotta be honest - I'm pretty pumped about tomorrow night, too, when we'll be sitting on the couch in pajamas with a glass of wine, catching up on our DVR, and not battling the PDA-crazy lovers who do awkward shit like sit on the same side of the booth.
{In any world, that is not OK with me. I mean, it can't be good for your neck, can it?

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So obviously y'all know I love Glennifer, because he does things like buy me a meal full of cheese and chocolate and stare at me lovingly while I smear those contents all over my face in the process of devouring them. He even said I looked beautiful. And by beautiful, I think he meant "full and drunk; maybe it's time to head home." but I'm gonna take literalism for the win on this one.

But on this pre- Day of Love, I've also gotta shout it from the rooftops for these two wonderful ladies and sponsors of Southern Living, Our Way!

First up is Emily of Yippee! It's MLE. This girl is pure adorable through and through, y'all. I suggest starting your Yippee readership {because you do wanna read her} on this little About Me page. You'll find out she's a pretty princess ballerina who not only dances and I'm sure has legs even Giselle would envy, but also teaches ballet in the ATL! She also has a knack for humor, making sure friends know You Only Live Once, via a Rolo candy bar... Get it? Get it? LOVE.  And if all that isn't enough to convince you, the name behind her blog is perhaps cuter than even chunky puppy butts. And y'all know how cute those are.

I chose Yippee! It's MLE as the name for my blog because {1} my nickname is MLE and Yippee rhymed perfectly, and {2} in most pictures I pose with my mouth WIDE open half smiling, so it kinda looks like I'm shouting Yippee! I also hope reading my blog make some people shout Yippee :)

Can't. Take. Anymore. It's sweetness overload! Hop on over to Emily's blog and say Hello!

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My next beautiful February Gal is Maxine of MaxOut! Listen up: Not only is this chick a CrossFit obsessee with the body to prove it, she's also a hot-to-trot news anchor in the great state of TX! You can get to know Max here, on her About Me page, but I myself prefer things like her Random Facts post. There you'll learn why hugging her is a bad idea, how she knew she wanted to be a news anchor, and why blue eyeshadow might get you blacklisted in Max's Book of Life.

Or, ya know, you could just head on over to her straightforward post about Boobs. Trust me on this one, just do it.

Girlfriend's got what some might call "swagger" and I suggest you get to know her A-Ess-A-Pee.

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