A kissing book.

Valentine's Day!
I don't know what ya'll did for your sweety-pies today,
but I tortured mine for over four hours with needles.
So romantic, right?
I did feel bad about all the pain-causing,
so afterwards I got take-out Thai food,
watched a movie on the couch with her,
and then read a few chapters of The Princess Bride aloud.
I know you love the movie,
(otherwise we're not cool),
but the book is awesome, too.
The dialogue is almost the same,
there's tons of backstory,
and it's somehow even more absurd.
No kidding.

The tattoo is not yet finished,
and it's just a crappy iphone photo,
but you get the idea.
I know I always say it,
(and it's not always true)
but since we're married,
I'm pretty f'n sure I'll get a better photo soon.
The book pictured in the tattoo isn't The Princess Bride,
it's of a not-yet-written book.
But once it IS written,
it'll probably be a "kissing book".
I'll keep you posted.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone*.























*unless you're not into The Princess Bride,
in which case, you're probably alone,
and deserve to be.

Valentine's Day!

I love this holiday, not just because I'm in love, but because I feel so blessed to have so many people in my life that are parts of my heart. Hank is obviously my number one squeeze, but I have a deep love for so many of my friends, and on days like today I really love to think about them and send them little happy thoughts out into the universe. Can you feel them? I just sent one to you!

Hank and I are pretty mushy-gushy silly every day (although only in private, we are not a PDA kinda couple at all), so Valentine's Day is kind of just another day, but I really, really love any excuse to get all dolled up and go out to dinner! In the spirit of today, I thought I would link you over to "our story," so if you'd like to read how we met, click here to head over to that post.

Tonight was really fun evening. Hank got off work around 5pm, and we took some silly photos and headed over to Taj Mahal for a lovely dinner date. We love Indian food, and Taj is our favorite Indian place in town. We arrived around 6pm and were seated right away. We had a great time enjoying a slow, leisurely dinner and delicious food. Afterward we came home and got into pjs, I whipped up a quick batch of brownies, and we've been lounging around being comfy and cozy. Unfortunately Hank has to go to bed soon, because he works in the morning...but I have off tomorrow! I'm not too sure how I want to spend my day. I'm thinking maybe some antique browsing? I still need to go see Dear John too, so perhaps I can persuade one of my girlfriends to see it with me.

What did you do for Valentine's Day? Did you go to dinner or cook something at home? Did you spent it with a loved one or with good friends? Or, did you treat yourself to a quiet night at home? Whatever you did, I hope you had a great time. :)

Have a beautiful evening, I'll sign off tonight with photos...

Valentine's outfit-
dress: Nanette Lepore
necklace: Anthropologie
shoes: Target

Hank actually let me take an "outfit" photo of him! hahahah. He is too cute, and doesn't like this one bit. He also had just gotten off work, so don't mind the semi-crinkled shirt. ;)

http://tattooscute.blogspot.com/

The last "LOOK AT MY NEW TATTOO" photo you'll see...this week ;) haha. juust kidding.

Valentine's manicure- OPI's "You Don't Know Jacques!" Matte color

Award Ceremony

The results to the I Want Your Skull "Anti-Valentine" Contest are in.

1.

Amber wins.
(in every possible way that her submission could win)

First, she has a upside-down heart.
It's black, and crossed out, too.
Next, there's the calendar in the background,
and Valentine's Day is crossed out, there, as well.
What else?
How about a little of her bird tattoos I did peeking out from her shirt.
And then, for some extra credit,
she went and posted it on her blog.


2.

Matt comes in a close second place for his submission.
His photo might not be fancy,
(or even in focus)
but he's holding a real heart. (from what, I don't know)
That literal bastard.
Nice work.

3.

Li gets the bronze just for having the first submission of the first contest I ever held on this blog.
It was also the biggest heart submission I got.


These three will each be getting a copy of the I Want Your Skull Issue XIII
Thanks to everyone for your submissions.
I enjoyed this immensely,
and will hold other contest type things again in the future.