a penny saved...

Me and Mckay have this tradition. Throughout the year we throw all our loose change into a little green box. slowly but surely this box gets fuller and heavier with our precious nickels and pennies. When the box is filled to the brim we head over to the nearest Coinstar and trade in these pesky coins for cold hard cash. Cash that we use for something fun.

Our most recent Coinstar trip awared us a whopping $53 dollars! (Though we left Albertsons with closer to an even $50 since Mckay was coerced into buying a much needed box of girlscout cookies :)

This last weekend we decided to use this money to treat ourselves to this little gem:

Stoneground. One of our most beloved restaurants in Salt Lake City. Since we had to venture up north for a school thing last Friday we took the opportunity to go on a hot date.(I'm realizing that the last thee posts involve us and food.... reason being our life lacks excitement right now, so eating out is sort of a thrill. plus we love food, good food. it makes us oh so happy.)

***sidenote ***I had to post the above picture only to show you part of Mckay's hideous sunburn. You can kind of see it on his face, the rest is hidden under his shirt. I say hideous because I just got through peeling large chunks of skin off his back, shoulders, neck and ears... The burn was a result of a 'not so smart' decision to snowboard all day, topless... he did manage to smear some sunscreen on his nose, so I have to give him credit for that. But besides that and his goggle marks his entire upper body was burned to a crisp. really, it was one of the better sunburns I've seen in my time. His skin has been the brightest shade of red for the last 5 days or so. poor husband. and I mean it, the poor guy has been experiencing quite the pain and discomfort these last few days.

Good food like this makes us happy. I think Mckay said it best when he said (more than once) "It was the best freakin' salmon I've ever had". Thanks Stoneys for another wonderful meal.