rubber hearts

I dreamt that I was in my dad's old house. My step mom was showing me some measuring spoons.. I saw that she had quite a few unique ones and I asked if she was collecting them and she said yes. Then she was showing me little rubber hearts. Almost like heart shaped rubber bands but they did not stretch. She had a yellow board that had pegs like for keys, to hang them on. She also was collecting sets of these. I was feeling a little odd about it.. kind of sad that she would her time and money on this. I was with a guy.. no one I knew, but in the dream we were kind of an item. We went to the basement of the house (although my dad's house had no basement). It was all fixed up and was sort of a family room with a tv etc. We were sitting on the couch watching tv. He said... why don't you keep the house (meaning my dad's house as though it was going to be sold). In my mind I felt a little defensive with him telling me what I had already decided. I said ..."of course I want to keep the house." And then he went on ... we can live here, get married... have a baby etc. Then I realized he was being nice and not pushy. ---- I had a dream that the VP of the company where I work and I were on a work trip. We were walking up to the hotel and he said... "We are staying there?!?!?!?! It is too expensive!" I said... it is what it is... knowing I had already exhausted the other options. There was a huge blow up pool in the back. I went in there and my mom was there taking a swim. I was going to join but I wasn't sure I brought a swim suit.