I will admit to being cynical about most holidays and this one is one I'm highly cynical about, I'm not quite at this level I'm more at this level but maybe if i was a florist, I'd embrace the day more. As a couple, it doesn't mean much to us and although i kinda feel guilty if he went to some effort, my brain basically says this (yes, i'm terrible) So how'd I spend the evening? Scrabble with DS! It was kinda funny, the first bunch of letters he drew out of the bag said 'yuklove' (ok it's not yuCklove but close as you can get with 7 letters) and so the first word he put down was love and it included a mix of more valentine-esque words like 'yours' but also some anti-V day words like 'slain, run, spray' and fits how he feels about girls and all that stuff anyway and then he ended up with his initials left over at the end - his initials are BAH which describes the Bah Humbug way he feels about this holiday pretty perfectly, so it was kinda funny and ironic in a way he's old enough to appreciate and spot for himself now! DD went to the outdoor sunset cinema to watch '10 things i hate about you' with a bunch of friends & had a sleepover, and DH spent the evening re-wiring something and avoiding me (i have a chicken pox pattern rash that's not itchy so the dr said it's not chicken pox but something that's going around and it's come with the full-on sore throat and flu symptoms and knocked me for six this week, but apparently if i was going to give it to anyone, they would have all got it before the rash even appeared and be spotty too by now, but he's still avoiding me (not quite spraying disinfectant everywhere like the last gif but near enough). So how ever you are spending/spent it and however you feel about V day, I hope it was memorable and if not, I hope that the start of the Love Our Designers event made you smile and with that I'm planning to find some of Becca's goodies in my stash to play with! Feel free to share your V Day feelings or anything you did or a favourite Valentine's Day memory with us !
Pretty much the same feelings here. My DH remembered it was Valentine's Day and we got a chuckle out of that.
I do not like the commercialism of holidays such as Valentine but it is a nice opportunity to do some romantic. My Ken took me out for dinner to a nice restaurant. The meal was okay but a little expensive $120 for the two of us but when I said remembering when we were courting 30 years ago he would spend $50 for the two us to eat at a restaurant.
We've only gone out to eat on Valentine's Day a couple of times. Olivia was born on the 13th, so with birthday celebrations we often celebrated before or after, or as we did this year, nothing at all. Both hubby and I are consistent about expressing love on a daily basis, whether it be words, acts of service, or gifts, so neither of us felt the need to do anything special. I don't enjoy crowds, so often will avoid commercialized days like this because I'd rather go when restaurants are typically less crowded. We did go out to eat at Longhorn's last night for Olivia's birthday, and that was a lovely meal and we all had a great time being together. So I guess that was enough for us. LOL Today we were both tired and didn't want to do anything at all.
Ditto to what everyone else has said Valentine's day is what we call a "Hallmark Holiday".. I like when we do something together which we do all the time.. even watching a movie at home together. It is always special to me and I do not need bouquets and candy... in the spring when flowers are in bloom and a rose grows on our rose bush he will bring one in for me and place it in a vase on the table for me as a suprise and that means more to me than all the roses he could buy. 1 rose that he grew is more special in my book Hugs to all
Same feelings about Valentine's Day here. I've always said that I would rather have a gas station rose and candy bar on a random Tuesday in July than a dozen roses and a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day. I usually get a little treat for the kids, and I often grab those the day after when it's 1/2 off because I rarely see them on actual Valentine's Day . It was a long busy week and we were all exhausted, so we did a big bunch of nothing yesterday.
WHen the kids were small I used to make a fuss, always a nice gift for each of them, a nice home cooked dinner. Sweet notes, etc. Now it's lets cuddle on the couch with a chocolate him and me and that is good too.
Most of the evening I was working at the box office. A man said, "I'm sorry you have to work on Valentines Day." I said, "It's okay, we have chocolate." Late in the evening, I played Scrabble too! It was my husband's suggestion. He knows I love word games.
I made everyone in my family cards using Bella Gypsy's What a Pair minis. I'm a words of affection person, so I tend to lean towards homemade cards and writing in them. I also gave each of the kids a little plushie, because they like them. My DH came home with chocolate for everyone, a card for me, and he gave me a little rose bush. We took the kids out to a local chicken place for dinner. Then stopped for ice cream. It's a family holiday for us. Treats, love and quality time.
We didn't do anything for Valentine's Day yesterday cos I had to have a treatment on my ear and that made me dizzy- not the dizzy in love kind! LOL! We do celebrate it with gladness. We were engaged at that time, and it is special to us. I have already shared here what happened when my Dad saw a Valentine's Day prop in a dresser drawer as we were loading a moving truck. I won't rehash that story. But we have always celebrated and will continue. Tonight we are going to dinner at the only "dress up" restaurant in this town- Top sirloin, here we come!!
For 51 years DH has always bought me roses and I have given him chocolates for ❤️ Valentine’s Day. I make him a card too. We usually don’t go out but friends had us over for a lovely dinner this year. February is birthday month and we seem to be celebrating so much with family birthdays February 2, 8, and 15. That’s a lot of chocolate cake!
Our Bible study recently went through the Book of Ruth. Instead of St. Valentine's Day, we now call it St. Boaz Day (he was really quite a romantic guy). There are no commercial elements with which to celebrate St. Boaz Day. So we hugged each other. Oh yeh...we do that every day anyway.
It was just a regular Friday night for us with take-home pizza from our favorite local place. I did buy the kids candy that I gave them after dinner.
We didn't do anything on the 14th, but Saturday we spent the entire day together with no kids...when you have 7 kids at home that's a BIG deal (especially when the 2 youngest have some separation issues - due to adoption/abandonment stuff). It wasn't necessarily for valentine's day but more just because we actually had a day with nothing on the calendar. The highlight of our day was eating 2 meals with no interruptions! #romantic
