Valentines Gifts for SO

[madlizmom]

What are you doing for your SO for Valentines? We don't normally celebrate, but I would at least like to do something to be from the kids. We're on a tight budget too, so I need ideas!

[nachellebeck]

Get crafty?
Have your eldest paint a canvas with finger paints & you can sign for both girls.
i did this for my H for Father's Day last year.
i also added some wooden words that I painted in my Hs favorite colors.

[lizzybizzy]

I just booked massages at a massage school for $12.50 each and MIL is watching B. Will probably cook a nice steak dinner. I'm so used to him working and celebrating a different night. No desire to go out to eat on Valentine's Day.

[skk]

Jan 28, 2015 13:06:58 GMT -5 lizzybizzy said:

I just booked massages at a massage school for $12.50 each and MIL is watching B. Will probably cook a nice steak dinner. I'm so used to him working and celebrating a different night. No desire to go out to eat on Valentine's Day.

lizzybizzy $12.50?!  That's amazing!  The best I can get around here is $30/hour for someone still in training. 

We haven't made plans yet for Valentine's Day.  We might try to do a nice dinner on our trip next week if my mom will watch B for a bit.  We don't usually celebrate big, just handwritten cards that mean a lot.

[lizzybizzy]

skk right? I saw a coupon in a mailer and hopped right on it.

[islandgirl14]

Jan 28, 2015 13:39:43 GMT -5 skk said:

Jan 28, 2015 13:06:58 GMT -5 lizzybizzy said:

I just booked massages at a massage school for $12.50 each and MIL is watching B. Will probably cook a nice steak dinner. I'm so used to him working and celebrating a different night. No desire to go out to eat on Valentine's Day.

lizzybizzy $12.50?!  That's amazing!  The best I can get around here is $30/hour for someone still in training. 

We haven't made plans yet for Valentine's Day.  We might try to do a nice dinner on our trip next week if my mom will watch B for a bit.  We don't usually celebrate big, just handwritten cards that mean a lot.

$12.50!? Even $30!? Daaaang that's a steal! How awesome!

We are not doing anything for Valentines Day... we never do. I'm one of those "it's a Hallmark Holiday" people, so I just have a hard time getting into it, as does DH. If anything, we would do dinner on a different night so we don't have to fight the crowds!

[cl8badb]

I usually get him pajama pants. Ive been gettig them since we were dating. Maybe i will have J make something crafty too.

[daffy2k]

I think I'll do a picture frame with scrabble tiles spelling Daddy and Daughter (using the same D) and put a current picture of DH and M in it. We may get crafty and do something with finger paints or hand/footprints. But the frame is something I've been meaning to get anyways now that DH has an actual office in town, he needs something to out on his desk/walls. For actual Valentine's Day we will be in southern Saskatchewan visiting his grandma and the rest of the extended family. Hoping the weather is good and we will have a fun day outside with all the little cousins on the farm and maybe a fire/wiener roast for supper. We fancy.

[madlizmom]

Jan 28, 2015 12:56:33 GMT -5 nachellebeck said:

Get crafty?
Have your eldest paint a canvas with finger paints & you can sign for both girls.
i did this for my H for Father's Day last year.
i also added some wooden words that I painted in my Hs favorite colors.

FFWC: I have never bought paint for a kid before. What do I even get?

[musicalsilver]

I'll probably just make a card. I don't really expect DH to do anything.

We're not really big on Valentine's day.

[catalinapink]

We usually just make a steak dinner and I usually get H a card. Maybe this year well just go to the zoo and have a picnic?

If I have time I might have R "make" a card.

[nachellebeck]

Jan 28, 2015 14:53:36 GMT -5 madlizmom said:

Jan 28, 2015 12:56:33 GMT -5 nachellebeck said:

Get crafty?
Have your eldest paint a canvas with finger paints & you can sign for both girls.
i did this for my H for Father's Day last year.
i also added some wooden words that I painted in my Hs favorite colors.

FFWC: I have never bought paint for a kid before. What do I even get?

Crayola makes non toxic finger paintS.
That's what I used.

[sctiger]

We don't do a lot. Just a card and some candy, and we usually cook a nice dinner at home. I might make him creme brulee since that's his favorite dessert.

[cl8badb]

Jan 28, 2015 16:47:06 GMT -5 sctiger said:

We don't do a lot. Just a card and some candy, and we usually cook a nice dinner at home. I might make him creme brulee since that's his favorite dessert.

What time should i come by for the creme brulee?

[ciahanna]

We go out to dinner, but other than that nothing. We might share a box of chocolate too

[anw39]

We are going out for dinner and I'm making a photo book of boudoir pictures I took this month! Haven't even thought about something from G...ugh now I've got to start pinning! Lol

[stilettoleto]

SO talked about going out for dinner, but I kind of want to avoid the crowds/hassle and just cook at home. A painting from LO is a great idea!! Hopefully most of it ends up on the paper and not on the floor and walls!

[coffeebeanfiend]

Every year I get him a card and some candy. I make a salmon dinner and Black Forest cake. Maybe DD and I will make chocolate strawberries

[callmeKD]

this year, we are going to a hockey game with G and my parents. will buy him a card and some candy.

[callmeKD]

one year I sent him flowers at work. (he works with all women so they thought it was awesome)

have you ever given your DH flowers?

[majwv8]

We're going out of town without O that weekend - Skiing and a concert! So probably, no gifts.