Post by PepperPottsJ on Feb 1, 2016 9:53:44 GMT -5
While the commercial side of V-day irritates me, I still like to do something special for MH. If it's on a work day I have sent a bouquet of dried meats, cupcakes, chocolate covered bacon, last year and this year are luckily weekends . I'm a bit stuck this year, any suggestions?
I also hate the commercialism of Valentine's Day and we don't do presents or go out. We do usually make a nicer supper and I like to use it as an excuse to make a fancy cheesecake or other nice baking. This year we won't even see each other though as I'm going home for a family event he couldn't get time off work for.
Post by TheEleventhHour on Feb 1, 2016 10:10:59 GMT -5
We have never done gifts. We will usually go out to dinner together if it works with our schedules. This year we will either go to our favorite brewery or our new favorite restaurant in town. Neither are fancy but we don't get out alone all that often!
Post by peaseblossom55 on Feb 1, 2016 10:16:31 GMT -5
We usually do gifts but I said let's not this year. We spoiled each other a ton for Christmas. I said we can exchange cards. I hope that he will want to at least go out to dinner nothing too fancy, or take me out for a good dessert. :-) My egg retrieval will be right around then so reservations at a fancy place will probably be out.
Post by swivelchair5 on Feb 1, 2016 10:23:45 GMT -5
*lurking*
I'm not a fan of valentine's day, and DH and I usually don't do anything to celebrate it. However, we do celebrate Really Cheap Candy Day on February 15, when all of the stores mark the leftover chocolates down 50 or 75%.
I'm not a fan of valentine's day, and DH and I usually don't do anything to celebrate it. However, we do celebrate Really Cheap Candy Day on February 15, when all of the stores mark the leftover chocolates down 50 or 75%.
Yes I love this! Nothing is better than eating conversation hearts in August! I buy like 5 bags I love those things.
We just go out to a nice dinner. This year we'll be seeing Deadpool as well. #soromantic
MH wants to see Deadpool too! He is calling it the romance movie of the year. Just because it comes out Valentines Day weekend does not mean it is romantic... nice try though H
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Post by onesweetworld on Feb 1, 2016 11:11:30 GMT -5
Last year I went all out on a brand new carhart and other things. I got an IOU a water cooler. A year later, still no water cooler. H is getting a beautiful papyrus card I picked up at target and that's it.
DH and I used to do gifts but now we just pick on an "experience" together and do that instead. We've gone to a museum, the zoo, a winery, etc. This year we are going to stay downtown for the night and go out for dinner and drinks.
pinkcat, We try more for experiences too. We are splurging on a couples massage this year since we will be on vacation.
H also usually does a whole week of little gifts leading up to it. My birthday is 2 days after Valentines, so I usually try to downplay it. I like birthdays (not just my own) way more than holidays.
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lgraceh - my sisters birthday is 2 days after Valentine's Day!
H asked me last night if I would be his Valentine. We started with gifts and he would make dinner when we first started dating. Then we would get the heartbaker pizza from papa murphys. Last year we went out to a little Italian restaurant by our house so I'm going to push for that this year.
I might get him a new travel mug but that's probably it this year. He sometimes does flowers but complains that I just kill them.
Post by ThankfulSnail on Feb 1, 2016 12:46:30 GMT -5
My birthday is in the same week as Valentine's day so we usually don't do much special for Valentine's because it gets too expensive in one week. We'll probably do a special dinner and wait until after DD goes to bed to eat so we don't spend it fussing over her, then we'll probably watch The Walking Dead mid-season premiere. I usually try to do something extra-DH focused in bed on V-Day, but after the year we've had he'll feel like it's extra special if he just gets lucky.
Post by ohinvrtedworld on Feb 1, 2016 13:27:33 GMT -5
I forgot that a few years ago I made creme brulee with the oven broiler and it turned out really good -- not a super hard dessert if anyone wants to try it to be fanceh!
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Post by samanthasays on Feb 1, 2016 14:31:20 GMT -5
I HATE going out to dinner on "holidays", it is so crowded and the places that do the fixed meals are the worst. I typically cook something a little nicer for dinner, and we have more booze than normal, and normally special sex. But this year I ordered the Oscars pack from Club W, it has 3 bottles so you can drink your way through the award show! We will be doing that on Saturday while watching the Academy Awards we have on the DVR. I am not staying up and getting drunk on a Sunday to watch the Oscars, I am too old for that shit
Also, H proposed to me feb 13th, so we "celebrate" either the 13th or 14th, whichever falls on a better day.
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Post by cookswithwine9 on Feb 1, 2016 14:49:05 GMT -5
This year we are going to be in an airport most the day. Normally, I cook a special meal at home and we split a bottle of wine. We also do cards and small gifts like flowers and chocolate.
Post by smallpotato on Feb 1, 2016 14:50:32 GMT -5
Valentine's Day isn't usually a big deal for us either. This year, MH is working on Valentine's Day, which falls right in the middle of a 4 day weekend for me. We may go to my mom's on Friday and see if she can watch DS for us if she's not working that night. We'll exchange cards if we remember to write them out. If we do go out, it's won't be anywhere fancy.
No gifts for us. H wants to go skiing bc of the long weekend (surprise surprise) but other than that he usually cooks me dinner, which is nice. But that's about the extent of it.
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Feb 1, 2016 17:30:21 GMT -5
To start with something funny, one year I got MH an Edible Arrangement. LOL, bless his heart; he pretended to love it.
From there on, I have stuck with getting tickets to a game or concert or something interesting around town. Event instead of physical items. I find this always is appreciated.
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