Valentines Day

Hummingbird125 · February 2013

I know we talked about this last week, but feel free to share what you're doing today/tonight if you have anything fun planned! We're just staying in, but for dinner I'm making:

Steak with chive butter, parmesan mashed potatoes, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert

. I'm hungry just thinking about it.

In other V-day news, a girl I knew from working at summer camp 5 years ago got engaged to her boyfriend this morning. They're on vacation in Australia, and he took her on a seaplane tour of Sydney. Then they landed on a secluded beach, where he had breakfast and champagne waiting for them, and he proposed with a Tiffany ring. I'm not one for jealousy, but - SERIOUSLY? She's a really sweet girl though, so, good for her!

And on a funnier note, a friend of mine complained to me all day yesterday because she's pretty sure her BF didn't get her anything for Valentine's day. I told her that they should just celebrate the way BF and I would be doing - with a nice home-cooked meal, and a movie. She said "Oh no - he's taking me out to a 5-star restaurant for dinner." Face. Palm. And she's still complaining that there will be no present. Some people....

[Deleted User] · February 2013

I teach piano lessons tonight until 7:30 or 8 PM. I have little cookies for my students. H is making grilled steaks and baked broccoli cheddar potatoes for dinner. we have off work tomorrow and Mon. my mom's work gave out free passes for rock climbing and she gave us two, so we might go do that tomorrow! and tomorrow evening we're going out for hibachi.

Peaseblossom55 · February 2013

I have rehearsal tonight, so we won't do anything tonight. We have dinner reservations on Saturday though. We said no gifts this year, since we're buying a house, just cards. A little while ago I got 2 dozen red roses delivered, I called to thank BF. I said what about our no gift rule and he doesn't consider flowers gifts. They are so pretty. I feel so lucky!

Our mangement team left small boxes of chocolates on our desk. It's taking all of my will power to not open the whole box and eat them all now. I've been non stop hungry the past 2 or 3 days.

No matter what you do today. I hope you enjoy the day.

Hummingbird125 · February 2013

@Coco - I love hibachi - thats sounds like fun!

@danser - Yay for the roses! I'm not a huge fan of flowers, but I love how roses smell, and I'm hoping to get some too.

P.S., I just picked up a card for BF, which says on the front: "In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm going to write you a poem about the night we met." Then, inside: "What rhymes with 'inebriated'"?

peekaboo2011 · February 2013

I'm making dinner tonight, and BF is having flowers delivered to my apartment (I know because he told me this week so I'd know to stop by the office on my way in). We're just doing cards otherwise.

I have to stop at the grocery store and figure out what we're having, so i'm leaving early today. Oh well, fuckit.

steign · February 2013

Danser - yay for flowers! I just got a beautiful bouquet of pink roses from BF this morning too. I'm a lucky girl. He never does anything like this.

I am making turkey tacos tonight at BF's request but, I think I am going to convince him to get fro yo afterwards...and I need to go get him a card too. I got him this basket of candy and his favorite beer yesterday and completely spaced on the card so I'll probably get it for him after work or on the way home from the gym.

buddysmom80 · February 2013

Sounds like everyone has some good v-day plans. BF is cooking dinner tonight, all I know is that there are two lobsters hanging out in our fridge right now. I gave BF his gift last night, I bought him some cologne that he was running low on. This morning bf woke me up with a small box (I'm like wtf? Don't tell me this is what I think it is) and it was two Pandora charms for my bracelet (thank goodness!!!). I still have to give him his card, IDK what to write in it.

He also got me one of those scraper things to clean off the car since I lost mine that was probably the best gift EVER! It has a fancy comfort grip I'm in love (and used it this am)

The fur babies also got me something. A picture of each of them in a frame. My office is starting to look like a Buddy shrine.

buddysmom80 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]Danser - yay for flowers! I just got a beautiful bouquet of pink roses from BF this morning too. I'm a lucky girl. He never does anything like this. I am making turkey tacos tonight at BF's request but,<strong> I think I am going to convince him to get fro yo afterwards</strong>...and I need to go get him a card too. I got him this basket of candy and his favorite beer yesterday and completely spaced on the card so I'll probably get it for him after work or on the way home from the gym.
Posted by steign[/QUOTE]

I just sent BF an e-mail showing that our local froyo place has by one get one for today, think he'll get the hint lol.

[Deleted User] · February 2013

I am eating too many cookies.

Hummingbird125 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]This morning bf woke me up with a small box (I'm like wtf? Don't tell me this is what I think it is) and it was two Pandora charms for my bracelet (thank goodness!!!). I still have to give him his card, IDK what to write in it.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

<div>Haha - I think that when you're even slightly waiting for an engagement ring, anything that's not a ring should come in a very distinctly different-sized box, just to be safe, lol. </div><div>
</div><div>Also, I just looked at the card I gave BF last V-day, and then realized I wrote almost the same exact thing this year. HA. I guess that mean's I really mean it all, right?</div>

Peaseblossom55 · February 2013

Yay Steign for pink roses. I love roses!

Peaseblossom55 · February 2013

Buddy- for my birthday BF got me a pandora charm, he told me didn't wrap the box because he didn't want to get me excited. He was like this isn't what you think it might be. Those pandora charm boxes can be quite deceptive if wrapped. Which charm did you get?

peekaboo2011 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]Sounds like everyone has some good v-day plans. BF is cooking dinner tonight, all I know is that <strong>there are two lobsters hanging out in our fridge right now</strong>. I gave BF his gift last night, I bought him some cologne that he was running low on. This morning bf woke me up with a small box (I'm like wtf? Don't tell me this is what I think it is) and it was two Pandora charms for my bracelet (thank goodness!!!). I still have to give him his card, IDK what to write in it. He also got me one of those scraper things to clean off the car since I lost mine that was probably the best gift EVER! It has a fancy comfort grip I'm in love (and used it this am) The fur babies also got me something. A picture of each of them in a frame. My office is starting to look like a Buddy shrine.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

<div>I have been looking all over for live lobsters, and all I can find is like a 6 mile hike from my office. I'm going to hope and pray that another grocery store has them today.</div>

steign · February 2013

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[QUOTE]Buddy- for my birthday BF got me a pandora charm, he told me didn't wrap the box because he didn't want to get me excited. He was like this isn't what you think it might be. <strong>Those pandora charm boxes can be quite deceptive if wrapped</strong>. Which charm did you get?
Posted by danser55[/QUOTE]

How true is this? I got one too for my birthday the first year BF and I were dating and when he got me another charm for graduation I was tricked into believing it was something else.

buddysmom80 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : I have been looking all over for live lobsters, and all I can find is like a 6 mile hike from my office. I'm going to hope and pray that another grocery store has them today.
Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

Ugh that sucks, if you lived closer I'd give you these two and tell BF they ran away lol.

buddysmom80 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]Buddy- for my birthday BF got me a pandora charm, he told me didn't wrap the box because he didn't want to get me excited. He was like this isn't what you think it might be. Those pandora charm boxes can be quite deceptive if wrapped. Which charm did you get?
Posted by danser55[/QUOTE].

The boxes get me every freaking time. He joked this morning and said he was going to wrap the e-ring in a pandora box when the day happens lol. What a jerk. Here's a pic of the charms he got me, excuse the hairy hands lol

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[Deleted User] · February 2013

We started celebrating our Valentine's Day yesterday since the studio we took dance lessons at wasn't open this evening. So BF had red roses and lillies (my fav) delivered to the office. I love them but I'm afraid to carry them home because they might get ruined in the car. I stayed at the parentals last night since our dance lesson was in the town they live in so I woke up this morning to my mom spreading chocolates all over my bathroom haha (so random). She also wrote in lip stick on the mirror Happy V-day to my Meg Meg (her nickname for me).

Tonight the BF and I are making Jambalaya and I'm baking red velvet cheesecake brownies and we are probably renting a movie. I bought him a cute card so I guess that's my little gift for him.

peekaboo2011 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : Ugh that sucks, if you lived closer I'd give you these two and tell BF they ran away lol.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

<div>
</div><div>Lol. I think I scared BF when I told him I really wanted to hear them "scream". I've never boiled a lobster before, it seems cool.</div><div>
</div><div>I think we're just going to stick to steak and tails tonight, since tails are on sale for $5 and readily available.</div>

buddysmom80 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : Lol. I think I scared BF when I told him I really wanted to hear them "scream". I've never boiled a lobster before, it seems cool. I think we're just going to stick to steak and tails tonight, since tails are on sale for $5 and readily available.
Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

When I was a kid I used to love throwing the lobsters in the pot. My parents were worried. If you end up finding whole lobsters, I have a couple of tips to help the process but steak and tails sounds really good too!

kelley198721 · February 2013

LOL at the Pandora boxes! I got one for Christmas but I knew it wasn't a ring because we had only been dating for four months and we hadn't even talked about marriage yet. However since then, we have discussed marriage...and next month will be 6 months for us. So...who knows?

BF has to work tonight so we are doing a late dinner around 10:30 when he gets off work. I'm still trying to figure out what I should cook...I'm leaning towards brownies. Or macaroni and cheese or muffins. My pantry is pretty empty right now and don't have the money to go grocery shopping until Saturday.

This morning though, he left red roses and an adorable teddy bear in my car.

And after work, I plan on picking up a card for him and ordering his gift online but it won't arrive until next week unfortunately. Oh well. We plan on really celebrating Valentine's Day properly on Tuesday when he's off work.

tuarceatha · February 2013

I have requested H shape tonight's pizza like a heart, he did not agree to this.

I got him beard conditioner cause I heart his beard. And a tshirt he requested, both of those gifts will be delievered no where near today. I suck at gifts.

[Deleted User] · February 2013

if you have a Papa Murphy's around you, you can get a heart-shaped pizza there jen!

Hummingbird125 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]I have requested H shape tonight's pizza like a heart, he did not agree to this. I got him beard conditioner cause I heart his beard. And a tshirt he requested, both of those gifts will be delievered no where near today. I suck at gifts.
Posted by jenjenniferf[/QUOTE]

<div>I was so proud of myself for finding a birthday present for BF BEFORE Christmas (his birthday is 2/23). I ordered it on Dec. 17th, but it is STILL backordered and doesn't look like it will arrive in time for his birthday. I know the company I ordered from is swamped with orders, but 2 MONTHS??? Not cool.</div>

tuarceatha · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : I was so proud of myself for finding a birthday present for BF BEFORE Christmas (his birthday is 2/23). I ordered it on Dec. 17th, but it is STILL backordered and doesn't look like it will arrive in time for his birthday. I know the company I ordered from is swamped with orders, but 2 MONTHS??? Not cool.
Posted by Hummingbird125[/QUOTE]

aw! Not cool at all.

tuarceatha · February 2013

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[QUOTE]if you have a Papa Murphy's around you, you can get a heart-shaped pizza there jen!
Posted by CocoBellaF[/QUOTE]

We do according to the internet. I have never heard of this place before though. Do you like their pizza?

suzie211 · February 2013

We are a no gifts kind of couple, but I might get FI a card. Tonight we are going to a really nice steak place downtown. There are zillions of them in the city, but this is one of the nicest and has a piano player there that I actually know. So it should be fun.

I went to barre class this morning, and they gave us all pink, white, or red hair ties as a valentine's thank you for coming to class, plus a code we could give to a friend for free class. It was super cute. So I snagged a hair tie and passed the code along to one of my girlfriends.

I also talked to my nephew on the phone last night and asked if he had any special valentines for today. He didn't, but one of the girls in his class sure likes him. He got a secret valentine this week from an anonymous admirer. So stinking cute! I can't wait to hear what he gets today!

[Deleted User] · February 2013

yeah, it's like a Subway for pizza... also they don't freeze anything, it's all fresh, and I *think* preservative free. we love their pizzas!

buddysmom80 · February 2013

Ugh, I just got two back to back crappy V-day stories

Friend 1 recently split up with her H and has been talking to a co-worker (he used to be one of my assistants lol) she thought he was going to to take her out tonight. She bought him cologne and a dozen cupcakes from this popular bakery in our area. Come to find out he didn't make any plans

Friend 2 got proposed to this am, but turned it down, she said the ring came from Walmart (nothing wrong with it) but not her taste and he left the receipt in the box, so she's like "um, okay thanks for letting me know how much you spent" she also thinks he's not ready to get married he has a lot of CC debt and she can't attach herself to that since her house is in foreclosure now $:\$

The three of us have decided that next Friday we are going out and getting crazy drunk lol.

tuarceatha · February 2013

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[QUOTE]Ugh, I just got two back to back crappy V-day stories Friend 1 recently split up with her H and has been talking to a co-worker (he used to be one of my assistants lol) she thought he was going to to take her out tonight. She bought him cologne and a dozen cupcakes from this popular bakery in our area. Come to find out he didn't make any plans :( Friend 2 got proposed to this am, but turned it down, she said the ring came from Walmart (nothing wrong with it) but not her taste and he left the receipt in the box, so she's like "um, okay thanks for letting me know how much you spent" she also thinks he's not ready to get married he has a lot of CC debt and she can't attach herself to that since her house is in foreclosure now :\ The three of us have decided that next Friday we are going out and getting crazy drunk lol.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

Two interesting stories, indeed.

buddysmom80 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : Two interesting stories, indeed.
Posted by jenjenniferf[/QUOTE]

I swear to gosh I couldn't make this stuff up. I feel bad when I have a good v-day and they have a crappy one lol.

Hummingbird125 · February 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Valentines Day : I swear to gosh I couldn't make this stuff up. I feel bad when I have a good v-day and they have a crappy one lol.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

<div>Wow. Both are pretty bad. Bet it makes you extra grateful for your nice/no-drama day!</div>

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