Valentine's Day

Today, by today I mean one minute past midnight last night, my husband disappeared for a moment then walked back into the room with a bunch of flowers and a huge smile on his face, and as he presented them to me he said, ‘It’s Valentine’s Day, be my Valentine?’

Cream roses 

Awww, wasn’t that nice... I wonder what he would have said had I replied ‘Umm, can I get back to you on that’, or ‘ohhh sorry, the guy over there got in first’, or ‘depends, what comes with those flowers?’

Of course I didn’t say any of those things, but just imagine if I had... giggle, the look of confusion on his face would have been something interesting to write about.

Instead I said, ‘awww they are lovely, is it tomorrow already? Thank you so much, erm this is awkward, I didn’t get you anything, sorry. But of course I will be your Valentine.’ Kiss, Kiss!

To be honest, I don’t understand the whole Valentine’s Day thing. I mean, I have read the history of it of course, my kids studied it in school, and frankly it is a sad and horrible story. I don’t think people know the true events that lead to this day, for if they did, surely they would not want to celebrate it, would they, do you?

I have seen on facebook today that many people have called this day ‘Happy Hallmark Day’ and quite frankly, I think that is actually what it is about... marketing. All great events in history have been manipulated beyond recognition to make them into a marketable item for global companies. First they conquer America, then they conquer the WORLD!

But there I go digressing as usual, so...

This morning upon awakening, my husband’s love continued to be displayed as I was presented with breakfast in bed and told to have a lazy morning. Well, naturally I didn’t need any encouragement and I had a lovely lazy morning doing absolutely nothing. We all know that a lazy morning leads to a lazy afternoon so my day was very unproductive and all I managed to achieve today was going out to The Chocolate Room for afternoon tea, (hot chocolate) and cake, with my husband. They have to coolest mugs there to drink the hot chocolate out of and the chocolate is to die for mmmmm.

Well, that was my day, lazy, boring and not my typical Valentine’s Day at all. We are not one to celebrate this occasion usually, but this year for some reason my husband was caught up in the hype and his heart over floweth with love for me today. Aww wasn’t that lovely.