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Post by CCL on Feb 12, 2016 17:27:00 GMT -5
$250 for a Longchamp Le Pliage Neo Bag for my wife $15 for 4 of her favorite cupcakes from Georgetown cupcakes I know she spent $55 on a new jacket for me and like $90 on a new pair of sneaker (saw the receipts, she doesn't know). Dinner at her favorite Italian restaurant on Sunday : ~$100 *flame suit on* I've never even heard of these bags. I had to look it up lol. Nothing wrong with doing something nice for your sweetie.
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Post by beergut on Feb 12, 2016 17:40:01 GMT -5
My mother is 92 and lives in the next county. We're going out there to help her assemble some furniture and then I'm making dinner for everyone (me, DH, mom, DB and DB's son).
Hey - in an Italian family, food is love! Is the pasta made from scratch? If not, you don't really love your family!!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 12, 2016 17:42:11 GMT -5
I'm confused by the holidays people have deemed illegitimate Hallmark Holidays. Which ones really aren't some sort of industry creation at this point? I mean, Christmas is the most commercial of all. Mothers and Fathers days? Totally made up. Thanksgiving? Few of us are really celebrating our fall harvest, are we? That's a Butterball Holiday.
I could give or take most holidays, but I've never really gotten the scorn heaped upon Valentine's day. If someone wants to celebate love, have at it! It's no more ridiculous than most of the other holidays we celebrate. I do not get a paid day off, therefore, this invented holiday is more bullshit than other invented holidays (because all holidays are inventions of man). :-) Oh wait, Monday is Presidents Day and I'm off. Maybe I'll get shit canned for VD!
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Post by kittensaver on Feb 12, 2016 17:49:40 GMT -5
My mother is 92 and lives in the next county. We're going out there to help her assemble some furniture and then I'm making dinner for everyone (me, DH, mom, DB and DB's son).
Hey - in an Italian family, food is love! Is the pasta made from scratch? If not, you don't really love your family!! Wasn't actually planning to make pasta this time! The tentative menu is roasted chicken in a mustard cream sauce, garlic & truffle oil mashed potatoes (with some cauliflower snuck into the mash to up the nutrition), and whichever green veggie or leafy veggie is ready to harvest when I get to the garden this weekend.
Oh, and flourless chocolate cake for dessert.
Does this meet with your approval?
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Post by simser on Feb 12, 2016 17:55:02 GMT -5
First VDay with a new boy (well 7 months). I got him and I scuba diving lessons (from Groupon, and we both want to learn). I'll make a card. I will try to not go anywhere fancy for a typical lunch or dinner.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Feb 12, 2016 18:04:56 GMT -5
DH is getting a couple of solid chocolate hearts and some jelly beans. Maybe a new bow tie.
ODS got 3 bags of Lindt truffles (peanut butter, milk, and sea salt)/
YDS got 2 solid chocolate hearts and some jelly beans.
I got myself 2 bags of peanut butter Lindt truffles.
It's a meh holiday. We might go out. We might stay in since it will be -30 with the windchill. I'll grab a roast or some other yummy entree when I go grocery shopping later just in case.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 12, 2016 18:12:50 GMT -5
Lets see. We celebrate my DIL's birthday, my birthday and throw in Valentines day all together. But we just go out to eat on the closest date we can all get together. I do get my DIL's 8 yr old niece a little something to go with a card. Heck we just got thru Christmas and the 8 yr old had a birthday on the 10th of January so not like she needs much and as for me I don't need diddly squat.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Feb 12, 2016 18:14:18 GMT -5
I'll get DH a card and we'll go out to dinner but not on VD as it's just too crowded. I don't know if he's getting me anything but I don't really care.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Feb 12, 2016 18:26:21 GMT -5
I spent $8 for a movie tickets for a special showing of Pretty in Pink. I'll be going with a friend. No clue what DH is doing on sunday.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 18:33:21 GMT -5
GW texted me today asking what I was doing for BF for VD. She didn't know what to do LOL So we had a talk about not going crazy but it's rude to ignore the day. I'm getting BF a mushy card and a food basket thingy of specialty meat and cheese. She is getting hers a mushy card and a 6 pack of beer with a ribbon and bow. We both decided it's pre-emptive, don't be bugging us on March 14th!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 18:36:30 GMT -5
We were just discussing this at dinner after Deadpool. I've gotten him exactly one Vday present in our time together... One year about a week before we were at the science museum and they had stuffed germs. I got him mono. However, our favorite non chain local restaurant, where we happened to go, was having a Valentines special which included a free appetizer, so... Yeah, we did that
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 12, 2016 18:39:38 GMT -5
So, what are you getting her then? Nosy folks want to know! Currently on my desk is: 1. A mushy card 2. A milk chocolate rose 3. A heart shaped box of chocolates 4. A small stuffed bear which will be given to her wearing 5. a sapphire and diamond heart necklace A red rose flower arrangement will be purchased (which is a little tricky as she is the florist at the local store). And also I helped the dog out and got a card for her to give my wife. If the small, stuffed bear does not have one already, tie a scarf around the bear's neck so the necklace is not quite so immediately obvious.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 12, 2016 18:47:40 GMT -5
Depending on how it's used in their post, folks might want to think about spelling out Valentine's Day rather than just the initials.
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Post by swamp on Feb 12, 2016 18:51:32 GMT -5
Huh. I got a Reese's heart from DH. That was completely unexpected.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 12, 2016 18:58:10 GMT -5
Depending on how it's used in their post, folks might want to think about spelling out Valentine's Day rather than just the initials. I so agree
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Post by giramomma on Feb 12, 2016 19:07:36 GMT -5
DH got me a dozen roses. A pretty peach, pink. Of course, the over tired three year old has decided she needs to *touch* them every 3.45 seconds. So the flowers are up where no one can enjoy them. Otherwise, we spent like $9 on cards for the kids' classes. I was hoping to make some decorations. Too much else to do. We'll see if I have time Sunday. Oh, I bought red hots and pink sprinkles to decorate cookies with...that was another $3.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 19:10:56 GMT -5
Oh I did buy valentines cards and candy for Valentine party. I'm not sure what they cost though as daughter bought them herself, with my money ... She says about 17$. We do a mass group though so over 50 kids participated.
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Post by teen persuasion on Feb 12, 2016 20:22:54 GMT -5
We had planned to get together with my sibs' families at Mom's house to celebrate the rest of the February bdays (SIL had to host a bday party just for her son earlier, of course; we always do a monthly bday get together at Mom's). The LES today and -30s WC expected for this weekend has Mom postponing it til next weekend, which interferes with DS5's plans for his bday party with friends. It's amazing how fast the kids grow up; all the comments about classroom Valentines made me realize he did them last year, but not a peep about them this year. However, the Valentine's day dance he wanted to attend was cancelled due to the weather (cancelled all after school activities). We don't buy each other stuff, but I will be making something yummy, and chocolate of course.
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Post by tcu2003 on Feb 12, 2016 20:38:11 GMT -5
$12 on Hot Wheels cars for DS to give to his preschool friends at the school party today.
DH and I do cards for each other, so maybe $6-8 there. Oh, and my mom is in town, so I'll also get her one - so another $3-4.
We also usually get a heart shaped chocolate chip cookie cake from the grocery story for Valentine's Day dessert, so another $10-ish.
That's about it. We eat at home, so nothing too out of the ordinary. I usually get DH to cook since I do the cooking the other 95% of the time.
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Post by taz157 on Feb 12, 2016 20:42:19 GMT -5
Not wishing bad things to you Carl, but that $500 might be pretty important to you one day. Do you have your job yet? He starts Monday.
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Post by emma1420 on Feb 12, 2016 20:53:44 GMT -5
I'm confused by the holidays people have deemed illegitimate Hallmark Holidays. Which ones really aren't some sort of industry creation at this point? I mean, Christmas is the most commercial of all. Mothers and Fathers days? Totally made up. Thanksgiving? Few of us are really celebrating our fall harvest, are we? That's a Butterball Holiday.
I could give or take most holidays, but I've never really gotten the scorn heaped upon Valentine's day. If someone wants to celebate love, have at it! It's no more ridiculous than most of the other holidays we celebrate. I don't care if other people celebrate Valentine's. For me personally I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day. I don't like the pressure I associate with the holiday. So I prefer not to celebrate it at all.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 12, 2016 20:54:32 GMT -5
Not wishing bad things to you Carl, but that $500 might be pretty important to you one day. Do you have your job yet? I start my New job on Monday and I got ~$3,500 net from my old job today (3 weeks vacation payout). So we should be ok....
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 12, 2016 20:59:11 GMT -5
I'm confused by the holidays people have deemed illegitimate Hallmark Holidays. Which ones really aren't some sort of industry creation at this point? I mean, Christmas is the most commercial of all. Mothers and Fathers days? Totally made up. Thanksgiving? Few of us are really celebrating our fall harvest, are we? That's a Butterball Holiday.
I could give or take most holidays, but I've never really gotten the scorn heaped upon Valentine's day. If someone wants to celebate love, have at it! It's no more ridiculous than most of the other holidays we celebrate. I don't care if other people celebrate Valentine's. For me personally I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day. I don't like the pressure I associate with the holiday. So I prefer not to celebrate it at all. What pressure? Not trying to put you on the spot but I do not understand why is it a pressure? I know it is stupid but the reason "I" like the stupid holidays (made up or not) and birthdays is because I realize since I have officially become an adult that we are all so busy with our own lives and issues we tend to forget about the important people in our lives or we take them for granted. So if it takes a superficial holiday for me to stop and say: you know I love you, I know you love me but you know what... Let's make a day/event of it! And for us since I work retail this is the first year since we can remember that we will actually get to celebrate Valentine's Day on the actual day.
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Post by steph08 on Feb 12, 2016 21:01:17 GMT -5
Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world.
Sorry, sidetracked. We don't do Valentine's Day. DH is on a diet and I'm probably going to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes for the second time next week, so ya, no good eats here.
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 12, 2016 21:03:36 GMT -5
Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world.
Sorry, sidetracked. We don't do Valentine's Day. DH is on a diet and I'm probably going to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes for the second time next week, so ya, no good eats here. I am on a diet to but that went to hell on a hand basket with my trip to VA (eat like a pig)... So I figure the week is already ruined why not lol! So I feel for your husband! Didn't you have gestational diabetes with your first or is that the first time it is happening? Take care of yourself!
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Post by emma1420 on Feb 12, 2016 21:10:15 GMT -5
I don't care if other people celebrate Valentine's. For me personally I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day. I don't like the pressure I associate with the holiday. So I prefer not to celebrate it at all. What pressure? Not trying to put you on the spot but I do not understand why is it a pressure? I know it is stupid but the reason "I" like the stupid holidays (made up or not) and birthdays is because I realize since I have officially become an adult that we are all so busy with our own lives and issues we tend to forget about the important people in our lives or we take them for granted. So if it takes a superficial holiday for me to stop and say: you know I love you, I know you love me but you know what... Let's make a day/event of it! And for us since I work retail this is the first year since we can remember that we will actually get to celebrate Valentine's Day on the actual day. I'm single, so it may be different for me than if I was in a long term relationship. But, I always feel like if I celebrate Valentine's that I have to make some grand gesture. There has to be some romantic gift or some declaration on Feb. 14th. Or I'm on the receiving end of some gift or declaration that I'm not ready for. As I've gotten older I prefer not to celebrate it at all. I'm not a particular romantic person in general, and so the fact it's a Hallmark holiday just solidifies for me that I don't need spend money or time stressing on finding a gift or activity for the day. If other people want to celebrate it, more power to them, but I don't care to. Lucky for me, the guy I'm seeing now has no problem with not celebrating the day.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 12, 2016 21:13:21 GMT -5
the older I am getting the more I am OK celebrating all kinds of things.
Yesterday we celebrated the fact that my oldest finished his 2nd grade math book. He actually finished it a few months ago and kept wondering why we haven't celebrated it yet.
Last months we had "sons' day" bc my kids wanted to know what's up with Mother's day and Father's day but no sons' day. Se we picked a weekend in January and celebrated it.
My husband is getting me a present that was suppose to be a surprise but I was checking our voice mail and found out about. I think it's about $130. My husband's present was $25
I might get the kids some overpriced chocolate covered strawberries. I did it last year and they loved it.
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Post by steph08 on Feb 12, 2016 21:13:46 GMT -5
Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world.
Sorry, sidetracked. We don't do Valentine's Day. DH is on a diet and I'm probably going to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes for the second time next week, so ya, no good eats here. I am on a diet to but that went to hell on a hand basket with my trip to VA (eat like a pig)... So I figure the week is already ruined why not lol! So I feel for your husband! Didn't you have gestational diabetes with your first or is that the first time it is happening? Take care of yourself!
Ya, I had it with my first. It isn't too bad - just nothing you can do to control whether you have it or not. I just have to watch carbs now, so no cookies/candy/cake and less pasta/potatoes/etc.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Feb 12, 2016 21:29:46 GMT -5
My mother is 92 and lives in the next county. We're going out there to help her assemble some furniture and then I'm making dinner for everyone (me, DH, mom, DB and DB's son).
Hey - in an Italian family, food is love! Is the pasta made from scratch? If not, you don't really love your family!! I know you're joking, but my mother actually felt that way. Crazy lady!I'll get DH a card and we'll go out to dinner but not on VD as it's just too crowded. I don't know if he's getting me anything but I don't really care. At 4pm today, I called a restaurant at which I'm hosting a party on February 27. They would not talk to me today, and asked me to call back on Tuesday after Valentine's weekend. SO BUSY!!!Huh. I got a Reese's heart from DH. That was completely unexpected. AAAAWWWW!We had planned to get together with my sibs' families at Mom's house to celebrate the rest of the February bdays (SIL had to host a bday party just for her son earlier, of course; we always do a monthly bday get together at Mom's). The LES today and -30s WC expected for this weekend has Mom postponing it til next weekend, which interferes with DS5's plans for his bday party with friends. It's amazing how fast the kids grow up; all the comments about classroom Valentines made me realize he did them last year, but not a peep about them this year. However, the Valentine's day dance he wanted to attend was cancelled due to the weather (cancelled all after school activities). We don't buy each other stuff, but I will be making something yummy, and chocolate of course. I miss making the kids' valentine's with them. Oddly, neither my daughter's junior high nor my other daughter's high school had Valentine's dance this year.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Feb 12, 2016 21:32:52 GMT -5
During the Costco Christmas sales, I purchased four $25 iTunes gift cards for $81. I gave one to DH in his stocking. The other three are in my jeans drawer. I'll give one to each daughter and DH.
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