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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 13, 2016 22:54:25 GMT -5
I'm supposed to go to my gentleman friend's house for home-made eggplant parmigiana. He's an amazing cook. I've decided to stay in. It's about minus 40 here. Nope, nope, nope. I went out to see if my car would even start and it felt like I had put my hands and face in fire, like an Indian widow on a funeral pyre. It's so cold, it actually burns.
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Feb 14, 2016 1:26:04 GMT -5
Hey just because one is sick doesn't mean they have to keep their partner from having a good time But that gag reflex though...,
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 14, 2016 5:44:24 GMT -5
I hope , Carl, you were joking.
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Post by Regis on Feb 14, 2016 8:06:18 GMT -5
$35 for a bouquet of roses, about $4 for a card and a couple of dollars for a bag of pretzel M&M's (she likes chocolate but we're both trying to eat healthier).
Spent about $25 on each of the kids for small stuff.
Brunch this morning.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 14, 2016 8:34:47 GMT -5
I'm doing laundry today.
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Post by taz157 on Feb 14, 2016 8:36:34 GMT -5
Me too! I'm also going to help DH do some painting around the house too.
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 14, 2016 8:37:27 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. You are a smart man bills, I also learned that lesson many years ago. No expense spared.
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Post by DVM gone riding on Feb 14, 2016 13:04:35 GMT -5
We went out for dinner last night, does that count? Gifts is not my husbands love language and I told him when we got married he only had to worry about Christmas and my Birthday they happen to be roughly 6 mos apart so it works well. For Christmas I told him what in general to get!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 14, 2016 15:22:54 GMT -5
Our weekend together or Valentine Weekend before I head back to work has been quite nice. I was served breakfast in bed, we went to the gym then back home. Went to The mall to exchange my jacket so instead of $55 it was $99.99, she did not like the quality of the one she had previously ordered. Then went into the city to exchange her bag, I bought the wrong one. Ended up being $280 vs $250 We had sushi for lunch, then we got me some New work shoes $65. Now at Coldstone getting some ice cream ($10) for dessert tonight and having pasta for dinner. Tomorrow taking it easy, gym followed by church ... Grocery shopping afterwards and our dinner reservation is for 6PM. Wow, that's a lot of spending.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 14, 2016 15:24:19 GMT -5
Met up with hubs and some brave members of our run club (too bitterly cold for me to bother running today) at a dive bar. They had a mimosa bar and a dj, then we went elsewhere for lunch and another mimosa bar. I need a nap before grocery shopping!
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Feb 14, 2016 15:57:40 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 That's what we did. We decided to celebrate last night. All of the earlier shows were sold out, so it technically was Vday by the time the movie was over. SO got me a really nice card the first Vday we were together with hand-drawn heart-shaped balloons on the envelope. He used to get mistaken for the lead singer on Anthrax back then, so it was kind of surprising. Now, we don't usually exchange gifts, but we try to at least go out to dinner or watch a movie.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Feb 14, 2016 16:01:02 GMT -5
Bad flashbacks to last year dampened by enthusiasm for this year.
I did get H. a card that was somewhat mushy. We went to McKenzie River for lunch. I did get a Happy Valentine's Day from him, too. Also what I mentioned before, our getting for ourselves what we wanted.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Feb 14, 2016 16:31:46 GMT -5
Last night I bought a bunch of spa type stuff (~$75) and gave myself a nice foot soak and pedicure as well as a facial. Watched Mad Men for a while then played video games for a while. Today I got a longer yoga session in, had a small breakfast, showered, and then starting doing some organising around the apartment. I just picked up a veggie pizza after doing some light grocery shopping, so now I'm eating that and watching Archer. Next I'll finish some more cleaning/organizing. An okay V-Day in my book! ?
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Feb 14, 2016 16:46:47 GMT -5
Sounds good to me. Some of my favorite Vdays are from when I was single, and the worst Vdays were from when I was dating someone awful.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 14, 2016 17:41:43 GMT -5
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 14, 2016 21:07:52 GMT -5
Our weekend together or Valentine Weekend before I head back to work has been quite nice. I was served breakfast in bed, we went to the gym then back home. Went to The mall to exchange my jacket so instead of $55 it was $99.99, she did not like the quality of the one she had previously ordered. Then went into the city to exchange her bag, I bought the wrong one. Ended up being $280 vs $250 We had sushi for lunch, then we got me some New work shoes $65. Now at Coldstone getting some ice cream ($10) for dessert tonight and having pasta for dinner. Tomorrow taking it easy, gym followed by church ... Grocery shopping afterwards and our dinner reservation is for 6PM. Wow, that's a lot of spending. You are telling me But we don't do it often ... Dinner tonight came to $125 (tip included). All together we spent combined $650 this weekend
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 14, 2016 21:22:20 GMT -5
Wow, that's a lot of spending. You are telling me But we don't do it often ... Dinner tonight came to $125 (tip included). All together we spent combined $650 this weekend DUDE! You haven't even started the new job yet! Remember your budget thread? ;-)
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Post by lynnerself on Feb 14, 2016 21:49:14 GMT -5
About $30 in groceries (not counting wine). I'm trying lots of new recipes tonight.
Lemon drop cocktails Chilled snap pea soup ( paired with Gewurztraminer) Coq au vin (with a Willamette valley Pinot Noir and for dessert Almond souffle with caramel sauce (and Champagne of course)
So far everything is great. I have not made the Souffle yet. (The from scratch caramel sauce took me two tries to get right.)
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Post by ZaireinHD on Feb 14, 2016 22:24:00 GMT -5
$0 I sent a text and a e-card and a email with attached picture
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 22:32:15 GMT -5
Please not a picture of your junk!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 14, 2016 22:34:40 GMT -5
Back from The Lion King. The choreography, costumes, and music were amazing
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 14, 2016 22:38:22 GMT -5
So, we both felt too cruddy to want to spread our germs in public. No dining out means our totals are $3 for the kid's cards for kindergarten, $5 for DH's card, and DH spent probably $30 for cards, little tiny potted roses foe his mom and me, and little plastic hearts filled with M&Ms for all of us. He would have gotten me a dozen roses, and all the usual stuff, but I didn't want him to waste his money. We're still planning on getting gifts for each other, if we can figure something out tp get.
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Post by beergut on Feb 15, 2016 0:05:19 GMT -5
I took GF to dinner at her favorite restaurant last night, so $110 with tip.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 6:27:19 GMT -5
I wanted to make pasta fagioli (sp?) soup like the Olive Garden does. I have the recipe. DH suggested he just go pick some up.
I knew something was up when I got put on hold for 10 minutes while the to-go person on the phone tried to find out if they had enough to sell me some! DH said the place was packed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 7:35:30 GMT -5
Wow, that's a lot of spending. You are telling me But we don't do it often ... Dinner tonight came to $125 (tip included). All together we spent combined $650 this weekend Have you ever thought of doing either/or? By that, I mean go out for sushi for lunch and get ice cream or go out for V-Day's dinner? Go out for an expensive dinner or buy each other expensive presents? Buy a new jacket or buy new work shoes? You have an enormous amount of debt ($27,000?) hanging over you, and that's not touching the student loan debt or mortgage. Rein it in, cowboy!
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Post by TheHaitian on Feb 15, 2016 8:32:57 GMT -5
You are telling me But we don't do it often ... Dinner tonight came to $125 (tip included). All together we spent combined $650 this weekend Have you ever thought of doing either/or? By that, I mean go out for sushi for lunch and get ice cream or go out for V-Day's dinner? Go out for an expensive dinner or buy each other expensive presents? Buy a new jacket or buy new work shoes? You have an enormous amount of debt ($27,000?) hanging over you, and that's not touching the student loan debt or mortgage. Rein it in, cowboy! It is not like we do this every single weekend but I agree we could have rein it in.
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Post by yogiii on Feb 15, 2016 8:37:47 GMT -5
~$10 for kids party supplies and Valentines $9 for half gallon of fancy ice cream, it was ice cream for lunch for our family on Valentines. The kids loved it .
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Post by steph08 on Feb 15, 2016 12:23:05 GMT -5
I worked at my part time job and DH picked up pizza, which we probably would have done if it wasn't valentine's day. Cost - $10 for the pizza.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Feb 15, 2016 13:16:27 GMT -5
It was too cold to ask DH to grill (I'm not THAT heartless), so we had a "snack" dinner and just chilled.
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Post by beergut on Feb 15, 2016 13:27:21 GMT -5
I wanted to make pasta fagioli (sp?) soup like the Olive Garden does. I have the recipe. DH suggested he just go pick some up. I knew something was up when I got put on hold for 10 minutes while the to-go person on the phone tried to find out if they had enough to sell me some! DH said the place was packed. Something that easy, I'd just make it myself. According to the copycat recipe, it takes about 30 minutes? It would take me longer than that to drive to an Olive Garden and pick it up.
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