But it seems necessary. Does that make me a scrooge? We are low key about celebrating. We usually eat some chocolate, go out for dinner and call it a day. Tonight we have an extra special project, which was my dh’s idea. When we moved to this small town, we were sort of adopted by this wonderful family from our church. During my dh’s deployment, I could call on them for anything. They were (and are) always willing to lend a helping hand. Honestly, in my experience that’s unusual for a civilian family. They have 4 kids of their own, and so our Valentine’s project is that we are surprising them (well, the husband knows) by showing up at their house tonight so that they can go out to dinner alone. We’re going to order pizza and enjoy the chaos of their household for the evening. I’m really looking forward to it.
Oh, all right. Happy Valentine’s!
Ohhh! That is SO nice! She’s going to be thrilled. And don’t worry… we’re Valentine’s Day scrooges too
In fact, we didn’t do anything, but John did buy me some flowers b/c he knows that deep down I’d be sad if he didn’t, even though we despise all that sappy stuff. I mean, honestly, who needs another stuffed teddy bear with chocolates for Valentines Day?! Just more stuff to clutter up the house…
How did the date night surprise go? What a great idea! We don’t do a whole lot for V day either. It feels so contrived. We did go out to Friday’s b/c they’re fairly kid friendly w/ balloons and stuff and we love their Brownie dessert. So we had a nice time doing that. Brian did get me flowers, which I always appreciate since it’s a rare treat. Check out Nathan’s website for a picture of his valentine card.