We usually keep it pretty low key. We went out to dinner last night and will enjoy the leftovers at home tonight. Probably go out later for a walk to enjoy the beautiful day.
“It’s a gorgeous 80 degrees in So Cal…”
Didjahafta rub it in? 
It is 45 and raining here. I poked my head into the garden and decided that the weeds can wait. 
Probably for the first time ever, we are going to dinner on Valentine’s Day! I made the reservation two weeks ago via Opentable. On Friday, got a voicemail saying that it would be cancelled unless I called them back within an hour. Huh? How snooty. Naturally, I did not call - I have my email confirm. They will deal with a one star rating on Opentable etc. if they don’t honor it. 
We went to a great restaurant last night, just coincidentally, but it counts. Tonight we are having lobster. I got roses, and my h got dinner paid for and a “case” or whatever of gum from Costco.
We started dating a week before V day some 36 years ago and typically don’t do anything on the day itself. We did go for dinner on Thursday…splitting the difference.
Yesterday was lunch with mom and all but one of my sisters. Today was a nice sleep in and H culminated 24 hours of baking with chocolate chip cookies and fixed us real bacon to have with the scones he did yesterday.
We are V-Day boycotters in our household. Oldest child refuses to participate too. Two of our four asked me how to make certain foods to impress their current love interests and not what I would consider traditional romantic foods …one was pancakes that I make my own way and the other was my Thanksgiving stuffing !
The other is dealing with the disappointment of a troubled situation ( wish I could fast forward that ) I feel bad for my mother who wanted to visit the cemetery today , but the cold and snow kept her away .
I would rather get a spontaneous bouquet of flowers I like in the spring than a dozen red roses on this day because retailers tell us we " should "
I made a Valentine’s brunch today because all 3 kids + 1 FDIL were home/around. H is working today.
D1 told me something this morning that made me feel happy and I totally feel it’s true:
"you know mom, I see people on Facebook etc. today either bragging about all the roses and chocolates they got from their significant other or people griping about not having a significant other and hating Valentine’s Day. You taught us growing up that Valentine’s was a celebration of ALL the living things you love - friends, pets, family, neighbors -all that you value - that is so much more pleasant!!!’
My view - If a holiday has rules - for instance, “Valentine’s is for lovers” - then it’s truly just a “Hallmark” holiday, not a heartfelt holiday. Make it what you like and what has meaning in your life.
I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day and Mr R isn’t even here this weekend, so I’m currently celebrating by reading and cuddling with our furchild.
However, I do have a V-Day story that just happened on Friday…
I had an appointment on Friday at an allergist’s office. There are signs everywhere that say things like “NO PERFUME/SCENTS/FLOWERS” and so on. A delivery man came in with a GIANT thing of flowers for one of the office workers. Immediately, the staff started yelling at him to get out (not in a mean way but in a firm way) and the poor kid was so confused.
Sigh… if your SO works at an allergist office, it is not a good idea to send him/her something that many people are allergic to!
My D1 always sends me liqueur filled chocolates. But apparently that is against the law in my new home state, so she had to settle for an assortment box instead.
We used to give cards and gifts to our kids when they were young , but they didn’t really seem interested past age 10 or so. The chocolate usually didn’t get eaten and there was never anything much more than that since it was so close to Christmas.
Does any CC parent claim to be the parent of this amazing kid?
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/utah-teen-delivers-900-carnations-for-valentines-day/ar-BBpuF2B?li=BBnb7Kz
Here is the link to the original article.
http://news.hjnews.com/education/flower-power-sky-view-senior-delivers-carnations-school-wide-for/article_16093b92-8abe-5da5-9318-af97dc510439.html
raclut , that story is awesome ! One of my reasons for not participating with V Day is because I feel bad for all of the kids in high school that feel bad seeing the display of flowers to some girls while feeling left out !
@lje62 I pamper my dd so that she doesn’t feel left out. It gives me lot of joy to see her face when she gets these special surprises.
H and I went to visit my mom. She may not remember it tonight, but she was happy to see us this morning. I am making dinner for H, S, D, and SIL tonight. Getting to see my five favorite people in one day makes me happy.
We both forgot it was Valentines Day until about an hour ago, when our son texted us. He is out with his girlfriend (yay, a girlfriend)! Now we’re going to have a night out with some friends at a microbrewery.
We ignore Valentine’s Day. But we went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday.
The happiest of happy birthdays, @KKmama ! I hope it was enjoyable
I sent our kids each a small gift, but didn’t buy anything for dh since last year he said he’d rather that I didn’t. Instead, I ordered a bottle of perfume (for me) and gave it to him a week ago to store in his closet until today. He completely forgot about it until I obliquely reminded him. It’s a silly game to play, but it enables him to tell our kids that, yes, he did remember to give me a present today. For some reason, it really bothers them that dh is terrible about buying/giving presents.
Another heartwarming story to share. (Love knows no boundaries.)
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/91360436-story
Yoga, then out to brunch. It was great!
we went to a fantastic pops orchestra Valentine’s concert last evening. Very enjoyable! Other than that, we have no traditions.