<p>I’m making colassal sized shrimp scampi for my H and S2 (a h.s. soph) and sent a box of Cheryl’s cookie’s to S1 at college. H & I exchanged boxes of chocolates. I’ve never tried See’s either. Is it in local stores around the country or just by mail order?</p>
<p>We frequently repeat cards since H and I have made arbitrary rules on the cards we get each other. I insist that there be a photo of a monkey on it. No drawings…must be a photograph. This year the monkey card had monkey sound effects when you open it. We ARE nuts, but it keeps things interesting.</p>
<p>Count me as another, who just found out son must be seeing someone special. Unless it’s my meatloaf…</p>
<p>See’s has local stores in California. My favorite is their dark chocolate assortment. </p>
<p>DH brought me a lovely bouquet last night- it was my birthday. They lucky guy gets to mark off two flower-giving occasions at one time. 
I love flowers and never tire of getting them.
I bought some NY steaks which I’ll serve with mushrooms, organic broccoli and greens from my “farm box,” baked potatoes, a bottle of Cabernet and cheesecake for dessert. I bought a humorous card for him. He’s had a very busy week, and a quiet dinner at home will be more appealing to him than a dinner out, I’m sure, and I’ve already had a couple of birthday meals out, so I’m also happy to stay home and relax tonight. I’ve always like having my birthday close to Valentine’s Day. It makes for a very fun week.</p>
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<p>And it’s only TUESDAY.</p>
<p>See’s chocolates-- use to buy them at LAX (airport). Now they are in my local mall. My favorite local chocolate store is Hoffman’s. Our office manager left a choco covered strawberry in my office today. So sweet…</p>
<p>My 92 y.o. client looked thru her collection of cards from hubby. They always made their own.Wonderful memories. I think they will be cherished by her children and grandchildren more than anything else she may leave them.</p>
<p>Sees has a store in CT! OK…that could get me to the mall.</p>
<p>My HS senior son brought home a card he made in German class, and he stopped and picked up a bouquet for me. Wow, what did I do?</p>
<p>I really don’t put much thought into whether Valentine’s Day has become too commercial. I’ve always thought of it as a fun break from the winter doldrums. H has already sent flowers and is coming home early (for a change). I bought some yummy looking cake pops at the local gourmet store. No fancy dinner or elaborate gifts.</p>
<p>I just got home, and there was a nice bouquet for me too. I guess H sent my confirmation to D2. D2 got a nice yellow bouquet. D1 emailed me to let know that H stopped off at her office to give her flowers before he left for his next stop(H was in NY for business then off to the west coast). I guess H felt pretty bad to be away.</p>
<p>Went through this thread, glad to hear people are having a nice day, especially news on some budding romance here. Very surprise LongPrime hasn’t popped in here yet about his son.</p>
<p>G&T and a walk on the beach for sunset, very nice :)</p>
<p>See’s Butterscotch Square, yum! I ordered a custom See’s box for my mother and in the ultimate sacrifice did not even include my #1 choice. I guess I am really a grown up.</p>
<p>TCM (Top Hat), Cotes due Rhone '06, porterhouse steak, spinach, baked potato, Sees, and thou. Beautiful Valentines with my sweetie pie. **</p>
<p>And starbright, not one of those inspirations were garnered from a commercial.</p>
<p>So… while part of my prediction came through (we really are slaving away at the library), my boyfriend ended up spending a large chunk of the time I was at work writing a poem for me, using calligraphy which we’re currently learning in a class (and by that I mean that we’ve had one lesson haha). It looks beautiful and if he had to do something for me today, this was a wonderful thing to do! </p>
<p>Both of my parents texted Happy Valentine’s Day to me and we’re treating each other to dinner this weekend before a Piston’s game.</p>
<p>Now back to analyzing Holinshed’s Chronicles :(</p>
<p>We went out to dinner and then my sweet husband surprised me with a card and candy.</p>
<p>I was completely overwhelmed when I returned home last night after a 13 hour day - there was a path of rose petals leading from the garage up the stairs and several dozen tea lights along the way…Yes, we are empty nesters! H is worried that he raised the bar so high he won’t know what to do next year!</p>
<p>Yes, I think that one would be hard to top. Very nice.</p>
<p>Thats sweet :)</p>
<p>We went on a weekend vacation last summer and the hotel put rose pedals on the bed in the shape of a heart and made a trail down the hall. We think maybe they had us confused with someone else!</p>
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Wow! I am seriously impressed.</p>
<p>We like the idea of Valentine’s day! A day to take pause and appreciate the special person in your life. That is not to say that we don’t do it on so many other days. Valentine’s day happens a lot in my house as does Christmas and other holidays. What is not to like about it?</p>
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<p>I’m only teasing you about this because I know you know the difference, but my first thought was that you were on a cycling vacation! :)</p>