<p>Flowers, candy, bling, other? </p>
<p>I went with the bling.</p>
<p>Candy: Dark chocolate-covered pretzels. Chocolate-covered coffee beans. More chocolate. And a niiiiice bottle of wine, which I guess is Other?</p>
<p>We’re buying each other an addition on our house. Pricey but priceless.</p>
<p>I’m waiting to get my $50 tax rebate back…then we’ll go out for pizza (less than romantic) and it will stimulate the economy:)</p>
<p>Aphrodisiac Mini Bar Box of Chocolates… to share, I hope!</p>
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<p>“What better way to become a specialist in seduction—mini chocolate bars filled with spices & nuts noted for their aphrodisiac properties. Of course exotic spices from around the world have always been my focus in my travels; constantly searching the globe for the interesting and intriguing. But within each spice lies a story. Bits of ruby red guajillo and pasilla chili peppers, filled with capsaicin, might just entice your endorphins into overdrive. Curry can be a virtual cocktail of heart-racing aphrodisiacs: cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, turmeric, cardamom and…? Mesmerizing stories, even better results.”</p>
<p>But I want to hear about the bling, barrons!</p>
<p>4 champagne flutes with a red heart in the stem. A bottle of Moet White Star for her and tonic for me. I’m preparing salmon w/honey-ginger sauce, blackened asparagrus and salad. </p>
<p>She said she’d provide the dessert. That can have various meanings depending on how things go.</p>
<p>I always just make a little nicer than average dinner. </p>
<p>I already received my V-Day present. They were a dozen long stemmed roses and a heart box of chocolate. My H told me that he saved $15 by not specifying the V-Day delivery, LOL. They came this afternoon.</p>
<p>Seriously, I didn’t get DH anything as we are going on a short vacation next week. We’ll celebrate my birthday and V-day while we’re gone. </p>
<p>My V-D gift will be a dozen long stem red roses…sounds nice…DH’s company gives a dozen to each employee on V-D…ta da.</p>
<p>Buy something for Valentine’s Day? Nope, not me. I’m too cheap. I told my DH not to buy me anything… but I’ve got my eyes on some lovely azalea plants that will be on sale Friday!</p>
<p>I have had a tradition for the past few years to get my wife an orchid. I just went to the Orchid store and bought her a Cymbidium that is half in bloom and a beautiful purple Cattleya in full bloom. The Cymbidium will stay in bloom for a couple of months and the Cattleya for about a month. Then both plants will move outdoors and we will see a return bloom next year. One of our simple pleasures is noticing the pod that starts to protrude from the plant in mid January. Its a SoCal thing as we live in a very temperate environment.</p>
<p>thumper, that sounds nice. I have been reading your rebate threads, so I am sorry that the $50 won’t even cover one hotel night.</p>
<p>R Dave, that’s a lovely gift. However it does remind me of one year very early on when my DH splurged and gave me a beautiful orchid. Either I failed to care for it properly, or there’s a reason orchids don’t grow in profusion around here; in any case, it wasn’t long for this world.</p>
<p>But I couldn’t bear to part with it. For a very long time, we cherished the Potted Stick.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Nothing. (Sigh.)</p>
<p>We’re still waiting for him to get a job so we can go buy our joint Christmas gift (a new washer).</p>
<p>Almost afraid to post since my gift to DH sounds so unromantic, but here goes … DVD set of Planet Earth. I had given a set to both my parents and my brother/SIL for Christmas, and DH seemed pretty intrigued. Plus one of his favorite dinners.</p>
<p>CBB, I bought one for dh and the boys for Christmas, and we all love it! We’re slowly working our way through the set on Saturday nights and are just on disc 3.</p>
<p>All you romantic husbands. <em>sigh</em> We’re not as romantic as I would like, and I’m embarrassed to say what my gift is to my dh, though it is heart-related: a blood pressure kit!!! He’s been wanting one, and I thought Valentine’s Day would be a great opportunity and impress upon him I want him around for a long time. Lame, I know.</p>
<p>A nice sapphire necklace to go with the bracelet she got last year in Montana at the cool sapphire store somewhere in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>I already have my own blood pressure kit so I hope for something else. May be a good time to float the new car trial balloon and see how far it gets. I like the home addition idea. I guess I can be happy with the new front porch boards we put on. I can’t wait to see them.</p>
<p>After 25+ years of marriage, we really don’t buy presents anymore. We do buy for the children, but not for each other. I don’t know when we really quit giving gifts, but if there is something expensive we want, we make it a joint birthday or holiday gift. For our anniversary we bought a new gas grill. We both are happy with this arrangement, so all is well.</p>
<p>H will get a fancy dark chocolate bar and an i-Tunes gift card in a store-bought Valentine card while we are out to dinner at a place he’s been itching to try.</p>
<p>I predict I will get flowers, yellow roses, and some milk chocolate, and a card or two.</p>
<p>I’ll get bicycling gear and my wife, who has a degree in Elizabethan history, will get the first season of the Tudors on DVD. And we will have a romantic dinner at a local Italian restaurant that is one of our favorites.</p>