Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
How will you be celebrating this year? Allow me to offer you a glimpse into my fabulous evening plans:
Just to clarify, Chris and I celebrated Hallmark's favorite holiday a little early this year (it was also our 3-year anniversary... I know, I know. All together now: "awwww/barf").
In addition to having a great time together, I also learned a few things over the weekend.
[Ok, I already knew he's terrific. But these points were reiterated this weekend and I felt they were worth mentioning]
How will you be celebrating this year? Allow me to offer you a glimpse into my fabulous evening plans:
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| Kidding, kidding! It'll be Lactose-free ice cream, of course. Source |
In addition to having a great time together, I also learned a few things over the weekend.
- Spontaneity does not necessarily equal chaos... which goes against pretty much everything I believe in. Calendars are made to be color-coded, right? However, Chris and I had to change our weekend plans at the last minute (camping in 19-degree weather is a little extreme even for us) and we still had a fun-filled and relaxed weekend. Huh. Who'da thunk?
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| Who me? Source |
- Having fun doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg, even if it is a holiday. You don't have to belong to AARP to use coupons, watch movies via free Netflix trial accounts instead of movie theaters, or sign up for a Silver Diner rewards card to save $ on your next visit. Nothing says "I love you" like fiscal responsibility.
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| One day I will torture my children by wearing one of these in public. Source |
- Playing LaserTag as a non-chaperone/childless adult may result in a few judgemental looks from strangers. And yes, we did play LaserTag on our Valentine's date. Best decision ever? Heck yeah.
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| It's not my fault we didn't have video games growing up. I am merely a victim of my sheltered upbringing |
- My boyfriend is awesome for many reasons, including:
- being a gentleman to the whole family... aka cooking brunch for us. As a guest.
- not being embarassed by his gf's lack of shoot 'em up skills (and only killing me a few times. All's fair in love & LaserTag)
- always being there to balance out my worrywart self and teaching me to chill out
- being patient while I try to make a decision about a movie/restaurant/outfit/anything
- laughing at and/or making silly jokes
- offering to play Scrabble with Webster because he knows how much I love it
- making conversations interesting, no matter where we go or who we meet... how else would we know where our waitress is from, or that Antigua is in Guatemala?
- being slightly neurotic about backing into parking spaces because it's "easier"
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| Backing in shaved at least .0003 seconds off our departure time. Whew! |
- Finally, I learned that the "perfect" Valentine's Day does not mean you necessarily have to reenact the latest Katherine Heigl rom-com or Kay Jeweler's ad...
Don't ever let go, Jack...
.... as long as you get to share it with people you care about.
I hope today is filled with the people you care about, whether they are near or far-- friends, family members, pets, significant others, or Ben and Jerry. Sending you all hugs! xoxo
p.s. One other thing I learned: the "Six-foot, Seven-foot, Eight-foot, hut!" line from Lil Wayne's song 6'7' is originally from the song Day O (The Banana Boat Song). Please tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know this?!
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