Just about a month until Valentine's Day!

[cat19]

Have you thought about what you're getting your sweetie and LO('s)?

[kdrake8]

Yes! I'm getting DH a DVD set of a History Channel show about the presidents. He's a social studies teacher and mentioned to a friend that he wanted it but it didn't come out in time for Christmas.

Idk about M! I need to think of something!

[jaime183]

I bought Luke a board book when I was at BN last week. I have no reason to give it to him so I'll save it.
DH and I hopefully will have a date that week. I think my parents might be coming to visit so we'll have a babysitter!

[muppetinma]

Nope, but I already told DH what to get me! After he ignored Mother's Day and Christmas this year, I wasn't taking any chances. So yeah, here's what he's getting me-

My birthstone, DH's, and Andrew's. They're all simulated stones and the ring is silver. I just don't like wearing expensive jewelry. It makes me nervous. I never wear my engagement/wedding rings for that reason. This way, I can wear something pretty but not be scared.

I'll probably just cook DH a nice dinner. I'm not planning on getting anything for Andrew, but we'll probably do some cute themed photos.

[TrudyCampbell]

My husband thinks that Valentine's day is a holiday for men to buy for women and not the other way around. I usually get him some candy or something small. He usually gets me flowers and fancy chocolate. Our "engagaversary" is on the 13th so we like to go out to dinner or do something nice during Valentine's week, but not on the actual day because all the restaurants are crazy.

I haven't thought about what to get V but I'm sure I'll think of something!

[devonpow]

We don't exchange gifts for valentines day - usually I get flowers and we go to a nice dinner sometime around then (but not on V Day itself....too much hassle). This year DH is in South Africa that entire week so we won't do anything, but I look at V Day as being veeeery low on the totem pole of holidays, so I don't care.

I usually get DS1 a cupcake or something.

[imimahoney]

Our dating anniversary is Feb. 4th so we usually go out to a nice dinner the weekend between that and V-Day. We won't do gifts, just nice cards and flowers.

I want to get Ari one of those super corny onesies for daycare. And, I bet daycare will make an adorable picture frame craft, like they did for Halloween. I'm hoping for a heart with his face in the middle!

[raynes]

I'll probably get Owen a corny/cute onesie, and H will probably get a BJ.

We have a dinner we traditionally cook on V-day, which is fun. It's lasagna, which is, as we all know, expensive, so we might skip other gifts.

[muppetinma]

Jan 12, 2013 18:56:20 GMT -5 raynes said:

I'll probably get Owen a corny/cute onesie, and H will probably get a BJ.

We have a dinner we traditionally cook on V-day, which is fun. It's lasagna, which is, as we all know, expensive, so we might skip other gifts.

I die. :Y:

[mikehoncho]

Jan 12, 2013 18:56:20 GMT -5 raynes said:

I'll probably get Owen a corny/cute onesie, and H will probably get a BJ.

We have a dinner we traditionally cook on V-day, which is fun. It's lasagna, which is, as we all know, expensive, so we might skip other gifts.

Holy shit, hahahaha this is hilarious

[carawestt]

H usually gets me flowers but doesn't ever expect anything from me. I usually always make a nice dinner though. I got Lincoln a red plaid shirt to wear. Nothing too special.

[mikehoncho]

I want a pink vase to put on my kitchen table and D decided it would be good to wait and have him give me that for valentines day. Seems pretty fitting! I will probably get him a movie with his favorite candy. Liam will probably get some snacks and small stuff aka whatever is on clearance.

[cat19]

Jan 12, 2013 18:56:20 GMT -5 raynes said:

I'll probably get Owen a corny/cute onesie, and H will probably get a BJ.

We have a dinner we traditionally cook on V-day, which is fun. It's lasagna, which is, as we all know, expensive, so we might skip other gifts.

I do believe you may have won this thread.

I didn't say what I'm doing! I'm going to buy DH a decanter and glasses for his scotch so he looks fancy. Thanks to Softskate I may be getting the liberator. He was very interested last night!
The girls will get cards, Linz will get a small box of chocolates and Lily will get a box of mum mums or something. I make DH do this because growing up my dad got each one of his girls a box of chocolates and a card for Valentine's day and I think it's a sweet memory to have!

[vthokie]

I always get theVday shaft because my birthday is the 11th. Maybe we could get the inlaws to watch the baby. We usually do a joint dinner for birthday and Vday.

[thedahliharpa]

Last year DH sent chocolate covered strawberries to my work. Win! We usually do something small like that for each other. The girls will probably get a outfit or book. For Christmas our nanny gave us a date day or night. I'm hoping to cash that in around that time and go to the movies.

[livinreality]

I will get DS1 a fun snack that I don't normally buy, hostess cakes or fruit gummies, DS2 will get something MSPI friendly... puffs? DH will get a card. We will go out on a dinner date in February but celebrate Valentines day as a family (love comes in all kinds of forms). I will try to some fun photo valentines for the great grandmas who are all widowed.

We have not celebrated the last 2 V-days due to miscarriage and miscarriage anniversary, hopefully this year will be better.

[eav2c]

Colin will get a toy or two... I haven't decided on what yet though. Something musical.

No gifts for DH and I. We close on our house the next day (hopefully!!).

[erniebufflo]

Hubby and I will do dinner (not ON v-day, that's a nightmare) and love letters as usual. The girls will not be getting anything beyond possibly being forced to take pics in themed outfits.

[vthokie]

Jan 12, 2013 20:28:38 GMT -5 erniebufflo said:

Hubby and I will do dinner (not ON v-day, that's a nightmare) and love letters as usual. The girls will not be getting anything beyond possibly being forced to take pics in themed outfits.

Definitely NOT on V day. I worked restaurants too long to mess with that disaster!

[browneyedhunni85]

We usually just do dinner out the weekend before or after Valentines. I agree, it's an absolute nightmare going anywhere on the day.

[muppetinma]

When we were talking about it last month, DH kept insisting that we make plans. I kept rolling my eyes and not taking him seriously. He was getting all butthurt and asked why I was acting like that. I told him that EVERY time we ever try to do something for Valentines, birthdays, anniversary, ANYTHING, work gets in the way. He swore up and down that he'd be in town and not working that day.

Well, wouldn't you know it? Guess who is going to be out of town? Jerkface. I understand that work comes first, especially now when we're so underemployed. I would never ask him to give up a paycheck so we could celebrate some stupid hallmark holiday. However, I DO get upset when we plan something and it falls through. And it happens all. the. time. It's like telling your kids that you're getting them a puppy for Christmas and talking about it for the entire month of December. If you don't have a puppy on Christmas morning, your kids would understandably be pissed. If you never mentioned it, they wouldn't question the lack of puppy.

He doesn't get it. He doesn't try to get it. I know he's just trying to do the right thing, but in the 11 years we've been together, we have only celebrated Valentine's Day once, with a late dinner after work. (We missed our reservations because we had an unexpected media thing that night)

Sorry. That got long and ranty. I'm just fired up about it. It happens when you've been a single mom for the week . . . . lots of time to fume.

[silverjm]

We don't really celebrate Valentine's. We used to do cards, but I don't think we even did that last year. DH usually works anyway.

[unclejesse]

H will definitely be working, so Andrew will be my date. I'm not expecting anything, and I hope he isn't either.

Maybe a handy J. If he's lucky.

[Deleted]

I just got Leia a Valentine sock monkey. I'll probably find her something else though.

[christidee]

Nothing. We don't give gifts for Vday.

[Chrisx2+1]

I'm planning to make DH a basket with beer, beef jerky, a back scratcher and possibly something called "good head kit" I found on Adam and Eve. ;D

[rjamz]

Nothing. H is very against the Christian/Hallmark holiday (he can't decide which it is, but he objects to both). My mom always gave us card and some candy, so maybe I'll get a card for J. I always thought it was fun.

[ashleydl83]

I think I'm gonna get drunk ;D

We never celebrated Valentine's day.

[Deleted]

We usually TRY and have some sort of experience as opposed to giving a gift for V day. Whether just a date, a concert, one year we did a dinner cruise, we would rather spend the money on together time than other things. I'm not sure if that's happening this year, we have no moola. J won't be getting anything, this kid just went through an amazing Christmas and we literally cannot fit anything else in this house!