I pretty much bought them because *I* wanted them, but it will be the blanket Valentine's gift for DH & the kids as well. I'm not a card person, rarely buy them and when I get them from DH I sigh and think that the $5 should have went to a bottle of wine instead. We might have heart shaped pancakes for dinner, I had told DD I'd make them for breakfast but forgot I had an early meeting and left the house before she was up.
My DH isn't a random flower giver, either. He knows I love tulips and had to go to four different places on his way home to find them.The extra effort he showed made the gesture sweeter ~ even though he was late for dinner.
I agree! My favorite bouquet of flowers was the time DH (dating at the time) brought me a bunch of mini sunflowers (my favorite) he had picked from the side of the road. Knowing this was from county property and he could have been arrested made it so much sweeter!
Why do some people assume because a DH gives a gift on Valentine's Day, he's a cad the rest of the year? That logic makes no sense to me.
I got a beautiful bouquet of tulips last night, my favorite.
Yep, because that DO show they care on Valentine's Day only do it that ONE day of the year.
I'm a big proponent of the mid/end of winter holidays (we may or may not have a leprechaun visit our house the week before St. Patrick's Day). Winter in WNY can be so dreary. That being said, I'm not a fan of spending lots of money on trinket crap and candy.
My kids this year are each getting a new Crest Spinbrush, they were on clearance at Wal Mart after Christmas for $1.50 each with toothpaste. One Direction for the girls and Transformers for my son. They are each also getting a card, .50 each at Dollar General and a king sized candy bar as they do not like the candy in those heart boxes , on sale with a coupon they were free. I think I spent about $10 on candy for their classes and also their dance classes. We made all of our school exchange valentines this year because my craft room is getting out of control and I wanted to pare down a little. I usually make them heart shaped pancakes and they drink their oj from champagne flutes for breakfast and I reuse decorations or make new ones so the table is festive.
My husband and I usually eat a nice dinner together after the kids go to bed. He is a Dairy farmer and doesn't get out of the barn until 7:30. With 3 kids running in all directions having a quiet meal just the 2 of us is luxury enough. So all in all we spent less than $20 this year, which is pretty typical.
We spend nothing! Seems like a silly holiday to us, sure it's tradition. But we aren't really a traditional couple
Anyhow, I researched it online and the restaurant part of the place did not get great reviews, so I asked him if we could go to our normal restaurant a couple days before V-day, that way we had the regular menu to choose from. Normally on V-day the restaurants have a limited special menu, I don't care for it. So aside from the $60 dinner, that was it for this hallmark holiday. I got the kiddos each a small box of chocolates. Also picked up a miniature Mickey and Minnie Mouse for each of them. We are going to Disney next month and are trying to limit spending, we will do enough of that down there. 
.That was the year DH asked me to marry him. Since then, it's not a big deal for practical, non stuff us. We always do a dinner date sometime near valentine but that is it for us. We always get the boys, non candy gifts. DS6 got an on sale wii game and DS20 got a knife sharpener he wanted
. I bought valentines and made small treat bags for the kindergarten kid's class and 5.00 candy heart for the teacher. Had to buy a dozen cupcake to get one safe one to send to school for the party so we have those for dinner. I am doing a nice dinner but not an expensive one. Spiral Ham, supper on sale. I was going to get out the china, crystal etc, but having all guys and a 6:00 karate class I changed my mind!
I definitely applaud his frugal nature!
