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Valentine's Day - What did you get/give?
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This year i've got him a £1 mug from asda. some posh tea.
a head scratcher £2 on ebay and a Ted Baker gift set £2 from the boots sale.
bargain!!It only takes a second to say 'Thanks, you just saved me a few quid!'
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Well, last year I said to OH that he better buy me something romantic this year - or else.
So his great romantic gift to me is....
A Leicester Tigers shirt. However he's sulking cos I'm insisting I have to have 'Ellis 9' (my favourite player's name and squad number ) on the back of it So I got my own back
This year he has a Leicester Tigers training top (£13 - :eek:) and a Roy Orbison CD (very MSE - £1 from Tesco!!!) and a card. Not forgetting though the trip to London we're going on Valentine's weekend - train tickets £36 return and 2 nights in a Travelodge - £140 (we were supposed to be staying in the MayFair hotel but Im skint and gutted I cant afford it
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Next year is his 40th so I'm planning a better time next year... hoping I can afford it!!!*The RK and FF fan club* #Family*Don’t Be Bitter- Glitter!* #LotsOfLove ‘Darling you’re my blood, you have my heartbeat’ Dad 20.02.200 -
This year I'm getting OH strawberries, melted choc and some sort of booze (probably a bottle of Newcy Brown for him! ) for breakfast, and paying for us to go for a meal in the evening. I also bought him a jar at Christmas and filled it up with sweets, so I'm going to fill it up again with love themed sweeties. I plan on doing the same thing for every possible occassion in the future :rotfl:
I'm hoping for a bunch of tulips from him
On a different note, I was at work the other day, and a few people were setting up a valentines gift type stand with candles, vases, artificial flowers etc on it. As I went over, they asked me 'would you be offended if your boyfriend bought you any of this for Valentines Day?' I said no, why would I? They started saying they'd be really annoyed if their boyfriends bought them any of that crap (I work in B&M, so not exactly amazing stuff, but still...) Does anyone else think like that? I wouldn't be bothered, but then again I like little decorative stuff, and to me it's not about how much money has been spent. Plus I buy quite a lot of stuff from there which I like, so why would it bother me to be given it as a gift?
The DoctorD'you know, in 900 years of space and time, I've never met anyone who wasn't importantTaste The Rainbow :heartsmil0 -
My sister told me that she is getting her fella a driving experience from Brands Hatch this year. She has managed to find £20 off the regular price at the moment. Getting to drive a BMW and single seater car is a pretty different way to spend Valentines! If he likes his cars as much as me he will love it!0
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I need some idea's we got engaged at christmas but cant think of anything, he has a xbox360, smokes, drives a audi, likes manchester city and likes dvds.
Steph xx0 -
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Stephb1986 wrote: »I need some idea's we got engaged at christmas but cant think of anything, he has a xbox360, smokes, drives a audi, likes manchester city and likes dvds.
Steph xx
what about a sock monkey in the football kit???
So far for the love pot for dh I have a love bug, 2 love lottery tickets, milk chocolate rocky road in heart shapes, white chocolate & turkish delight rocky road in heart shapes and chocolate truffles (that I added baileys to) - just need to drizzle white chocolate on them (in a heart shape!!!). I just need to make heart shaped stained glass cookies and the love box thing and its done!0 -
I've just made these with a £1 heart shaped mould from Asda....
I also have bought my boyfriend..
A frame with a photo of us in it
2 x sexy boxers from Debenhams
1 pair of Superman socks (private joke
) also from Debenhams
Mini love heart sweets
PS I love you on dvd
A boots photo card of us in a big heart
I bought some nice red gift bags and tissue in the Christmas sales to put them in
Oh and I bought pink cava for us, sexy lingerie for me and three red candles to set the scene...Mmmmm.....Mmmmm...
I'm also going to make some chocolate brownies and put a dusting of icing sugar in a heart shape on top
Sarah xx0 -
This year I've managed to make lots of things myself at home because my husband has been working away in China (coming back on Valentine's Day).
This is them:
They are all on individual posts on my blog but we have:
The 'don't forget I love you' tin HERE
The record scrapbook for music memories HERE
(with The homemade tatoo tags HERE )
The homemade greetings card HERE
and the 'With Love' Chocolate Heart goodie bag HERE
Mostly made from things I had around the house and in my crafting stash. I just bought the Love Heart sweets and chocolate hearts from M&S.
Its the first time I've managed to achieve (almost) everything handmade and I'm glad I made the effort. Valentine's day doesn't have to be commercial, if you are in a position to, make it yourself, there are plenty of ideas to be found on the web. I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderfulMarilyn Monroe0 -
qwiksave well done they are gorgeous xDebtFree FEB 2010!Slight blip in 2013 - Debtfree Aug 2014 :j
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