Valentine's Day - What did you get/give?

thisuseridistakenagain · 1 February 2010 at 9:24PM

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!!

Mrs_Ryan · 2 February 2010 at 10:50PM

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

)

Next year is his 40th so I'm planning a better time next year... hoping I can afford it!!!

Claire_Bear · 3 February 2010 at 1:00AM

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?

petrol_head_2 · 3 February 2010 at 4:49PM

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!

Stephb1986_2 · 10 February 2010 at 11:26AM

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

blushingbride_3 · 10 February 2010 at 2:18PM

well i'm away today until monday, so hubby has some choccies i will leave & then text him to tell him where to look for supprises!

might also pop into the shops monday & get some goodies on offer for throughout the year treats

any heads up on good valentines day sales?

nuttybabe · 10 February 2010 at 3:56PM

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!

choccyface2006 · 11 February 2010 at 6:58PM

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 xx

qwiksave · 12 February 2010 at 12:38PM

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.

savingmummy · 12 February 2010 at 8:21PM

qwiksave well done they are gorgeous x

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