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

midwife_twinkie

Well this year I thought I would push the boat out so i sold loads of stuff on ebay £362!! this took just over a month:j which paid for us to stay in a 5 star hotel in the Dale's on valentines night it was such a lovely treat and enjoyed it more as we felt it was more like a freebie as we never treat ourselves:beer: I made hubby a lovely hamper with 2 champagne flutes 59p each 2 small bottles champers 89p each from home bargins AND it was lovely despite the price:beer: made hime some home made chocolates wrapped in red foil from ebay, I love you stamper for his toast, mens No7 facial cream which was a freebie, a small bottle of Beckaham....which he already had but forgotten about it :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: a love cracker 79p, bottle of baby oil his face was a picture when he opend that all this was wrapped in red tissue placed in a wicker basket and wrapped in cello i was well pleased with it and so was he. I got lots of lovely & useful face products and bless him he wrapped them in a blue bottle bag:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: which made me laughed but at least he tried bless him.

Little_Chicken

I got nadda, just bought OH some thorntons and a card. So I booked a restaurant and made HIM pay. lol. It's our wedding anniversary in 6 weeks, I'll make him pay for his 'oversight' then.....

The_Saver_2

RustyFlange wrote: »

Hi CT, to be honest I knew I would get nothing as he doesn't do valentines day where I do ... I'm not bothered about getting nothing as I don't give to recieve, however I am gutted at him being to throughless and starting an argument ... swine! ... there is still an atmosphere now ... I think I will dissapear out tomorrow and stay out of the way!

Do you think we sometimes set ourselves up in life for disppointment? It was really sweet of you to make the hamper for him Rusty but it kind of puts him in a difficult position when you know he doesn't do Valentine's Day and would have nothing to give you in return.

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's meant as it's not meant to be a criticism. How about giving Valentines Day a miss next year but giving him a Valentine's type gift on a different day instead?).

TS x

xjoannexxx

i made my bf a massive valentines hamper n he got me a colleen book some body paint and a cup he cooked me a 3 course meal with champagne and candles all round house the proposed to me so i had a really good valentines day

The_Saver_2

xjoannexxx wrote: »

i made my bf a massive valentines hamper n he got me a colleen book some body paint and a cup he cooked me a 3 course meal with champagne and candles all round house the proposed to me so i had a really good valentines day

Congratulations to you both! :T :T :T

x

xjoannexxx

thanks a lot i was well shocked

miss-coordinated

My boyf is currently on a world tour with his theatre show so he sent me gifts.
I got some very yummy handmade truffles, a shiny red heart balloon and.... dead roses

I was so disappointed!
The fact that he's all the way in New Zealand made it even worse as we had an akward conversation:
him-"did you get the flowers?"
me-"um.. yes, thank you!"
him-"how were they?"
me-"um... well, they were... um.. they were flowers"
him- "what? why are you being so ungrateful and horrid?"
me- "um.. well, they were dead! but don't worry I've already sorted your refund"
All this at a million pound a minute international mobile rate on a lonely long distance Valentines.
Thanks flower company:mad:


They sorted a refund pretty quickly- initially offering a replacement but as Valentines is just one day and they had already messed up (and couldn't re-deliver til Monday) I really wasn't interested. I got the impression I wasn't the first complaint either.

Giraffeseeker

I gave:
- Tickets to the theatre
- Pre-Theatre dinner (well, I booked, but he paid!)
- A night in a hotel
- A card from Moonpig

I received:
- Two bottles of perfume
- A new top
- A keyring with our favourite pic on
- A DVD box set
- A bottle of bubbly
- A lovely card

And a nice weekend with my lovely boyfriend

RustyFlange

The_Saver wrote: »

Do you think we sometimes set ourselves up in life for disppointment? It was really sweet of you to make the hamper for him Rusty but it kind of puts him in a difficult position when you know he doesn't do Valentine's Day and would have nothing to give you in return.

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's meant as it's not meant to be a criticism. How about giving Valentines Day a miss next year but giving him a Valentine's type gift on a different day instead?).

TS x

How did I set myself up for dissapointment? I wasn't giving to recieve as I had already said! I was simply annoyed that he chose to start a row on a very bad day already as my son was going away so he knew things were hard. I will continue to make him valentines presents for years to come, just because he doesn;t do valentines day does not make things awkward. Last year he got me some flowers and a lovely card, this year we are completely skint as he lost his job in Jan but by this time I had already got most of the things and believe it or not the gifts actually cheered him up a little! It is nothing to do with giving to recieve and I hate people who do this!!!

ainnoangel

Valentine's Day


hubby (of 6 months) was working in namibia and sent me text saying 'Be mine'

i replied with text saying 'i always will'

awwwwwwwwwwwww

then when he returned on monday i gave him a ktm racing TOASTER (!):rotfl: :rotfl: that he's wanted for ages...

i recieved 2 miffy character pens (he knows i LOVE miffy and its a joke between us.)

was i disappointed? not in the slightest. i waited until he was slepping last night and i crept out of bed and wrote about 30 love notes on post its and dotted them carefully around our flat - he's always up before me! he was whistling away in the kitchen when i woke up.

i love him so much. valentine's day isnt always about giving and recieving. i ADORE him and just wanted him to know