So it’s that time of year again when love mush over flows. I can’t believe that even I too am feeling to be a bit on the cynical side. It used to be great and wonderful. But now it’s feeling over rated. Be it i’m older, wiser or more of a tight wad, I’m not for sure. Before even the new year hit I saw signs for greeting cards and sickening red candy (now please don’t get me wrong I MUST have at least one bag of cinnamon red hearts EVERY year) when I hadn’t even thought about a new year’s resolution yet. So here it is almost February and I’m sick of seeing cupid. <\/p>\n
Now please don’t let me sound all bitter. I can remember the night when i was probably 8 or so and my dad had worked on (he’s a mechanic) a local policeman’s cruiser and here pulling into our driveway was dad with the cruiser (it’s a small town folks, it was ligit there), lights on and sirens blaring and he get out all dolled up and with a dozen red roses for my mom. You can’t beat fairy tale stories like that. Or my all time classic story is 7 years ago this Valentine’s day I worked second shift. Jason, my boyfriend now husband, had bribed someone for my apartment key (i lived alone) and had snuck in while i was at work and lit 100 tea light candles and had three beautiful roses (i still have them in my bedroom today) with poems on them and a rugrats Angelica valentine’s card in my apartment. So as I am on my way home from work at 12:30 in the morning i’m talking to him on the phone saying how sorry i was i missed valentine’s day but we’ll make it up over the weekend. I get to my front door and there is a sticky note on it that says “don’t be scared, your knight”. When I open my door here are the candles and card and poems and roses and him around the corner setting on my couch in a white t-shirt and blue jeans (my favorite outfit of all time (now if i could just get him to wear “nuthuggers”)). So needless to say that was a truly remarkable Valentine’s. Followed by the next year with my marriage proposal and engagement. <\/p>\n
So for great Valentine’s days I can not complain. But the overmarketed hype is really driving me crazy. I long for a day with just a dozen gerbera daisys (my favorite flower) and a box of chocolates ( you know the ones shaped like a heart with a little map to tell you what’s what and then you lose the map and have to stick your finger in each of them anyway! because truth be told except from my dad I have never gotten a box of chocolates, sad state i know) and a simple plain candlelight dinner. No hoopla, no frilly, no spending and exorbant amount of money, just back to the romantic basics like I love lucy and the Andy Griffith Show. You can’t tell me that Sherriff Taylor would spend over $30 for his valentine, but sure enough it would be one she would remember. <\/p>\n
So please let’s all try to bring back the simple things. Love, romance, and a box of chocolates! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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