What Did You Do For Valentine's Day?

**many houseapes** · 02-14-2010, 06:32 PM

A few days ago, I swiped 2 pr. of Dh's underwear & on one of them, using red fabric paint, put handprints on the butt. The other one I drew little pink glittery hearts all over the front. I manage to hide them while they dried out in the garage. Anyway,after they had dried, I folded them so they looked "normal" in his drawer. This Valentine's morning, he gets up to take a shower & grabs the one with the handprints & didn't notice them at first...when he finally felt the difference in texture of the fabric paint, he turned around to see what it was & had a good laugh...(all the time, pretending to still be asleep under the covers, I was snickering to myself).(He found the other pair later)..........He can't trust me now.lol.....a few months ago, I sewed the bottoms of his sweatpants closed, so that when he went to put them on, he couldn't get his feet through the holes.
Anyway...we had a great Valentine's day....we had a frugal breakfast date (McD's),...then we went shopping for deals at Walgreen's & Habor Freight Tools....came home and I made fudge for the kids instead of buying candy. Ds#1 is cooking dinner tonight for us(he's a great cook). After dinner Dh will probably go to the store - said he wasn't done w/ Valentine's yet.....uh-oh.....you know what they say about pay-backs?????lol.....I know he has something up his sleeve.

**MomToTwoBoys** · 02-14-2010, 06:48 PM

I let DH take a nap and did some more home renovation stuff in the kitchen. After he woke up, I made him lunch and went to the store. I picked up a bag of caramel Hershey Kisses, a checkered red gift bag (it was the least girly one I could find) and a card.

He laughed so hard when he saw the card. That made my day.

We're having some take-out because we usually have it, but breakfast was free this morning so we sort of broke even.

DH will be watching Legend of the Seeker while I try not to fall asleep. I've been up since 5am.

**Trishagirl** · 02-14-2010, 06:48 PM

Yesterday Dh & I went to the mall it was crazy there like christmas but I got some great deals. I bought a new winter coat 60% off which costed $22.46 after my discount at J.C Penney Then we went to Sears l found a cute purse which was on sale too. Then we went to the movies for a total of $3 for both of us and saw Couples Retreat it was soooo funny I loved it!!!! Then we went to Texas Roadhouse to use our gift card my son got for us for Christmas. We waited 1 1/2 hrs for dinner but it was faboulous! Dinner was $41 and we had $9 leftover on our card we were too stuffed for dessert will get it another time!

**2ndGenGranola** · 02-14-2010, 09:42 PM

We were busy today! I gave DH a recharging stand, some fancy undies and a tie. He got me a few blouses. I think all but 1 of our items was on sale. Tomorrow we have our dinner. I found some rib eyes on sale. All 6 of us are going to eat for what the price of a meal for 1 would have been.

**pollypurebred39** · 02-14-2010, 11:06 PM

We went to date night at our church. They showed a movie called No Greater Love and had popcorn, candy and iced tea. They provided child care for those that needed it.

They have date nights quite often at our church.

**Kitten20** · 02-14-2010, 11:15 PM

We exchanged our gifts & cards at 12am when SO got home from work. I gave him an engraved black stainless steel band & he gave me the collector's set of "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold & a cute beanie baby.

We woke up early to do laundry together and then met my grandparents at Fuddrucker's for an early lunch. Totally frugal b/c they treated us!

We went back to their house to visit for a bit and they also bought us small V-day gifts (a sweater & velour pants for me and a nice button-up shirt for SO).

Then SO & I came home and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. It's been awhile since we DEEP cleaned our apartment.

**Contrary Housewife** · 02-14-2010, 11:54 PM

We spent a quiet day at home working on hobbies. We had our dinner out on Friday. I had the leftovers for lunch today.

**miss_thrifty** · 02-15-2010, 08:29 AM

we gave our gifts to each other that morning-I A CARD from dollarama those extra large ones and him 2 choc roses. I made him breakfast in bed and he made fro supper me and my kids favourite hm fish cakes. yummyy
we went to libary fro drop offs that afternoon otherwise not much but watch some tv.

**jas** · 02-15-2010, 08:51 AM

Stayed home. Dh worked on putting in our new kitchen cabinets. I made some cupcakes and we had steaks on the grill later.

**WV_mom_of2** · 02-15-2010, 10:22 AM

We ordered breakfast from a local restaurant and watched the Daytona 500 LOL. We had a Valentine's weekend with going for groceries Friday and then prom dress shopping Sat.

Since we've been trapped for a week we picked out our own presents when we got out this weekend. I got a new printer/scanner/copier, a purse and some new undies. Dh wanted/got tires for his truck LOL.

Dd got a cd and two bikini tops she found on clearance and ds wanted me to put money towards a new cell phone for him.

**valerian** · 02-15-2010, 11:48 AM

Since we all have bad colds here, no one felt like going out so dh ordered takeout pizza. We played Wii games and watched tv. I knitted some. Easy, comfortable day.

**xtena** · 02-15-2010, 02:26 PM

DH worked, DD stayed home with my MIL while I splurged on President's Day sales at Joanns and Hancock Fabrics. They had Simplicity and Butterick patterns for a buck each!!! All the ones I bought were crafty/decorative, not clothing which I'm still a bit scared to sew. I bought some fun and funky Valentine's fabric on sale, 75% off and recovered two throw pillows for the sofa in DD's room. I've got enough to make a couple more. They are bright, happy, full of hearts and should look cheerful all year around.

DH did ask me earlier in the week if I wanted him to do anything special for Valentine's day. mind you, he is from China and totally not into western holidays, especially V-day. I guess enough colleagues reminded him that a lot of women think V-day is a huge deal, so I told him no, save his money because I don't really care about V-day either.

**Trishagirl** · 02-15-2010, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Trishagirl

Yesterday Dh & I went to the mall it was crazy there like christmas but I got some great deals. I bought a new winter coat 60% off which costed $22.46 after my discount at J.C Penney Then we went to Sears l found a cute purse which was on sale too. Then we went to the movies for a total of $3 for both of us and saw Couples Retreat it was soooo funny I loved it!!!! Then we went to Texas Roadhouse to use our gift card my son got for us for Christmas. We waited 1 1/2 hrs for dinner but it was faboulous! Dinner was $41 and we had $9 leftover on our card we were too stuffed for dessert will get it another time!

We signed up for the Crown of Glory Dinner which is this Sat night at our church for $6 for dinner & entertainment. We went a couple of yrs ago and we had a great time played games & ate and laughed alot!!! I can't wait!

**DixieJ** · 02-15-2010, 03:57 PM

Hubby and I went to see Jersey Boys. It was fabulous--we had a great time!

**Libby** · 02-15-2010, 04:14 PM

Spent my Valentine's Day in a car lol driving up to bf's place for the week. We had Quizno's for dinner - was sad b/c no veggies allowed on/in sub lol and then my other friend managed to get me some tix to see my fave band play the big hockey arena & backstage passes. BF thought he'd hate the concert but was impressed by the band

Overall - good time was had. Nothing fancy here.