Yesterday was Valentine's Day and all day I found myself remember some of our Valentine's Days of days gone by....I mean, I have 29 to think about. Here is how the evening started last night....
I pull into the garage and he opens the mud-room door, as soon as I open the door to my car he says, "Are you ready to go?" HA! Very funny...I come up into the house with my arms loaded with my tote bag, lunch box, mail and what have you and before I can even unload I noticed he was up to something. He was all dressed up and smellin' righteous but it was the look in his eye and the fact that he scurried over to his recliner instead of kissing me like he usually does. He says, "I got somethin' going on here..." and I can tell he wants me to hurry up and put my stuff down. He is so cute when he is excited about a surprise for me! So I dump my stuff and turn to him and he has the sweetest grin on his face, and hands me a Kay Jewelers bag! I jokingly said, you just went in and bought the bag right? LOL! Inside, I am so surprised, I can usually tell when he is going to do something like this but this time I was blind-sided totally! So I reach into the bag and pull out a black velvet box and open it to see a beautiful, sparkling diamond necklace! I can't even.....it blew me away! If you know him at all...just think about him going into a store like that and coming away with this...I wanted the story!
Our plan was to go out to dinner, I had been wanting lobster for awhile, hadn't had it in years, so we made reservations and I thought that would be it. But when I came out of the bedroom yesterday morning, there was a card and the cutest, quirkiest, elephant stuffed animal with a heart pillow! LOL! He hasn't bought me a stuffed animal for years, and years! There is a story behind this one of course, but that is for another day.
We had an amazing dinner, french wine and chocolate dipped strawberries and the best company, conversation and laughs! And what topped it off is on the drive home we started reminiscing about some of the things we had done over the years to celebrate this day. Each year we try to make it special and we take turns with who plans it.
One year, down in Lake Worth, it had been raining a lot but we decided to go to Singer Island for the weekend. I was so pale and decided to get one of those spray-on tans to give me some "beachy" color. I go, watch the video, put the lotion on my hands and soles of my feet and put the goggles on and let her rip! I get out, rub the stuff in, get dressed and go about my business. Little did I know that there must've been a crease somewhere behind me....uh hum....that held some of the liquid that didn't get rubbed in and it ran down the backs of my legs! Oh yeah! Did I look beautiful, walking down the beach and in the stores with my orangey-streaky-"beachy" tan! But he loved me anyway! :)
Then one time, it was a weekday, but after dinner, we were buzzed and happy and didn't want to go home so we made a split second decision to find a hotel for the night! Alas...we had no personal items or clean clothes with us! So we ran into an Albertsons and bought travel sized, tooth brushes, tooth paste, soap, shampoo, deodorant....and anything else we needed and headed to the hotel. Well we both had to go to work the next day so we had to get up at the butt crack of dawn to drive home, shower and get ready for work! But it was worth it!! :)
Always take the time in your busy life, to celebrate your love and renew! It makes a difference and is only a small part of our successful marriage!
The musings of a modern day mamaw.
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