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Miss Alpinestarhero
06-02-09, 08:12 PM
So what do you all think of it? Anyone doing anything special? Or are you like me and think its all commercialised?

I personally think its a waste of time and money because if you love someone, you dont need to "prove" your love for them by doing elaborate gestures on a specific day of the year. You should show your love and appreciation for them by doing small & simple things throughout the year. For example, matt sometimes comes home from uni with a bar of galaxy chocolate (which is my fave :-D) and i think its really nice and thoughtful and lovely :-D

Its just my opinion anyhoo..!

dizzyblonde
06-02-09, 08:18 PM
gah, if Im Indoors got all romantic for v day I'd think he was ill, had been hit on the head by a brick(which I've thought about doing myself lately) or had won the lottery and not told me......

valentines day....only men in fairy tales remember it don't they? The usual caveman type always forgets!

Bluepete
06-02-09, 08:20 PM
She gets a card and some flowers.

Then again, there are always flowers in the house.

Meh...

Balky001
06-02-09, 08:24 PM
It's only commericalised if you buy in to that side of it, you can still be extra romantic on Valetines Day. I do buy a card and choccies but its not the gifts that count........is it? :)

tanis34
06-02-09, 08:25 PM
all too commercialised and expensive for my liking ( only coz i dont get nowt)

dizzyblonde
06-02-09, 08:26 PM
I do buy a card and choccies but its not the gifts that count........is it? :)

when you have a bloke whos never bought you flowers, then a card is extroadinary.

Bluepete
06-02-09, 08:27 PM
when you have a bloke whos never bought you flowers, then a card is extroadinary.

What's your address? Someone may have a surprise for you!! ;) ;) ;)

Sean_C
06-02-09, 08:27 PM
My missus hates it.. We get each other little things all the time anyway, and spending time together is what counts when we get so little of it :(

Girth
06-02-09, 08:30 PM
Meh, i'm single and going out around manchester, means more or less that all the laydeeeeeee's out will be single :D

Balky001
06-02-09, 08:33 PM
when you have a bloke whos never bought you flowers, then a card is extroadinary.

DizzyB, does that mean you chose a caveman type! To be honest, I do eat half the chocolates (not before I give them to her!) but I think I would get a hard time if I forgot a card! I also have to buy the daughter one or she feels left out, am I setting her up for a fall later in life? :p

dizzyblonde
06-02-09, 08:40 PM
lol.....it depends on what mood hes in to be a caveman ;-)
Don't get me wrong, he does have an occasional romantic thought, last night he went to Asda and came home bearing cream cakes :-) he doesn't like cream cakes, and if he buys me chocolate, I know its all for me, cause he hates the stuff! Its a very rare occurance though.

....still he'll forget valentines day, not sure if its in his vocab.

Ping
06-02-09, 08:50 PM
Commercialised pain in the ****. That was my view when I was in a relationship... it remains my view now that I'm not. :p

I think I'll stay in and watch action and sci-fi films or something. The streets are no place for the bitter on valentines day. :lol:

New years and valentines day are pretty much the main 'celebrations' that I can completely avoid. Halloween is the only one I look forward to.

dizzyblonde
06-02-09, 08:54 PM
Telll you what I do like, when my little boy has been at school and hes made something:smt060he comes out of school with whatever it is that he has made dangling from his hand, usually half squashed under his lunch bag and book bag. He says ''its valentines day on so and so, and we've been making these''......well i'm not certain what it is sometimes, and the writing is just about readable, but it brings a big hug and a smile:-D

shonadoll
06-02-09, 09:09 PM
Sometimes we make an affort, sometimes we don't. Not fussed either way- TBH I'd rather have the odd surprise during the year than a bunch of flowers on that particular day.

Balky001
06-02-09, 09:20 PM
Sometimes we make an affort, sometimes we don't. Not fussed either way- TBH I'd rather have the odd surprise during the year than a bunch of flowers on that particular day.

you can have both ;)

Lou M
06-02-09, 09:23 PM
it's a right royal pain in the a*se.

Evie M is away that week, so we thought we'd have a weekend on the bikes and go to our usual favourite hotel in Wales, nice long run on the bikes.
But it's flippin Valentines Day, so I'm going to struggle to get booked in, and find somewhere to eat, so we'll end up paying a fortune to eat in the hotel.
grrrrrrrr.

Sally
06-02-09, 09:29 PM
Naaa waste of money..
Nothing special, cus the other half knows shes getting something..

A surprise is always better..

Sean_C
06-02-09, 09:30 PM
Blimey, me and Izi will be together on Valentines day. We're going from a knackered single bed to my new effing great kig bed, so we'll have that weekend in pure comfort :D
We'll have a bottle of wine, cook something nice and have a relaxing day together. But we do that when we're together anyway :)

Girth
06-02-09, 09:38 PM
it's a right royal pain in the a*se.

Evie M is away that week, so we thought we'd have a weekend on the bikes and go to our usual favourite hotel in Wales, nice long run on the bikes.
But it's flippin Valentines Day, so I'm going to struggle to get booked in, and find somewhere to eat, so we'll end up paying a fortune to eat in the hotel.
grrrrrrrr.


Its like that every year for my Dad, its his birthday on valentines day!

Paws
06-02-09, 09:47 PM
Treacle pulled out all the stops last year-but that was because he was wooing me lol ;)

This year ive told him all i want is a quiet weekend together and a trip to the cinema,no dinners out etc, its all commercial and a excuse for resturants etc to up their prices for a night

Shellywoozle
06-02-09, 09:55 PM
It's commercialised and a waste of money but if him indoors don't take me out there will be a World War !!

Jinxy43
06-02-09, 10:25 PM
I voted for "Don't Care"











Single and enjoying it

carnivore
06-02-09, 10:30 PM
gah, if Im Indoors got all romantic for v day I'd think he was ill, had been hit on the head by a brick(which I've thought about doing myself lately) or had won the lottery and not told me......

valentines day....only men in fairy tales remember it don't they? The usual caveman type always forgets!

Nah, it'll just be a new bottle of washing up liquid. If you're lucky. ;)

sarah
06-02-09, 10:36 PM
I love it :smt055

SoulKiss
06-02-09, 11:10 PM
Meh, i'm single and going out around manchester, means more or less that all the laydeeeeeee's out will be single :D

Yeah, but the guys I was sharing a place in Croydon with 12 years ago thought that way too - and discovered that there was good reason why all these laydes were single.......

Bunny-Boiling Munter anyone?

SoulKiss
06-02-09, 11:11 PM
I've got a Shagfest planned

Sorted for ya Seanny-boy

hovis
06-02-09, 11:14 PM
i voted dont care.............. as im not expecting any cards this year, again




Bunny-Boiling Munter anyone?

go on then;)

plowsie
06-02-09, 11:20 PM
Putting the missus on the back of the new toy as she will actually come on it, so we will go for a ride somewhere and have a meal and a day out and tuck up somewhere for the night :)

Plus it is her bday on the 12th and I took her to Paris for both last year so time for us to do summit a bit more for my enjoyment :lol: Even though I loved Paris.

Jabba
06-02-09, 11:22 PM
I go for it hook, line and sinker.

Mrs Jabba, on the other hand, does not.

It is a perennial source of disappointment to me.

BigFootIsBlurry
06-02-09, 11:33 PM
I'm taking my missus on holiday for valentines this year, fly out to Prague on Sunday and our last night is the 14th. It should be nice, I normally hate all of this bull **** but I'm making up for last year, when I rather inconveniently broke my thumb into many pieces and had to have surgery on valentines. She was not impressed.

BanannaMan
07-02-09, 02:34 AM
Is a commercialized bunch of carp if you ask me...
A dozen red roses will be half the price both the week before and the week after. :rolleyes:

However Mrs. BanannaMan loves it ...so ....
she'll be getting those overpriced flowers, chocolate, night out and more.






Shouldn't there be a holiday for the blokes where the lasses have to buy us bike bits or some such??? :confused:

Magnum
07-02-09, 05:23 AM
If i had a girlfriend then i would buy her a card, a small present and take her out somewhere. It's really the done thing, even though i do think it's tacky.

sarah
07-02-09, 08:01 AM
I love it :smt055

We're going away for the weekend and staying in a cottage in the midde of a forest.

sv-robo
07-02-09, 11:55 AM
Booked the gf in for a pamper day...spa,massage,etc.
Then in the evening taking her out for a meal where the waiter will bring her meal + a gift wrapped red rose to the table.
Then home where i.ll have a bottle of her favourite wine chilling on ice,then.........















SHA**ING!!!"....HOPEFULLY:cool:

missyburd
07-02-09, 12:02 PM
Gah tis definitely commercialized tripe. Generally makes singletons feel crap that not being in a relationship and those in a relationship generally feel pressured into doing something. YC an me don't bother with it, we don't see each other on the day anyway.We do occasional romantic things throughout the year so Valentine's Day just goes unnoticed really.

I won't be going anywhere in the evening as seeing lots of couples together just reminds me he's miles away lol. I'm either going on a birding walk on Valentine's or go-karting, pending on the weather :-D

Nah, it'll just be a new bottle of washing up liquid. If you're lucky. ;)
Washing up liquid, is that code? :-D

Speedy Claire
07-02-09, 12:10 PM
It is commercialised yes but it`s still nice to get a card. Mike and I only tend to see each other at weekends so as far as I`m concerned every weekend is like valentines day :smt054

This Valentines Day tho there`ll be passion aplenty as we`re off to Cardiff to watch Wales v. England so Mike will be in his element...... unless England win of course :-D

which they will!

Ace-T
07-02-09, 12:38 PM
Surely a woman expecting 'gifts' for which in return she is expected to 'put out' has a much more unromantic name normally?:smt083

It is nice to see the majority of the ladies on here regard it as nonsense though, I thought I was the only one judging from some of the conversations I have had with friends.

Hubby tells me he loves me every day. I don't think you can get much more romantic than that. :smt057

Trace :)

timwilky
07-02-09, 01:44 PM
Eldest daughters birthday is 14th Feb. We can never calibrate it as restaurants etc. are full of stupid couple cooing after each other.

Valentines day, mothers day, fathers day even bloody grandparents day etc. All invented for the gift/hospitality industries to prise readies out of mugs hands.

the worse thing being the stupid bints who moan you never got me a card etc. err why should I. I married you, don't you think shows that I must love you.

Thingus
07-02-09, 02:01 PM
How come there's no 'i would probably do it if i had someone to give something to' option? :(

chris8886
07-02-09, 02:13 PM
DizzyB, does that mean you chose a caveman type! To be honest, I do eat half the chocolates (not before I give them to her!) but I think I would get a hard time if I forgot a card! I also have to buy the daughter one or she feels left out, am I setting her up for a fall later in life? :p

how old is she, i'm sure someone will get her one for you ;)

Booked the gf in for a pamper day...spa,massage,etc.
Then in the evening taking her out for a meal where the waiter will bring her meal + a gift wrapped red rose to the table.
Then home where i.ll have a bottle of her favourite wine chilling on ice,then.........















SHA**ING!!!"....HOPEFULLY:cool:

for all that effort i should hope you do get some! ;)

me though, never liked it, always been my view that if you love someone you tell 'em every day, why do you need one particualr day to do that? but saying that i could just be bitter about being on a 'lean patch' currently :rolleyes:

Lozzo
07-02-09, 02:15 PM
So what do you all think of it? Anyone doing anything special? Or are you like me and think its all commercialised?


You're just fishing to see who'd send you a card, aren't you? ;)

_Stretchie_
07-02-09, 02:21 PM
Meh, i'm single and going out around manchester, means more or less that all the laydeeeeeee's out will be single :D

'laydeeeeeee's' my R's who you trying to kid?
We all KNOW you'll be down canal street with your tightest t-shirt on ;)
You're deffo sharing with Andy at the AR...

Mike and I only tend to see each other at weekends so as far as I`m concerned every weekend is like valentines day :smt054

Awwww bless your little cottons...

dizzyblonde
07-02-09, 02:27 PM
you men should do what the japs do.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7859950.stm

then we'd know you'd definetely lost your marbles

anna
07-02-09, 02:30 PM
I like that one.. "and asked his wife to continue to make nice meals"

Miss Alpinestarhero
07-02-09, 02:47 PM
It is commercialised yes but it`s still nice to get a card. Mike and I only tend to see each other at weekends so as far as I`m concerned every weekend is like valentines day :smt054

awww

How come there's no 'i would probably do it if i had someone to give something to' option? :(

Sorry :( Im no good at poll making..!

You're just fishing to see who'd send you a card, aren't you? ;)

Never..! :p

you men should do what the japs do.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7859950.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7859950.stm)

then we'd know you'd definetely lost your marbles

That is bloody hilarious :smt040

TEC
07-02-09, 02:47 PM
Or are you like me and think its all commercialised?
Its got that way but will still send the girls the cards as normal and one will get flowers, as normal :)

....only men in fairy tales remember it don't they?....
You saying I'm a fairy :smt103

;)

Jdubya
07-02-09, 02:48 PM
Shouldn't there be a holiday for the blokes where the lasses have to buy us bike bits or some such??? :confused:


There is...March 14 is Steak and BJ Day (http://www.steakandbjday.com/);)

sv-robo
07-02-09, 02:59 PM
There is...March 14 is Steak and BJ Day (http://www.steakandbjday.com/);)
I'm having steak for tea..........god i hope i get mi pudding as well!!!;)

slark01
07-02-09, 03:28 PM
My wife gets enough during the rest of the year, not going to spend cash on a load of carp for one day.
In my eyes, valentines day is a joke.

Lozzo
07-02-09, 06:51 PM
Its got that way but will still send the girls the cards as normal and one will get flowers, as normal :)


;)

When all of my daughters were much younger I used to get my friend's kids to write valentines cards for them and I'd make out they'd come through the letterbox in the evening before when they were handed over on the 14th. It was hilarious watching them trying to work out who the cards were from, but a great way of cheering up any of them if they were felling a bit down or unhappy about something.

Dave20046
07-02-09, 07:19 PM
....Nice dinner, bit of booze, presents, excellent lovin....

Sounds like everyday :smt040

Alpinestarhero
07-02-09, 08:33 PM
Spend lots of money on something that would otherwise be half the price if it wasnt valentines day, have to be surrounded by lots of lovey dovey people who otherwise never give each other the time of day, have hearts and roses and balloons and cards and jewllery shoved in my face telling me to buy buy buy maria's love.

no thanks. We'll do a nice card for each other, with a nice personall message in it, and maybe go for something to eat in the week...but we do that anyway

every day is valentines day for me, i try and show maria i love her every day and I certainly tell her everyday...why go all out on one day of the year?

Alpinestarhero
07-02-09, 08:37 PM
Shouldn't there be a holiday for the blokes where the lasses have to buy us bike bits or some such??? :confused:

theres a weekend

Annual Rideout!!!

Frank
07-02-09, 08:53 PM
Meh, i'm single and going out around canal street manchester, means more or less that all the laydeeeeeee's out will be single :D good luck

TEC
07-02-09, 11:00 PM
When all of my daughters were much younger ....
Not daughters or wife ;)

But one of them has got a card off me since my ex suggested sending one to her for a laugh :mrgreen:

454697819
08-02-09, 12:42 PM
I tie a bow to it and dance around the bedroom, its a tradtion...

we call it the dance of the elephant...

BanannaMan
08-02-09, 11:56 PM
There is...March 14 is Steak and BJ Day (http://www.steakandbjday.com/);)






Nice but.... a Holiday????
Nah...
I can get all that any old ordinary weekday.





theres a weekend

Annual Rideout!!!



Now you're talking!!! :cool:

yorkie_chris
09-02-09, 12:01 AM
I think I'll stay in and watch action and sci-fi films or something. The streets are no place for the bitter on valentines day. :lol:

The pub on the other hand is just the place :-D

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 11:54 AM
Valentines is only comercial if you allow it to be!

Nothing like snuggeling up, dvd, nice food and just spending time together. (If you don't already do that on a regular basis!) Just making time for each other is nice!

I think it is nice to make some effort just to let the other person know that you care but you don't have to go over board and pay silly restaurant prices etc.

arcdef
09-02-09, 12:03 PM
i dont mind it all, gives me an excuse to spoil the missus, and have a nice time with her, plus im sure she will give me a nice present of sorts :).

Tara
09-02-09, 12:07 PM
Valentines is only comercial if you allow it to be!

Nothing like snuggeling up, dvd, nice food and just spending time together. (If you don't already do that on a regular basis!) Just making time for each other is nice!

I think it is nice to make some effort just to let the other person know that you care but you don't have to go over board and pay silly restaurant prices etc.

I agree we prob won't be doing anything other than staying with a DVD and a pizza

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 12:09 PM
Always nice to be pampered though right T!?

Tara
09-02-09, 12:11 PM
Always nice to be pampered though right T!?

yep but anything Kate that doesn't involve me cooking is a treat :D

Jabba
09-02-09, 12:15 PM
Houston...... there is a problem.

Wales play England on Saturday. Mrs Jabba is Welsh. I am English.

If I give her a red rose on Saturday she'll probably stuff it up my bum.

I'm trying to think of an alternative to a rose but so far have only managed to rule out giving her a cactus.

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 12:17 PM
Houston...... there is a problem.

Wales play England on Saturday. Mrs Jabba is Welsh. I am English.

If I give her a red rose on Saturday she'll probably stuff it up my bum.

I'm trying to think of an alternative to a rose but so far have only managed to rule out giving her a cactus.


buy a white rose and dye it!

Jabba
09-02-09, 12:19 PM
buy a white rose and dye it!

Know this..... I am not as dull as I look ;)

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 12:21 PM
http://www.giftwarewales.com/ProductImages/WelshBikini1_L.jpg

perhaps this might go down better than flowers!!!

Jabba
09-02-09, 12:26 PM
perhaps this might go down better than flowers!!!

I'm desperately trying not to make a smutty reply........ ;)

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 12:34 PM
I'm desperately trying not to make a smutty reply........ ;)


hehe!! I know! I thought that too!

Dappa D
09-02-09, 12:37 PM
I go for it.......why not?

all year round we treat eachother with surprises / thoughtful gifts etc..doesnt have to be expensive, as someone said..a galaxy bar can even be it...just showing you care all year round goes without saying..otherwise...why be in the relationship?....

so...3 yrs...she has had a rome trip....a hotel room in bath (3 floor hotel room with outdoor rooftop jacuzzi! got it free for giving the owner free advertising...suppose to be £350 a night!!,) and this yr its a restaraunt, drinks, and something to wear when we get home :-)

IMO commercial or not, if it makes her feel good then its worth it....and people saying well i treat her right etc all yr round anyway so why bother...well...again IMO that should be standard anyways....so go on lads..spoil em!!

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 12:43 PM
i go for it.......why not?

All year round we treat eachother with surprises / thoughtful gifts etc..doesnt have to be expensive, as someone said..a galaxy bar can even be it...just showing you care all year round goes without saying..otherwise...why be in the relationship?....

So...3 yrs...she has had a rome trip....a hotel room in bath (3 floor hotel room with outdoor rooftop jacuzzi! Got it free for giving the owner free advertising...suppose to be £350 a night!!,) and this yr its a restaraunt, drinks, and something to wear when we get home :-)

imo commercial or not, if it makes her feel good then its worth it....and people saying well i treat her right etc all yr round anyway so why bother...well...again imo that should be standard anyways....so go on lads..spoil em!!




yeah!

Speedy Claire
09-02-09, 01:12 PM
Houston...... there is a problem.

Wales play England on Saturday. Mrs Jabba is Welsh. I am English.

If I give her a red rose on Saturday she'll probably stuff it up my bum.

I'm trying to think of an alternative to a rose but so far have only managed to rule out giving her a cactus.


Why`s that a problem?? Mike`s Welsh, I`m English and we`re going to the game together.... i`ve borrowed my brothers England Rugby shirt, Mike will be sat next to me in his Welsh one lol

Ohhh...... unless he plans on making me sit somewhere else??? :rolleyes:

Jabba
09-02-09, 01:23 PM
Why`s that a problem?? Mike`s Welsh, I`m English and we`re going to the game together....

Ah.... but two are the other way round to us and don't have that potential problem. Unless you're planning to give Mike a red rose?

If I give her a red rose then I'm forcing my Englishness on her and repressing her patriotism. If I don't give her one then I don't love her.....:rolleyes:

Jabba
09-02-09, 01:26 PM
If I don't give her one then I don't love her.....:rolleyes:

Just re-read that <snigger>

Speedy Claire
09-02-09, 01:27 PM
Ah.... but two are the other way round to us and don't have that potential problem. Unless you're planning to give Mike a red rose?

If I give her a red rose then I'm forcing my Englishness on her and repressing her patriotism. If I don't give her one then I don't love her.....:rolleyes:


Red wine maybe....... I think he`d shove a red rose somewhere unpleasant!! :D

missyburd
09-02-09, 01:28 PM
If I give her a red rose then I'm forcing my Englishness on her and repressing her patriotism. If I don't give her one then I don't love her.....:rolleyes:
so get her chocolates instead? Or a yellow rose, then not only is it still a romantic flower but it is yellow like the welsh daffodil ;-)

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 01:29 PM
what do guys like for valentines?




....actually don't answer that!

Tara
09-02-09, 01:30 PM
so get her chocolates instead? Or a yellow rose, then not only is it still a romantic flower but it is yellow like the welsh daffodil ;-)
Pink roses are just as nice as red roses IMO

missyburd
09-02-09, 01:32 PM
what do guys like for valentines?


Peace and quiet probably at the top with a good ...i think you can guess the rest

Jabba
09-02-09, 01:36 PM
so get her chocolates instead? Or a yellow rose, then not only is it still a romantic flower but it is yellow like the welsh daffodil ;-)

Daffodil? I like that :D

Can get 'em cheap from the local churchyard, too :thumbsup:

Kate Moss
09-02-09, 01:36 PM
session on the forums?

missyburd
09-02-09, 01:39 PM
Daffodil? I like that :D

Can get 'em cheap from the local churchyard, too :thumbsup:

yellow rose shows more effort though maybe?

lily
09-02-09, 01:42 PM
I'm looking after my niece, for most of the day, so my sister and her husband can pack their house up ready for the move.

More than likely will not get drew a card, and really don't think i will get one back. He tells me he loves me more than once everyday and for me I don't need a day for him to prove that he does.

Also will be dropping a card off at my parents house as they got married on valentines day 33 years ago.

missyburd
09-02-09, 01:47 PM
More than likely will not get drew a card, and really don't think i will get one back. He tells me he loves me more than once everyday and for me I don't need a day for him to prove that he does.
+1. Same with us :cool:

Baph
14-02-09, 01:08 PM
Just thought I'd give this a bump. :)

Doubt I'll get anything, but then, I'm only giving things to one person.

Jen has taken the kids to her mum's for the day, and I'm working soon. The kids will be in bed by the time I get home.

There's now some flowers on the kitchen table, with my daughters name in front of them. There's some more flowers on the desk in her room, and a new teddy sat on her pillow holding a card (card doesn't say who its from).

Shame I won't be at home to see the smile, but I think I'd give it away that everything was from me. :( :lol:

Gene genie
14-02-09, 01:50 PM
what a load of tosh valentines day is.:smt093 cards, flowers, meals and taxis all double in price, a blooby swizz to get money out of my pocket. should be banned.:smt076



and just in case your wondering, no i never got any.:(

markmoto
14-02-09, 01:50 PM
women prefer cavemen to sopy sods :-)

shonadoll
14-02-09, 02:06 PM
I'm not bothered about Valentine's day but OH just got me a luvverly bunch of lilies which I love, and wasn't expecting, so it would be churlish to complain.

kitkat
14-02-09, 04:07 PM
i like getting presents and cards and valentines day is no different.

Dave20046
14-02-09, 04:49 PM
I got none :(

melody
14-02-09, 05:13 PM
I can never be bothered with Valentines Day.

Far too soppy for my liking.

Miss Alpinestarhero
15-02-09, 03:06 PM
There's now some flowers on the kitchen table, with my daughters name in front of them. There's some more flowers on the desk in her room, and a new teddy sat on her pillow holding a card (card doesn't say who its from).

aww cute, does she know it was from you or have you kept it secret still?

Maria

Baph
15-02-09, 03:15 PM
aww cute, does she know it was from you or have you kept it secret still?


She's under the impression that I found a box outside with her name on. I "brought it in" and saw the contents as it wasn't sealed.

I asked her if she minded that I put the flowers on the table for everyone, and the things in her bedroom. She said it was a good idea. :D

Conviently, there was a cardboard box in the lounge that had her name scribbled on it.

Miss Alpinestarhero
15-02-09, 03:17 PM
She's under the impression that I found a box outside with her name on. I "brought it in" and saw the contents as it wasn't sealed.

I asked her if she minded that I put the flowers on the table for everyone, and the things in her bedroom. She said it was a good idea. :D

Conviently, there was a cardboard box in the lounge that had her name scribbled on it.

Thats cute :smt040

monkey
16-02-09, 02:21 AM
I'm undecided. Last year it was just a meal but this year it was this:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1840/deletexp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6057/delete1fl5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yep, me and Sarah spent the weekend superimposing pictures of each other. He heh. We had a lovely meal in a perfect little restaurant and was at the Eiffel tower for the midnight flashing!

Miss Alpinestarhero
16-02-09, 09:31 AM
I'm undecided. Last year it was just a meal but this year it was this:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1840/deletexp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6057/delete1fl5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yep, me and Sarah spent the weekend superimposing pictures of each other. He heh. We had a lovely meal in a perfect little restaurant and was at the Eiffel tower for the midnight flashing!

I'll probably sound like a right numpty for saying this, but I didnt even know the Eiffel tower lit up! :shock: I must get out more often..hehe

monkey
16-02-09, 10:22 AM
It lights up a sort of yellowish colour when it's dark but then every hour the whole thing twinkles like in the top pic for about 5 minutes!

dizzyblonde
16-02-09, 10:42 AM
apparently Paris is lit up something spectacular at xmas. my mate drove through at mid night xmas eve.....

...... did you find plenty of merde de poodle there MR Monkey?? ;-)

Baph
16-02-09, 10:45 AM
...was at the Eiffel tower for the midnight flashing!

:shock: A bit of midnight flashing on valentines day? :shock:

A couple of years back, I took the Mrs to Paris for her birthday. Had a very nice meal on the Eiffel tower - the restaurant at the top! Book over a year in advance if you want to eat there!!