Valentine's Day!

It was our first Valentine's Day as husband and wife! (And it was no different then usual) I've never really been into Valentine's Day, I always used to set my expectations way to high only to be let down, and really it was no different even when I first started dating my now hubby! I have now learned that the way we celebrate Valentine's Day is special for us and it doens't need to be made into a big thing, which is the most important thing! We had a great day as usual and even spread it out a little.
I had flowers waiting for me when I walked in the door from work and then we went to the Sabres vs. Devils hockey game with my sister and her BF. Wasn't the most romantic thing, but we had a great time and decided to go out to dinner just the two of us on Thursday instead, we didn't even have to wait like we would have had to on Tuesday! Then instead of spending a lot of money on gifts which is never what we have done for this hallmark holiday, I decided to get crafty with an idea I found on Pinterest. Its called "A Year of Dates", and I wrote a little poem for each month of the year and came up with a unique date idea, something that was fun, cheap, and different from things we usually do. Here's the poem that I put in his Valentine's card that explained what we would be doing:

Its Valentine's Day and your gift is here
Its something fun or romantic
each month of the year.

You've been enrolled in my club
of super special dates
and in each envelope, something new awaits.

At the begining of each month,
you can open just one
and the contents I promise

will be lots of fun. 

So go ahead and open February

the fun is about to start,

A whole year of adventure

for us both to take part! 

Here's a photo of the little package I gave him, all the months are tied up behind it, so he pulled out February and now March awaits! I thought it was a cute, fun idea that would spread our Valentine's Day out all year. I can't give away any more details yet, so he doens't read it! But there are some really fun things I'm looking forward too. Check back to see what we do next month!

February's date included some ice wine, which is our favorite, we usually go to Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada in early February for the ice wine festival and get a bottle to share on Valentine's Day, but we couldn't make it this year, so I got us a bottle and brought it to us instead, I complimented it with chocolate strawberries and ice cream, he even played a long and put in a cute chick flick for us to watch! (I fell asleep and he watched it by himself- oops!)

I also decided to do a little craft for our front door, pictured below (Also found on Pinterest) I just made it 2 weeks ago, so it won't get the display time it deserves I'll leave it up until the end of the month, then I think I'll make one for St. Patrick's day! It was really simple, a little time consuming, but I have a ton of yarn left and Little Blossom flowers are my specialty now! It looks great on our door, I just think it needs a bigger bow!

Hope everyone else had a great Valentine's Day!!