Valentine’s day is a great day to express your appreciation to your better half, or in my case my much better half. But a fancy three course dinner in a hoity toity restaurant without a senior’s discount or a draft menu can cost an arm and a leg and an RRSP, and you get stuck with a glass of fermented grape juice to go with your indigestion. The way to avoid this is quite simple, don’t try to make a reservation until February 13th. You will find that, much like Christmas eve, there is no room at the inn. This leaves the door open for a Feb 15th booking at the Legion or the brewpub of your choice, a much more enjoyable, and affordable, experience.
But you still have to play your cards right for your Queen of Hearts if your not buying diamonds but still want to come up Aces. That means ponying up for some token of your undying love on the 14th. Missing the big day will cost you big time in the long run. So what to get?
Wilting flora is certainly not a symbol of undying love. The Stones made it clear that dead flowers are for weddings and funerals.
Perfume is a very personal and expensive choice. I can’t tell the difference between Channel No. 5 and Canal No.4. As far as celebrity fragrances go Katy, Nicki, Halle, Dolly, Billie, Brittany, all smell the same to me. And after sniffing a few of those little cardboard things I have a headache and can’t smell anything for the next day or two.
My Valentine’s day go to shop is the Dollar Tree. You don’t get hit with any of those inflated Dollar Store prices there. A card and some sweets for my sweet will make her day and leave enough left over in the bank account to make my day.
When it comes to sweets, the missus loves a Mars bar.
At first I thought I would give her “the big one”, but on second thought I felt that perhaps my romantic intentions would be misinterpreted.
How about a double Mars bar. Two times the size of a normal Mars bar, splurging a bit on this special day, she’s worth it.
And now the card. I find it’s not what the card says but what you write in it that’s important. A Thank You card with lots of hearts on it seemed appropriate and they were on sale.
A double Mars bar and a card with hearts and my heartfelt written note “Love you to Mars and back…Twice!” has kept me out of the doghouse once again.
Now to make those reservations for tomorrow night.
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