Not Your Box of Chocolates
I wonder if people with February birthdays get jipped for Valentine's Day?You know like boxes of chocolate, because you know after the 14th, it's all half-off.
Or roses with that little tube of water at the end. The kind you can buy at Quickie Mart?
Chalky Conversation Hearts, don't even go there.
Luckily last weekend, Hubby and I spent some time away without the kids. --birthday gift
Ate some of my favorite food in the world. --Valentine's treat
I'm covered.
But, while browsing the university campus bookstore, I did come across some very unique gifts....
For your honey that goes, "huh?"...
For the couple who wished they were in the circus...
For the gambler who wants to get lucky in a different way...
For those with a competitive edge... I wonder if "Play Doctor" is in there?
Of everything I saw, I'd prefer the book of love letters from famous men in history. Having seen the Sex and the City movie a handful of times, I immediately looked up Ludwig's infamous letter..
Romantic, no?!
Which reminds me, hubby used to be a great letter writer in our dating days...I'll have to go dig some up.
Who am I kidding, bring on the SCRATCHERS!
Have a happy Valentine's day with your loved ones!
February 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM
I can answer at least part of the question - my birthday is the 17th. I think it is a lot better than those whose birthday is real close to Christmas. {*grin*}
February 14, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Ha! Gotta love it.
Happy Valentine's Day
February 14, 2009 at 3:50 AM
I'm a Feb birthday, and when I got married, it was on Feb 18th.. so within a week I had Valentine's Day, Anniversary (that only lasted 2 years), and my birthday (2/22). Then Tara was born on 3/4 and "his" birthday was 3/7... some how I got lost in all that! Now I make it my own celebration for about a week! Starting today - IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! But alas, no one to use Scratchies with.... kewl idea!
February 14, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Yeah, Sex Scratchers sounds like some STD you get after a one night stand in a seedy motel. Just sayin.
February 14, 2009 at 6:27 AM
LOL!!! I like the scratch offs to!!
February 14, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Happy V-Day! I hope you get three Cherries (in the scratch off game, of course).
February 14, 2009 at 7:03 AM
Oh yeah buddy.
Headed to the bookstore.
February 14, 2009 at 7:25 AM
My birthday is Feb. 9th and i never really felt like i got cut short on anything. My hubby especially always makes sure to separate the 2 but my sister on the other hand. Her birthday is today. She is the lucky girl who gets her Birthday and Valentines day on the same day. She hates it and always has. My husband and I took her our for dinner Monday for her and my birthday and we always try to separate it for her cause we are the only ones who do.
Great gift ideas for grown ups!!! I think i would like the love letters as well.
February 14, 2009 at 7:36 AM
We had fun in the section like this at Barnes & Noble one day (sans kids!) : )
February 14, 2009 at 7:51 AM
LOL...I used to LOVE getting Chocolate...but now, I could go with those pretty fruit bouques...I mean really...I'm now 39!!
Valentines day IS my birthday...so no matter what, I get a box of Chocolates...from just about everyone...ugh. I've been telling people for YEARS, that I don't need that much chocolate, especially since I don't have a problem buying chocolate for myself...LOL..
Love the books and stuff...how did you manage to take all those pictures...I'm laughing.
February 14, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I tried to find something like that here, but it everything is in French...I was to scared to commit to words I do not know. :D Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM
I don't know what's up this year, but I just don't even care that it's Vday. Planning to get a little something for the kiddos later, but that's about it. Dinner in...dessert. I think it's the lack o' funds to do anything romantic, like going out or getting flowers. Ah well...at least there's family time and chocolate!
February 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM
"the university campus bookstore" !!!!
That was a cruel revelation to a mother of a college freshman. Just cruel, Mom Jen.
Barbara
February 14, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Well there's a choice, you either re-gift a Christmas gift or buy old Valentine's Day stuff.
February 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM
this made me smile.
February 14, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Happy Valentines Day Jen.
February 14, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Hilarious! Bring on the Scratchers! :)
My birthday inevitably gets lost in the shuffle - since it's smack dab in the middle between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think I'd rather have my birthday near Valentine's Day...but then again, the grass is always greener on the other side of that fence, isn't it? ;)
February 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM
I never really thought about holidays besides Christmas stealing the spotlight from birthdays in that same month. My birthday is in August...not a holiday in for weeks in either direction and somehow it still manages to get lost in the shuffle. Happy Vday!
February 14, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I'm the only one in my family that has a birthday month all to myself. I get kind of screwed, because every other month we have a day where we all hang out at my mother's for the month's birthday peeps. I don't get a party. Or a conversation heart.
February 14, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Happy Valentines Day. I'm guessing it was, since you probably got all "hot and bothered" by this stuff, right? heehee
February 15, 2009 at 7:47 AM
Awww...you got romantic letters!? I am so jealous. I think the most I got was an email or two.
February 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Happy Valentine's Day to you too my friend, and that was Hilarious!
Love and Prayers,
Tim
February 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM
I hope you WON BIG on those scratch tickets! Wink wink nudge nudge!
February 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I bet they are all fun but I think the love letters are much more my speed.
February 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM
How do you know my husband so well? How did you know he loves these kinds of books?? You're amazing.
www.oneshetwoshe.blogspot.com
February 15, 2009 at 7:21 PM
OMG, some of them sound freakin' hilarious. Love it.
Hope you had a great V-day!
February 15, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Sob for the people who have birthdays close to Vday. Try being born 12/22. LOL That scratchoff is perfect for the sex/gambling addict demographic. :-)
February 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Those scratchers look fun :) Ludwig's letter! I gotta read that one more carefully too. Happy Belated Vday
February 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM
The scratch offs are great..you'd think by now, we'd all just know how to do "it", after all, it's one of the few things that have been around almost as long as people!
February 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Hey, did you buy those books? I wanna buy them from you on half.com when you're done.
(grin)