After all, wasn't half the fun of Valentines supposed to be in the not knowing who had sent it? I remember being at school and waiting for the post to arrive, some girls always had heaps of them! It was all so much fun.
It doesn't seem quite the same handing a mass produced card across the breakfast table with huge bunches of extortionately priced, forced blooms. I think I would rather wait for my lovely roses to grow in the garden.
But that's just us and I'm probably sounding very unromantic but the fact that my husband bought me flowers because he's expected to doesn't feel very romantic. I always felt a little bit guilty that his hard earnt pennies were being spent on something that was ten times dearer than they should have been when he could have bought me a lovely bunch a week later without leaving his pockets empty. I think I would be over the moon to get a surprise bunch some other time of the year!
As to the cost of trying to eat out on Valentines day, that's another post altogether I think. Valentines seems to have become like the word 'Baby' or 'Wedding' to the retail/hospitality industry. In other words, carte blanche to print money and I object, very much indeed!
But that's just us, we decided mutually. For anyone that is celebrating with their amour today I hope you are feeling very loved and having a wonderful day and just to prove that I am not an awful grump here are some of my favourite Vintage Valentines cards.
In fact, I am an incurable romantic and my darling hubby is just the best in the world. I utterly adore him, every day of the year.
Have a super, happy day!
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I'm completely in love with those vintage valentines!
ReplyDeleteThey are adorable aren't they! Thank you for reading and leaving a lovely comment :)
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