Got Valentine's Plans?

Well, well, well, what do you know?  Look what's right around the corner!  By golly, it's Valentine's Day  breathing down our dainty little necks!

Can you believe it's only a week away?!?  Naturally, being a girl, I have already given the big love day a lot of thought. My mind has been on overload contemplating all the great things we could do with our romantic day together:

Sexy massages?

Romantic dinner?

Cuddle fest?

Flowers and chocolate?

Dirty Dancing?

Oh my, the mind was a-ticking, yes, because the big day is a-coming!

Luckily, I've been married to Hubs long enough to know that we are not always on the same page as far as holidays go.  As in... he doesn't know they exist.  So, I figured I better bring up old St. Valentine just to make sure that even if the day wasn't first and foremost in his mind, it was at least floating around somewhere up there with the thousands of memorized lines, countless homework assignments, and his ever-present fear of zombie apocalypses.

I brought it up slyly, like I always do.  I'm telling you, it's not easy being such a sly wife, but I do it without sweating a drop. 

"Hubs... I was thinking maybe we should get our Valentine's Day plans going."

"Ok... is that coming up?"

(See what I'm talking about here?) "Yah... yah, it is." I replied,  "Would you want to go out to dinner or should we maybe stay in and make a romantic dinner?"

Hubs was brainstorming.  I coud see those little wheels in his head a-turning, "When is it?  The 21st?"

Point.  Proven.  You've got to REMIND these boys that Valentine's Day is coming up or else the whole holiday will blow right over and they won't even know they missed the big day!  And then when you are left all by yourself on Valentine's flowerless, chocolateless, and dinnerless you've got no one to blame but yourself!  (It also never hurts to remind your man that your birthday is coming... or your anniversary... or Christmas...)

A recent lunch in the faculty room reinforced this belief.  My favorite cute little French teacher was talking of her tentative V-day plans with her boyfriend.  Said boyfriend has not told French teacher of their plans yet.  Said French teacher is worried about it.  What if he has forgotten?  What if he is not planning anything?  What if he has another girlfriend?  All are valid concerns for us sweet little girls just trying to get some plans with St. Valentine. 

I understand her pain.  I understand the pain of all girls just trying to lock down her man on V-day.  So I said to my favorite French teacher just like I say to anyone who reads this blog: 

Tell him everything you want for Valentine's Day and you will get everything you want for Valentine's Day.

But unless you tell him, you're not allowed to be upset when V-day is a bust.

Valentine's Day 2011- One month away from marriage and SO ready for it.
Don't we look so old and grown up now compared to that picture?

You can thank me later, gals. 

***I prefer to be thanked in chocolate caramels.***