Valentine's Day

Dfracassa
Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What are you and your lovely doing for Valentine's Day next week? Dinner, dessert, whatever?


My fiance and I are going about our work days as usual: healthy breakfast, healthy lunch, maybe some light exercises throughout the day, and then dinner and a shared dessert at one of our favorite breweries. :heart:

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  • 212ackley
    212ackley Posts: 431 Member
    We are actually going to take the kids with us Sunday to shop for new shoes and get some dinner at the Olive Garden, then we are going home to watch a few rented movies. The Hubby and I may go next weekend to the casino for a bit of grown up fun!
  • hdlb
    hdlb Posts: 333 Member
    Probably nothing. We never do for Valentines day, its just not something we like to celebrate. We do make it fun for the kids though, lots of pink heart shaped food and a little present when they get up.
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    Probably nothing. We never do for Valentines day, its just not something we like to celebrate. We do make it fun for the kids though, lots of pink heart shaped food and a little present when they get up.

    That is so cute! I leave my fiance little cards and hearts all over the place, and I even try to sneak some in his lunch. My mom used to do that for me, too: cut my sandwich with a heart shaped cookie cutter, wrap things in red Saran Wrap, that sort of thing. I don't really believe in the "holiday," but I like all the little details that come along with it. :-)
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I'm going to make cake pops for my son's class.

    No plans for me and the man.
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    I'm going to make cake pops for my son's class.

    No plans for me and the man.

    DANG it I love me some cake pops...
  • tricksee
    tricksee Posts: 835 Member
    Me and my girlfriend head to Pizza hut every valentines day and share a deep pan.

    This year though, I'm getting one to myself because I deserve it and we are sharing a desert. Boom!!!
  • LilMissDB
    LilMissDB Posts: 133
    Usually, we go out all the time (bad habit) but we've been trying to cut back. So for Valentine's Day I'm really looking forward to going on a date with my hubby to a nice restaurant then we are seeing Billy Elliot at the theatre :)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    We will be spending Valentine's Day and the long weekend at our cabin in the mountains. No TV, no phones. Steak dinner followed by Champagne and strawberries dipped in Nutella. Plenty of time by the fire and depending on the weather, maybe some hiking or show shoeing.
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    We will be spending Valentine's Day and the long weekend at our cabin in the mountains. No TV, no phones. Steak dinner followed by Champagne and strawberries dipped in Nutella. Plenty of time by the fire and depending on the weather, maybe some hiking or show shoeing.

    That sounds so lovely! I hope you guys have a great time. :-)
  • mkatetay
    mkatetay Posts: 18
    My boyfriend goes to a different school and my dad will be out of town for work so my mom, sister, and me will be watching movies and have healthy smoothies that we love!!!
  • sally_jeffswife
    sally_jeffswife Posts: 766 Member
    Not sure yet, usually we go out to eat for dinner and we watch a movie....haven't talked about it yet this wk though been a busy week kids have had alot of events going on this wk kept us running :)
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    This is the holiday that shall not be mentioned at my house. :laugh:

    We celebrated the year we got married, and it went fine.

    The next year, I threw up in the middle of the "fun" (great gastro bug going around that week); the year after that we spent the eveing in the emergency room because my husband cut his hand open during a fall, the following year was influenza, the year after that pnuemonia...etc...

    So we just ignore it and kind of hope that it will just go away peacefully. We celebrate other times during the year...We just don't call it "that" to stay on the safe side. :wink:
  • zenchild
    zenchild Posts: 680 Member
    It's our anniversary. We're going to have a late dinner at a local place where my husband knows the chef because he just did a photo essay there (and is scheduling another one). Then we're taking Friday off together to go talk to another chef about a photo essay and just wander around being useless. He might buy my flowers that I will enjoy for a day or so before he starts stealing them one at a time so he can light them on fire and take pictures. It's one of the perils of being married to a photographer.
  • KetoDebbie912
    KetoDebbie912 Posts: 105 Member
    My BF and I are going to a concert (old school alternative band) and will indulge in a few adult beverages. We haven't been dating long so no big fan fair for V-day :)
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    What are you and your lovely doing for Valentine's Day next week? Dinner, dessert, whatever?


    My fiance and I are going about our work days as usual: healthy breakfast, healthy lunch, maybe some light exercises throughout the day, and then dinner and a shared dessert at one of our favorite breweries. :heart:

    I have rib eye steaks dry aging in the fridge. I will make salad, shrimp and we will have chocolate covered strawberries for dessert.
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    My husband and I usually go out to dinner and or a movie. I always buy something for the kids and make or buy heart shaped cookies and or a cake. Our kids are much older now so they'll get a bottle of their favorite cologne instead of the cute stuffed toys. Other than that my husband and I don't exchange gifts.
  • MystikPixie
    MystikPixie Posts: 342 Member
    Me and all the cats in the neighborhood are gonna have a furball contest.
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    Having dinner at the most adorable French restaurant. It always books up quickly for Valentine's Day, so this year I was proactive and made the reservations on January 2nd. :)
  • sevsmom
    sevsmom Posts: 1,172 Member
    Dinner tonight. . .ahead of the rush. Nothing special on that day. However, since it's also our wedding anniversary, I might make him a pecan pie. :-) Neither one of us made it to 9 years in our first marriages. . .so this is a landmark anniversary and thusly deserves a decadent dessert!
  • bedoozled
    bedoozled Posts: 189 Member
    We debated going out to my favorite Indian restaurant (Devi - highly recommend it for anyone in NYC!), but decided to stay home and cook ourselves a special meal instead : ) So it's homemade beet ravioli (that red!) stuffed with goat cheese and chives, salad, some wine, and some sort of as-of-yet-undecided chocolate explosion for dessert :D Knowing us, some Firefly watching will probably sneak its way in there too!
  • nancywho
    nancywho Posts: 18
    Same as usual only going out for dinner to our favorite place we go every year for Valentine's Day and our anniversary.
  • Skiing914
    Skiing914 Posts: 27
    Corny alert!!! You have been warned! My honey and I make every day Valentine's Day! That way there is no pressure when the "holiday" comes around on February 14th. <3
  • Kristen81
    Kristen81 Posts: 342 Member
    Regular day. Probably a late dinner once the kiddos are in bed.

    I'm thinking lamb and roasted red potatoes, and a spinach salad with raspberries, strawberries, red peppers, and some goat cheese.

    For dessert....chocolate fondue!
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    I love everyone's plans! I even love the "we don't celebrate this day" plans! I hope you all have a kickass day, whatever you're doing. :heart:
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    Regular day. Probably a late dinner once the kiddos are in bed.

    I'm thinking lamb and roasted red potatoes, and a spinach salad with raspberries, strawberries, red peppers, and some goat cheese.

    For dessert....chocolate fondue!

    Holy crap that sounds good. Could you, uh...cook for me?
  • amyann2
    amyann2 Posts: 69 Member
    We decided long ago never to go to dinner on Valentine's Day, because so many restaurants limit their menus and rush you through the meal with substandard service.

    My birthday is Valentine's Day, and one year my parents visited to take me and my husband out for dinner, but we waited until Feb. 15. We told the waiter it had been my birthday the day before but we decided to wait, and he uttered a very heartfelt "THANK YOU!!!!!"

    My husband's bd is Feb. 11, so we pick a day the weekend before or weekend after, and celebrate two birthdays and Valentine's Day at the same time.
  • jtallwood
    jtallwood Posts: 53 Member
    I enjoy reading all your plans! My boyfriend and I are going to a small thaï restaurant and a movie after. Not really special, since we go to the movie theater very often haha. I plan on baking either cookies or brownies with valentine's day M&M as a little attention so he'll be able to bring some to work!
  • LifeChanged2000
    LifeChanged2000 Posts: 176 Member
    My daughter will be at her first formal dance, and I will be having dinner with some family :) Happy Valentines Day MFP!!

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