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People that know me know I'm a romantic. I love everything about relationships, romance and love. And luckily for me I'm married to someone that knows how much of a romantic I am and always does sweet things to make me smile. Really he's quite the romantic himself, but he'll never admit it!
So with that said, it's not surprising that Valentines Day is one of my favourite days.
Our first Valentines Day wasn't celebrated in the traditional way. Of course we did the usual romantic lunch together, but that night we went to a rugby game with some of Scotty's aunties and uncles and his parents. It was heaps of fun and we had a great night out.
The following year we decided that since we'd been with his aunty Avis and uncle Ag the previous year it'd be fun to celebrate with them again because we always have such fun together. We all went up to their house in Waikari, just north of Christchurch for the weekend. On Valentines Day the boys made us breakfast and we prepared the food for our picnic lunch. We had the picnic at the Maori drawings which are up over the hill in a paddock behind their house. It was a great weekend and even though Avis and Ag aren't necessarily the romantic type, we were starting to rub off on them and they were getting into the spirit of things.
The following year was our third Valentines Day together. I love traditions and this was a tradition that we were all really enjoying.
As it turned out Valentines Day was on a Monday that year so it meant the four of us had to get the day off work. Unfortunately my work didn't want me to have the day off - I chucked a sickie anyway (sorry Mark!).
We all went to Hanmer Springs for the day and had a great time at the hot pools and went to a nice pub for lunch. It was such a fun day.
Unfortunately that was our last Valentines Day together because we moved to Perth the following month.
The following year Scotty and I planned a surprise for Avis and Ag. The two of us had a picnic in the park at the beginning of February and took a photo of ourselves. We cut the side of the photo so that Avis and Ag could add their own photo to ours to make one. We sent them the photo and an itinerary for their day including breakfast and a picnic lunch. It was a fun way to continue the tradition even though we weren't together.
Since then it's just been Scotty and I and Scotty always plans a surprise for me. One year involved a picnic dinner down by the river out near Guildford. He'd planned everything, done the shopping and packed everything we needed. What he didn't plan on was the giant water rat that wanted to join us. It made for a rather eventful evening resulting in a lot of laughter and a dead water rat, followed by a lovely dinner for two.
I'm looking forward to Friday to see what Scotty has planned for us!
Valentines Day is the perfect opportunity to spoil the one you love or plan something special for them. Even if you're not the romantic type - why not try something new this year!
If you're single and ready to mingle, why not get together with your other single friends and have a night out together - everyone loves eating at fancy restaurants! Or a Gold Class movie might be more your thing!
Whatever your relationship status, embrace the commercialism and spend the day with people you love and spoil each other!
Everyone deserves a bit of love in their lives!
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