Happy Belated Valentine's Day

Well, almost two days at this time.

My Valentine's Day started at 5:30 in the morning when I woke up and went to work...what fun! The good thing was that I got to leave at 1:00. Mondays are my short day. I wish I didn't work it at all, but I will stop whining now.

So, I wanted to get Gary something really nice for Valentine's Day. I wanted to get him something that I KNEW he wanted, even though he had only mentioned it once right after Christmas. Gary is into playing poker. For Christmas my mom and I both bought him poker chips that came in these cheesy tins. Gary had LOVED the poker chips and mentioned (without complaining) that it would be great to have a case for the chips.

So...after work, I ran to the mall to the poker chip place and got him a nice case with a handle. And another small set of chips (to make sure the case would be full). I then ran to Babies R Us to get Alyssa a toy. I got her this really cute cat ball that shakes and makes meowing noises when she pushes the button. And she LOVES it! She even knows how to push the button to make it go and she gets so excited to see the ball shake.

Ran home (well, drove) to be with my the two biggest loves of my life. I was excited because Gary said he was going to take Alyssa out to look for a present for me. It was exciting because that was the first time Gary took Alyssa in public by himself. A feat in itself for him. I was very proud and couldn't wait to hear about his journey.

When we exchanged gifts, he really liked his gift. He said he was surprised that I got him the case and more chips. He handed me a card. It was a beautiful card. He had Alyssa sign it too. Very cute!

Where's the gift?? Am I greedy?? Where's the gift?? Where's the chocolate covered strawberries?? Flowers?? Anything??

He said he drove to the candy store in search of the infamous chocolate covered strawberries, only to be disappointed in them being sold out. (Of course they are sold out. They are the best things in the world). He then said he went to Walmart and searched for two hours and couldn't find anything for me. He promised me to cook a nice dinner. I picked today (Tuesday), since I work and that way I wouldn't have to cook after work. It was an awesome dinner. Stuffed chicken breast, mashed tatoes and green beans. Very good and very nice. (But who cleaned most of the dishes??) It is OK honey. I loved the dinner. It was great!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot the best part of dinner...the dessert. He hand made chocolate covered strawberries. They were awesome!

And that was my Valentine's Day!