February 14, 2010
Valentine's Day 2010
Filed under: Life
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Italics' Valentine's Day gifts which I quickly assembled upon awakening. (<- One of the bonuses of us sleeping slightly staggered hours - he has a chance to leave gifts out for me once I've gone to bed, and I have a chance to leave gifts out for him once I wake up (and he's still in bed).)
This year I presented him a "recycled" bottle (we enjoyed the Amaretto two Christmases ago) of homemade bath salts (it's a warming mix meant to soothe aches and pains, prettied up with dried petals from flowers we've given to one another). Decorating the red organza bag is a milagro, and within it there's a heart-shaped sachet filled with lavender and a bottle of perfume wrapped in a vintage embroidered handkerchief.
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Yesterday, when Italics said he needed to go to the shops to "get a few things" I laughed (at him). When he returned (mostly) empty handed he apologized in advance for the lame gift(s) and formally announced "WE CAN GET YOU SOMETHING IN TOWN TOMORROW OR MONDAY". The promise was made official by an I.O.U. in my Valentine's Day mug this morning.
(There's a reason why I didn't wait until the last day to get him a card and gift; there's ALSO a reason why I didn't remind him not to wait until the last day to get me a card and gift - I get to pick my own gift in town, AND I get to scoop up half-priced Valentine's Day candy at the same time. (YES, I AM A CRAFTY, MANIPULATIVE WITCH.))
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The Horned God/dess was in my Valentine's Day chocolate this morning.
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To keep up without our gluten-free diet we bypassed buying chocolate to give, and instead made chocolate to give. Last night Italics and I made the Frangelico truffle mix and this morning, while my hair dried, I rolled out the truffles into bite-sized balls and dusted them with a crunchy cocoa coating.
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Usually I LOVE taking pictures of my culinary adventures, but today's a bit of a rush because I still need to dry my hair (naturally), set it in curlers, style it, apply copious amounts of make-up (I'm going with black and gold to compliment my black halter dress and gold fertility goat jewelry), pack (we're spending the night in a hotel) and get dressed for tonight's romantic meal so these photos aren't as involved as they normally are.
