What is Valentine's without chocolate? My earliest recollection of Valentines is a heart shaped box of chocolates. My dad always brought home a beautiful box of chocolates for my mom and me every Valentines when I was growing up. (Must be why I'm emotionally attached to it!) Now, I just automatically expect a box on V-day. One year, hubby waited too long (he always buys gifts 30 minutes prior) and could not find a box. He really surprised me by being creative (not normally his style) and bought every kind of candy bar he could find. Then he wrote me the sweetest letter telling what each one represented, i.e. Milky Way- "You are my universe, you send me over the moon and stars, Payday- That's how I felt the day I married you," etc etc. Needless to say, that letter is kept close by in a drawer. I always buy chocolates for my children. They've come to expect it too. The dr does not like chocolate! Can you imagine a person not liking chocolate? I don't know how we became one with such a fundamental difference! (I'm slowly trying to convert him.) A dear friend of mine said when she dies, she hopes to be buried in a vat of chocolate. That's pretty much how I feel about it.
This post is a double one. I'm participating in a fun party over at Brambleberry Cottage- 14 days of love. First day is "how do you make this day stand out from the rest?" Chocolate. We don't binge on it every day, although I'd love to. But at my house, you're allowed to eat as much chocolate as you want on the 14th. The only other day which comes close is Oct 31st.
Then, of course, this is my next to last post on the color challenge, romantic eye candy. The color today is Flowers, food and edible treats-
Around the house...
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