My Tight-Wad Valentine and A Flip-Flop Genius

Aaaahh... love is in the air.

Matt had these flowers delivered to me yesterday. I'm pretty sure it had mostly to do with the fact that I called him at work around 10am to say that I hadn't gotten a delivery yet and was just needing to make sure I hadn't missed it by taking a shower or anything.

Needless to say, he took the hint and by that afternoon I was holding a dozen beautiful antique roses. I did find the two delivery men in their big red pick-up truck to be not so "floristy looking" however, and the hand writing on the card seemed less ledgible than your average female, but I didn't think much about it at the time. Matt later confessed that one of his assistant managers had her husband and friend (who are firefighters, not florists) bring them over since they were on this side of town. I thought that was so kind! Thank you Cindy and David, for making that happen! The flowers are beautiful. And that was so sweet for you guys to be willing to do that for me and my penny-pincher Valentine. We owe ya one!

And that wasn't all. My three "little" sweethearts made me lots of cards and decorated the table with their stuff. They also presented me with a single red rose when daddy got home, which was a lovely surprise for both me (AND them). Too cute. (Good call daddy!)

So... Happy Late "Lu-vah's" Day!!

And in other non-valentine related news...

Not long ago, I picked up a blue plastic retro-looking video recorder case at the thrift store because I had a vision for turning it into a super sweet briefcase for my friend Michelle's b'day. But after cleaning it and lining it with black and white polka dot fabric, my creativity was exhausted. So I took it to the most magical place of creative wonder I could think of. Virginia's house. And she helped turn my dream into reality. And I must say, it is fantabulicious!! I had to let you have "just a peek" at part of what that girl can do in an hour.

She does dreamy work. Check out her blog on my friend list.....blackflipflops. Thank you Virginia!!

So now I'm home and bored and freezing my buttox off. This weather is unpredictable and crazy. I'm ready for spring!!! Looking at the side of that briefcase doesn't help much either.

But now I gotta go. The background noise of Wilson on the drums, Ando on the electric guitar and Elliot on the acoustic in the room next door to me is making me want to jump through a window while pulling my hair out by the handfulls and screaming at the top of my lungs in desperation for silence. I think I'll just go upstairs intsead.

Peace, Love and All that Jazz...