Roses

Hmm, I wonder if me hubby is feeling the pressure? Pressure is on buddy! LOL! It's Valentine's day week and there are two reasons why the pressure is on for Brad this Valentine's day.

First reason is this...back in December when we celebrated our wedding anniversary Brad wanted the Saturday our anniversary fell on to be only about celebrating. Meaning he didn't want to go get flowers or any other last minute item for the anniversary. He wanted to think ahead and be more prepared. I can applaud him for that. However, flowers need to be fresh. They are delicate and need proper care to stay looking right which is alive. In his effort to think ahead for our anniversary he bought a bouquet of flowers for me on Friday at his lunch break. He then hid them in his trunk. So the flowers stayed hidden in his trunk with obviously no water for the remainder of Friday all through the day on Saturday too as he did not present the bouquet to me until Saturday evening right before we left for dinner. Many flowers in the bouquet showed the lack of water and care by being wilted and half dead. So yeah, not the best bouquet I've ever received.

Reason number two there's a little more pressure on this Valentine's day...just this past Thursday was the birthday of Brad's boss. I reminded him as I do every year that it's a nice gesture on his part to give her flowers. He said he'd pick some up on his way to work on Thursday. Oh he picked some up all right! His boss sent me a pic of the stunning ALL rose bouquet he purchased in a beautiful vase. Although I was impressed my husband did so well at choosing such a stunning bouquet and vase, I must admit my almost immediate thought was I better get something even better come Valentine's day. The wife should definitely get something better than the boss, right?

Yes indeed, there's a little pressure on Brad concerning the flower situation come Thursday. Here's what I want...a beautiful bouquet of RED ROSES! No mix of flowers! In the mixed bouquets you get about 3 or 4 roses. Not going to cut it! I want all roses and they need to be red. The cue can be taken from the design of this blog right now. LOL!

I'm not one of those girls that has to have over the top romantic gestures presented on Valentine's day. My preference is always simplicity. But I must admit getting a bouquet of flowers is my favorite part of Valentine's day. And no, the bouquet doesn't have to be huge, just normal size. We typically choose take-out instead of going to a restaurant because everything is so busy. I'll admit too, I'm more insistent on simple take-out versus going to a restaurant, because I'm not too into crowded places. I'm also not too picky about the take-out. Brad could get by with a run to McDonald's. Seriously! In fact, back on Super Bowl Sunday, I joked about how all I wanted for Valentine's day was red roses and KFC. LOL! Well in reality it's not a joke...however, it's red roses, Chick-fil-a, and watch a chick flick. :)