More Than Expected

On Monday I posted that I expected a very laid back Valentine's Day because my hubby and I are more spontaneous than all that---and then we did celebrate spontaneously. I spent my morning sending Eric several ridiculous e-cards (one featuring a cartoon Dionne Warwick).

First, my parents stopped by with flowers for me and a balloon and raspberries for Cordelia. She was in HEAVEN. She wouldn't [won't] part with the balloon all day, not for food, fresh diapers, etc.

With balloon (or boon in Cordelia speak)

Later Eric called to let me know he was on his way home and that he'd had kind of a bummer of a day. So that settled it. I took one look down at my outfit which featured crusty gunk from Cordelia's lunch and I decided that I needed to take that business to the next level.

I changed into a dress made by my Great Grandma Rose, threw out a tablecloth and put on some music. When Eric came home he joined in the festivities, donning his "smoker's jacket". He also brought home some gifts for his girls including: tulips, chocolate, wine and a stuffed pooch for Cordelia.

Valentines

C'est moi


Handsome husband

I will admit that we had not planned for a special dinner, so I decided to just have a simple salad and some whole wheat pasta (romantic I know). A simple, but tasty, vegan dinner. Regardless of the less than fancy cuisine we managed to have quite a lovely dining experience.

The dinner table


My dinner party


Une Salade


Pasta


Me

Almost immediately after dinner we all changed into our comfy clothes and spent the rest of the night lounging around. I also ate a lo of vegan chocolate.

So, as you can see we ended up having a rather lovely Valentine's Day. What did you do?