Hello my wonderful possibly loved up lovelies. So, the big
‘love day’ is once again upon us and it’s only a matter of time before the
shops are selling out of the cheap chocolates (because everything else has gone
and you have left it too late) for the ever so anticipated Valentine’s day.
This is a topic where I must say I’m an absolute fence sitter (boooooooo
hisssssssss). Here is my reasoning…
Sham!
I believe that over the years (and I’ve seen a few of them)
this particular celebration of love has become more about the products you buy,
with these getting more and more ridiculously pricey and outrageous,
than the actual celebration of love itself. It can be a way for products in the shape of love hearts to be re sold just because they have now taken on this new shape.
however, the actual story of Valentine’s day and St
Valentine is much deeper than gifts and cards (you should research if you don’t
already know it’s quite interesting) which are mass produced to make lots of
money. Personally, I don’t celebrate the day itself by purchasing cards and
presents as we tend to do much of this throughout the year anyway as I do truly
believe those showing their love for each other for the one day should be doing
(wait for this this old cliché) it every day with smiles, laughter, cuddles and
shoulders to cry on.
Smooch
So here is my other end of the argument (full on debate with
myself right here, LOL). I nipped to the shops last week and low and behold
there is a huge section of love hearts, chocolates, wine, slippers, etc etc etc
etc etc etc!!!! and the ninja picks up some chocolate hearts and says ‘mum can
I please get these’ (for her boy-‘friend’) I MY heart literally turns into one
those chocolate hearts and begins to feel like it’s one of those lost chocs
that you find you’ve sat on for over an hour on the sofa! In the words of the
wicked witch ‘I’m melting, I’m melting.’ Wow she has such an ability to do that
on many occasions (insert love heart eye emoji here). I obviously say yes and
they are currently perched on the kitchen side waiting for that all important
day.
I think as I’ve been with my hubby for nearly 14 years this
kind of celebration becomes less important when you have wedding anniversaries
to look forward to as they are so much more personal. So, we tend to focus on
this now however we still have an annual get away with a few friends for a
‘valentines’ meal (which consists of food with the names of Aphrodite’s seafood
delight, Romeos beef, Juliet’s stocking filler, Casanovas ménage a trois, oh my
god stop me now! LOL) which is always so much fun. If I was to purchase gifts,
then I would go for something much more personal and cutsie (not sure this is a
word as my spell checker won’t change it!). Recently I have been checking out a
gorgeous new online shop called http://hettyandbetty.com/ as it has the most beautiful gifts which are what I call oldy-worldy
if you like that sort of thing. This cute little
love heart is one of them priced at £8.99 which is going to look amazing in my conservatory as this is the kind of décor I have in there. Please go check this store out for more amazing gifts and homeware ideas, I think me, Hetty and Betty are going to get along famously.
See I told you…total fence sitter as I can see both sides of
the argument. But whatever you are doing whether that be celebrating or
boycotting, have a great time and remember saying ‘I love you’ and meaning it,
costs absolutely nothing.
Thank you for reading.
Sending big love hearts and a happy Valentine’s day to all. XXXX
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