Money and Valentine’s Day
OK, so hubby called me to tell me two things: One is he is working late tonight, so that they don’t have to go in on what is supposed to be a long weekend. Two, he said “Maybe you shouldn’t look behind the cereal in the pantry…” which means I immediately looked! LOL He had hidden two heart-shaped boxes of Valentine’s Day chocolates behind the cereal, knowing I am too short to see them back there on the top shelf.
What brought this up is right before he mentioned his hiding spot, I had been on one of my little rants about how Valentine’s Day is an artificial construct that seems to have been fabricated by the greeting card, flowers, and chocolate industries for the sole purpose of separating well-intending men from their money. Yes, I am VERY opinionated LOL
So I have two Valentine’s boxes of assorted chocolates, and hubby more than likely paid full retail price for them. Of course, tomorrow he could get them for half price or less. So …. am I just being cheap and cynical here? I know it’s supposed to be our first actual Valentine’s Day together as a married couple since he spent a year stationed in South Korea. Perhaps I should rephrase: am I being TOO cheap and cynical here? It’s pretty much a given that I am definitely cynical when it comes to Valentine’s Day and I also inherited the “cheap gene” from my mom’s side of the family.
I’m just glad we didn’t make dinner plans or worse yet a dinner reservation LOL. I spent six years in the Army myself, so I knew better. Plus, all the nice restaurants would be too crowded for my tastes. I prefer to monopolize my server’s time (and do tip accordingly) so I would much rather go on an otherwise “dead” night in terms of business volume.
Of course, the upside to his revealing the candy hiding place is I won’t get back out of the house until tomorrow…when all the Valentine’s Day stuff will be at least half price. OK, I guess I really am officially cheap here! When it comes to grocery shopping and budgeting, hubby really likes that about me. The big question will be if he still appreciates it when he finally gets home tonight.
