Valentine's Day

Valentines day is not a very big holiday in our house, but seeing as Mitch has been gone for so long, and we haven't seen each other and wouldn't be for a while. I thought Valentine's this year was especially important for him, for us.
I really wanted to surprise him (for once!), so I kept everything on the down low. The biggie was remembering to pay for the shipping in cash, not with the card. Since he is obsessive over looking over our budget and therefore looks at our transactions all the time.
Anyway, so I asked Rina if she would want to help me decorate some sugar cookies because doing them by myself seemed too lonely. I had seen this cute idea of doing one cookie the sits on top saying "I love you like..." and the rest of the cookies list what I love him like.

 

Then to send them over, I wanted to make sure they got there in one piece. So I found some little boxes and bubble wrap from the dollar store. Which worked fabulously, I think he said only one broke?

Then inside the USPS box, I did the same thing I did with his birthday box. I found some heart wrapping paper in the seasonal dollar section at target (Whoo!), I looked in a few places for wrapping paper and couldn't find any! So I was happy that when I did, it was only a dollar :)

Also in the dollar section they had these little planter pots with soil and seeds, and it was just so perfect and cute that I had to get this.

 

(See what I did there? They're forget-me-nots! :P)

Also in the box was some Andes mints chocolates, these whack a pack self-inflating valentines balloons (They are so awesome! I was so excited, and wished they had them for Birthdays too)..

I also wanted to take a picture with the dogs with each of us holding signs that all together say, "We ♥ You!". Unfortunately, the day I decided to take the pictures, the dogs were being so bad on their leashes, wouldn't listen to me and were just being bad. On top of it all, it was super windy, my hair was flying everywhere, I didn't have a hair tie. So I just took the dogs photos individually, then decided to take my own picture at home, without the wind or the nice green background. Oh well. That's when I decided it would be a better option to do a little scrapbook-y type photo. Instead of doing individual pictures in a frame that had three small photo slots next to each other. This is what I came up with:

Anyway, I can't remember if there was anything else. It's been a while since I've thought of the package. Anyway, it was a fun box to put together, and he was definitely surprised! Makes me feel good that he can brag to the people in his office about stuff like that. 

The finishing touch; just so he would know (if the box got there just a little too early) that it was for Valentine's day.

I hope you all had a great Valentine's day and took full advantage of your sweethearts being home and able to celebrate, even if just a little bit.

Happy Valentine's Day ♥