V Day Headache

How do you celebrate your Valentine's Day? If you are attached, do you and your other half actively celebrate this day? As the cliche goes, everyday should be a Valentine's with your loved one. If you think about it, there are 4 days in a year that requires special celebration between a couple, 1) Valentine's Day 2) Birthday 3) Anniversary and 4) Christmas. Of course, you can also celebrate your first kiss, your first date, your first quarrel.... the possibilities are endless!

So anyway back to the 4 special days, that means cracking your brain 4 times to decide on a nice place to eat, something extra fun to do together and a sincere gift...! That's why Joe and I decided we should only go to extra expense on each other's birthday, the other days dun need to require an actual gift but instead something different. For example, something love-themed on V Day like a couple keychain, a visit to a park on our Anniversary and gift exchange of a pre-decided similar item on Christmas, for example a watch or perfume.

Hmm... but it seems this year he is doing something extra special on V Day for me! Looking forward to it but also extra pressure on me to make sure I at least "measure up" to what he has planned and in store for me!

So anyway, surprise No. 1 was when we went shopping at Taka today and he wanted to use up his Taka vouchers and asked me to take my pick of anything.. Chose this beautiful notebook that I am planning to use as a travel journal on our honeymoon. Turned out it's meant as a gift that I pick out myself since I am always so fussy about gifts. It's really special, not all the pages are alike, it almost seems like a travel journal someone else put together with sketches and photos. Show you a sneak peek of what's within...








Pretty right? I love it! Thanks Dear Dear! It will be a fun V Day this year! And to everyone out there, Happy Valentine's Day! Remember, it's a day to celebrate love of all forms, not necessarily between a man and a woman. It can also be love between a parent and a child, between close besties, between a pet and an owner... and even a passion you have in your work, your hobbies but of course that would be kinda weird... Anyway, keep the lovin' going round!