love is in the air!

Happy Valentine's Day! The day for lovers. The day of chocolate, roses and romance. The day that has lost all its sparkle for me.

I used to work in a flower shop during my high school years. I worked after school until the wee hours of the night or morning, depending on your point of view and was back in the shop really early, often before the sun rose for the day. Yes, I'd skip school. Who wanted to sit in class when they could be making oodles of cash? My duty for the holiday? To arrange roses. Single, double, triple, half-dozens, dozens, 2 dozens and the rare 6 dozen. My hands were black and bloody from the stems and thorns. Pink, white, yellow, red. Ferns. Baby's Breath. Roses were my thing. I also know how much of a markup there is on roses for Valentine's Day. It'd make your head spin on the markup of roses. Your head would spin on the markup of flowers in general.

Anyways.

Hubby and I really don't celebrate. We get each other cards and he stopped to get J a mylar balloon. It is cute - a blue dog with heart spots. It is as big as she is. And of course, my hubby the romantic, brings red roses for J and I. "For his girls." Awww. I made stir-fry. Italian love songs were on the player and Hubby and I had a mixed drink (rare for me!). Nothing big, but we are together.

He did make my heart melt today. He said he loves "us." I love us, too.

posted by Stephanie @ 6:37:00 PM