This week’s MckLinky Blog Hop theme is Valentines Memories.

My Hubby and I have never really went over the top with romantic gestures on Valentines Day. We both feel that it is a very over-commercialised day, when florists, stationers, jewellers and restaurants all cash in with their (often tacky) offerings. I’m lucky that my Hubby, although not inclined to grand romatic gestures, is a thoughtful and generous man, who has spoiled me over the years with lovely gifts. We often go out for meals together, on our own or with family and friends. Therefore, he does not need to single out February 14th to show how much he loves me.

Having said that, having been together for nineteen years now (and with two gorgeous daughters), we do still find ourselves going out for a ‘romantic’ meal on on around Valentines Day.

Hubby can be romantic when he puts his mind to it. In our early years together, we had planned to go for a weekend break together in York for Valentines weekend. However, Hubby (or Boyfriend as he was then!) secretly booked a trip to Paris instead. We had a lovely few days there, exploring the city. However, with it being February, it was absolutely freezing there! Still, it did give us an excuse to cuddle up together!

A couple of years later he whisked me away to a lovely hotel in Inverkip on the Ayrshire coast for a lovely meal and an overnight stay for Valentines. The next day, we took a ferry trip over to the Isle of Bute to visit friends of ours in Rothesay, so it was a fantastic weekend.

Nowadays, we tend to stay closer to home, and last year we actually went out for a curry with his two brothers and their partners on Valentines Day. This year (last night) we just popped out to our local curry house, within walking distance of our house, and had a lovely meal, while our daughters had a sleepover at Granny’s.

What did you do / plan to do for Valentines this year? What are your favourite memories of Valentines past? I’d love to hear from you via Comments or, if you have a blog of your own, why not join the blog hop and write about your Valentines Memories?

Happy Valentines!

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