Hehe, guess she has no qualms about the "Hallmark Holiday" aspect ;)

Pssshh. I really don't care too much. We've got a pile of cute stuffed animals in the closet, and I've got pretty much everything I want in life. :) Unless you want to buy me a new computer, which you do, which we shouldn't buy, so don't buy that.

Like my mom always said, all I need is love and fresh air :D oh and maybe a card with a cute puppy on it :p

I've already got what I want, which is a trip to DL in June (just booked our lunch at AG Place, NA!) and a cruise in the fall. I don't really care for jewlery or chocolate, so Eric gets off easy this particular holiday. We'll go out for dinner, though.:D

Lunch at AG place. I can't wait!

Oh crap. is VD coming up again?

Guess this means I'll have to put out again.

Who cares about Hallmark Holidays. I just want the necklace.:)

I went for the 2:30 time slot- just in case we're all moving slow....also, that keeps us from spending too much time there, I hope. Pink peppermint ice cream time!

We're doing our annual weekend of non-Hallmark-related mush this weekend. On Saturday we're going to do the Micelli's/Lady & the Tramp thing. On Sunday we're venturing out to Santa Monica to see our favorite street guitarists (Seis Cuerdas) and watch the sandpipers dart back and forth along the sealine.

When we're seeking romance, we do stuff more than we buy stuff, so my Valentine advice would be to sweep her off her feet and take her to do something out of the ordinary. And tell her you love her in as many ways as you can.

Another vote for pajamas.

Fortunately, neither Lani nor I give a hoot about Valentine's Day and both mean it. And we have an agreement that I am never expected to buy her either clothing (which odds are won't be quite right) nor jewelry (which she doesn't wear). For the most part the only ordained gift giving is for her birthday and is almost always a trip somewhere.

So I'm certainl not an expert about Valentine's Day gift purchasing, but you probably already know the answer to the teddy bear question since you know her better than we do. If you're having enough doubt to ask other people then you probably already know it isn't wouldn't be a hugely successful gift.

If your wife is a pajamas wearer, then I agree that could be a good present (but I've never worn pajamas nor been involved with a woman who wore them so again it is just abstract conjecture). I'd tend towards pawning the kids off overnight, a romantic dinner, a fancy area hotel, and making sure she walks funny the next day.

ok...guess I'll add my dos centavos.

V-Day.
V-day was always taboo to us. Mostly due to a loooong track record of horrors and cluster-f's over time that made us both deathly afraid of it. mega-jinx I think would be a good word for it.

Pretty much any and every time we'd attempt to schedule or get/create/do ANYTHING at all for V-day, it would end up in some horrendous fight or at best, with us not speaking to each other for days.

It got to the point where neither of us would actually say the V-word out loud to each other. For the last decade (alot more actually) on that day we would awake, get dressed, wish each other a good morning and avoid each other like the plague until the horror had passed. No cards, no flowers....no acknowledgement of the day at all (not even eye contact if you could at all avoid it)....lest ye call down the wrath of the gods.

So, my general opinion...

RUN! HIDE! DUCK AND COVER! ITS COMING!!!!!!!!

(but thats just one reporters opinion)