October 2010 Weddings
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How was your FIRST Valentine's Day?!
I was hoping to see posts with raves of how the big FIRST Vday went with your husband!?? How did the menus turn out, gifts, flowers, etc. Anyone care to brag? ...or b!tch, for that matter.
Re: How was your FIRST Valentine's Day?!
We had a great night. Of course, we both got out of work late so I got home around 630 and he got home around 715 so the fancy menu wasn't going to work with our timeframe - we still made our prime rib, but we just made mashed potatoes and corn on the side. We exchanged cards, candies and little gifts. We ate our candy and vday cookies on the couch till we passed out. We got up around 11 and hopped in bed....
It was the perfect first Valentine's day.
you promise that you wont flame me??? I feel horrible for feeling like this already...dont need the guilt trip....or to be made to feel selfish. Remember you said I could ***!
I've been so excited for this.....I asked DH for weeks if we wanted to do gifts. he does this thing where he makes me think he's got something great planned, and then has no follow through....I flat out ask if we're doing something and he'll say "mayyyyybe?" like "yes i've got something go out and get something so you dont look like a moron" (note he did this for our 5 year dating anniverssary....so i should have learned then....)
i made dinner, (tiny bit of help from him, as i couldnt brush the biscuits and watch the sausage and run to the bathroom at the same time LOL) I got him a nice husband card, with a $25 gift card to fandango so we can get movie tickets and he can pick the movie....he...got me a card....and cadbury mini eggs for us to share....thats it....I was expecting maybe flowers or something small....(i feel horrible even as i write this) or atleast something valentines day related....but no...he goes for the easter candy? he meant well cause we love them....but they wernt wrapped, I just have this feeling that he saw i got him something and went and grabbed them from the closet and was like HEYYYYY look what i got?
and then i did three loads of dishes, and made a cake for my coworker, while he sat in our recliner and watched tv and played games on his computer
ughhhh thanks for my moment of selfish stupidity.....i mean we ate great food, drank a bottle of champange...but we could do that any night.....I wanted this to be special and i freaked about it.....he does so much during the rest of the year......idk...
I'm glad everyone's went better than mine did
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Ours was very "us"....yummy and low key without any major surprises.
We didn't have reservations anywhere (and couldn't get any at a decent time anywhere we'd want to go). So we decided to wing-it and try to get a drop-in table at our fav. local BYOB Italian place. I called at 6pm and she said if we got there within 20 minutes we'd be fine.
DH wasn't home yet but said he wasn't far, so I walked over by myself and got the table. He arrived like 10 minutes later and we feasted on some delicious bread/oil/parm, bruschetta, minestrone soup, tortellini dish and fett. alfredo dish followed by a heart shaped cheesecake and our red wine. It was delcious and absolutely filling, and the best part was that it was only $52 (gotta love BYOB) and the IL's had given us $50 as a Vday gift. Haha, so we each pitched in $10 for a nice tip and walked home.
I was slightly disappointed not to find flowers in the kitchen when I walked in b/c I knew DH had stopped home before dinner to drop off his bag. Then he walked about of the bathroom with a gorgeous bouquet. We watched The Bachelor and Chicago Code and opened cards, but he refused to open his gift b/c the gift for me hadn't arrived...so our Vday is continued to Thursday, when we'll exchange gifts!
And although my gift is kind of crappy (Modern Family Season 1 on dvd since we originally said no gifts), I'm pumped about it. While we were watching tv we saw a commercial for it and he said "Man, that show looks so good, I really want to get into it but don't want to watch the previous seasons on YouTube" so hopefully he'll like the gift!
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I'm sorry Ashley
It's the worst when you're not on the same page... Scot and I are going through this phase right now trying to bring to light the handful of things we're not on the same page about, gets to be very emotional discussions, and you can't really 'blame' one another often. Most of the time I blame myself for not making my thoughts/opinion clear before I got upset.
Valentine's day really isn't our thing, but we usually have tried to make a nice dinner or something... this year was a total flop. Scot is really sick and I'm getting sick. We both were so tired yesterday evening we barely pulled ourselves off the couch to make pancakes for dinner (the easiest thing we could think of that we had on hand). I made a few into heart shapes. Then we drank tea with dinner to ease our sore throats.
We were all cuddled up on the couch together for most of the night, being all cute and sickly.
I LOVE the BYOB spots in Chicago. I so wish we had those in Columbus. Last time I was in town we went to a fantastic mexican spot (man, I wish I could remember the name, I think it was in Lincoln Park, it was like brand new last may) but ran by a CVS and picked up some GIANT Stellas and a few bottles of wine, then drank them up at dinner - turned into one amazing and cheap night out!!
Man, I think I need to go to Chicago soon
Aww Ashley I'm sorry to hear that! It sounds like it was a good night though, just that it didn't quite meet your expectations for the holiday. I know it's easier said than done (remember, I hit my rough patch around Christmas, so I know how it feels to be in two different books, let alone pages!) but my only advice is to stay focused on the good stuff. He did get you a card, he got you some of your fav candies to share together. You had dinner and champagne which sounds great! Hopefully venting it out here will help so it doesn't carry over to a fight - that's what I'm famousss for!
No trust me it did help and I thank you girls for it....I'm greatful, trust me it was a good valentines day....we've had a load of better ones so its not so important...it just was the first one as a married couple....the past ones have been so great that i just hoped for more out of this one LOL there's always next year
Thanks
we all need to feel better!
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Sorry to hear that Ashley. Keep in mind that he was probably quite pleased with himself for getting a card and remembering your favourite candy!
Our V-day was very low key, as usual. We picked up steak on the way home, Chris BBQ-d and we had a bottle of wine and watched Top Chef.
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TTC Since January 2011 - We have bad spermHmm, I want to figure out! We're always looking to try new places, especially BYOB. We save a lot of money that way!
You should come! I love Chicago! It's such a fun city!
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We did a fancy dinner one night last week so last night we just made dinner together and played Wii. Super romantic!
ETA: I did get a beautiful bouquet of flowers delivered at work! That will never get old!
We're usually not big on valentines day, so much to the point where Dave forgot Monday was valentines day.....thankfully he told me over the weekend that we're going out to RI to celebrate it this weekend.
If I hadn't known that I would have been REALLY p!ssed, and upset. Although it was slightly disappointing not to get a card or recognition. Granted he was really upset once he saw the card I left him and realized it as valentines day. *sigh* so yeah, a whole lotta nothing.
We spent most of the day traveling back from Florida - nothing says romance like hanging at the airport. We got home around 5, got some take out, and had a nice bottle of wine. And then I was falling asleep on the couch by 8 pm.
We're going out for a nice dinner on Thursday, though. We usually have a quiet valentine's day in and go out for dinner a different evening. So aside from the "fun" of traveling, it wasn't too different than usual. At least we got to spend the day together, even if the activity sucked. (It was really difficult leaving the 70 degree weather to come back here to freezing cold New England.)
I think it will always be hard to top our first V-Day together (which was last year), because that is the day he proposed to me.
We actually celebrated on Friday evening because we figured restaurants would be crazy last night. Also, Felix has been working late a lot so we didn't want to chance making plans for last night and then having to cancel them.
We went to a Japanese steakhouse for dinner and then ended up at a quaint family-owned little Italian restaurant for dessert and coffee. We sat at a little corner table in their martini bar because there was hardly anyone else in there (even though the dining area was packed). They had an Andrea Bocelli DVD playing and the lights nice and dim, so it was very romantic!
The next day we ended up going to a rescue shelter and getting a puppy! He was born on Nov. 26th (the day after Thanksgiving)--just one month and three days after we got married, so it will be very easy to remember how old he is! They said he's a pocket beagle, and he's white and light tan (which they also call lemon).
We had said no gifts for V-Day (just cards), but Felix did come home with flowers for me. :-)
Yeay for rescueing puppies!! What's his name going to be?? And can we get PIP?!
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Ditto! and I'm super jealous, I've been harassing my H for months to get a dog.
Oh and put up lots of pics!!!!!