Last night we celebrated Valentine’s Day alone. Both the kids were tired from all of that partying yesterday (and the crying) so we put them to bed a little early. I worked on dinner and getting our table set for our meal while Ryan got the kids all ready for bed. A table set for two with white plates, white napkins and one white candle. To bring in the red was a red tablecloth for the holiday.
The meal was a simple one- Linguine with White Clam Sauce, Italian Bread (with olive oil for dipping), and bakery cupcakes for dessert. Just in case you thought I was not romantic enough (or cheesy enough) a playlist of 55 love songs was cued and ready to go for when our dinner was served. Who could enjoy a meal like this without a little Marvin Gaye, U2, Maroon 5, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Nat King Cole, Norah Jones, or Frank Sinatra? Did I mention we have eclectic taste in music?
Once our delicious meal was all finished, we finished off the evening with a game of Scrabble. Isn’t Scrabble just the best way to say, “I love you….” I mean, you could even spell it out for your spouse, if you were that cheesy. Which I thought about, then I realized that was a little too much. But if you wanted to be that cheesy, it is totally cool too.
Oh, and in case you were worried, I did save the bottle of wine until my husband got home. It was tough, but I figured he would notice. One bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay to round the meal out. Yummy!
Money Spent: Approximately $10- what a deal!
Sound Off: What did you do for Valentine’s Day? Feel free to share a link to your blog if you shared on there!
So nice, Amy! Just curious–why 55 songs? Want to burn me a copy of that one, too? =)
My husband dropped our son off at one of the women’s dorms for an hour so we could have dinner alone, too. I made our favorite stir-fry–delicious. No pix, though. We had heart-shaped muffins for breakfast, too.
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Ha, trust me…no symbolism on the number. It was the amount I could find from our music collection. I will have to burn that for you for the next sister swap…just make sure to rig us as partners
Sounds like your day was great too!!
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Lovely dinner ~ what a gourmet meal!!
I tried to be all creative making different Valentine’s for hubby, but what he did way outdid any of my valentines!! If you want to read, you can check it out:
http://blessedfemininity.blogspot.com/2008/02/valentines-day-update.html.
Lovin’ your site!
Blessings,
Katie
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Awesome!!!! Sounds like you2 had a great time. We are celebrating going to our favorite restaurant. We went there on our first date (over 11 years ago). My Mom’s b’day was yesterday, so I cooked dinner and made her cake and we all celebrated with her!!! Blessings!!!!!
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Amy,
Your dinner idea sounds wonderful. We were sick here so no exciting plans. I’m impressed you saved the wine! Heather
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Looks like fun! It’s nice to celebrate at home. This year we involved the kids and had a wonderful time with fondue!
http://loriafamilydialogues.blogspot.com/2008/02/sugar-pie-honey-bunch.html
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It sounds like you had a really nice evening. We still haven’t had our Valentine’s dinner, we planned a night out. I’m still a walking cough machine, so we’re taking a rain check. I love your menu. It sounds very italian and omantic!
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