Valentine’s Day

Some ideas on Valentine’s Day manners from Fox 25 Morning News:
http://www.myfoxboston.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=7885

Valentine’s Day manners: Love & etiquette: MyFoxBOSTON.com

Yes, I agree that even if I say I don’t want anything, I am actually saying, “Honey, it’s okay not to give me the roses at $1000 on Valentine’s Day. However, if you can at least get me one rose, that will be SO great.” I mean, I appreciate if my honey takes time to do something for me. Even I know that Charles is not a shopping person, if he can get something at home and transformed it into something romantic, I think it’s still a very good idea. Just to be careful that I hope I don’t have to remind him to get me something when “big days” approach. Too bad, most men are not very sensitive in that. I guess that’s why the companies out there are pushing things very hard. After all, it’s also about consumption and money.

Happy New Year, continued

Everybody seems to be out-of-town for the new year weekend. Charles and I got lots of room when we were at the dancing floor last night. The church wasn’t as full as usual this morning. There are also lots of parking spaces every where we went.

Except the shopping mall.

In fact, when we got to the shopping mall, we were surprised to see all the shopping carts were gone at the entrance. At Target, there weren’t any shopping carts available; at Stop ‘n’ Shop, none. That is a sign of many shoppers are doing their post-holiday shopping. Charles said it’s coz most people are out of food after the holidays. At the same, I would say, this is capitalism. It’s all about buying and purchasing. We ended up buying a few things in the mall. And I felt so exhausted just to shop around.

It’s happy to get what we need. At the same time, I need a happy new year nap after we got home.