Valentines Day, 2006
I spent the whole day preparing. I called her work, swore them to secrecy, and made them promise that she'd be finishing on time that day. Next, a visit to Lush, and a few bath bombs with rose petals in. Then the card shop, for confetti (little red hearts). The flower shop for fresh rose petals and a dozen red roses, with 2 yellow ones in the middle (for our 2nd Valentines Day together). Finally, Tesco's provided the strawberrys and chocolate sauce.Back home, I recovered the teddy bear from the garage, and moved the champagne from my beer fridge upstairs, where it had been keeping cold but hidden, to the normal fridge. The confetti and petals were scattered in a path from the front door to the bath, and the bathroom filled with scented candles. Half an hour before she's due back, the bath is run, and I spend the next 20 minutes getting the temperature just right. The champagne goes on ice in readyness.
When she came home, I deliberately stayed out of the way. A note on the living room door told her simply to go and have a bath, and relax. I gave her a few minutes to get comfortable, and then went up to her, with a bottle of champagne, two glasses, and a bowl of strawberries with chocolate dip on the side.
After her bath, we went downstairs, and I cooked dinner while she relaxed. Then we put on "Down With Love", the same film we watched on our first date. Then to bed, and a massage for her. The rest is censored.
We were finding little red confetti hearts around for house for months after that day.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, the new house is mostly wooden floors, so the vacuum cleaner isn't getting as much use as it used to. Today though, I had to empty the bag. And out came a huge load of little red love hearts. Great - now I'll be finding them all over *this* house too!
So Tracy, this is for you. If we'd broken up a month earlier (and things were definitely already over by then), the timings in this song would have been exactly right on Valentines Day 2007. Spooky, huh?
Song of the day: Brian McKnight - 6, 8, 12
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