February 14th

I've never really celebrated Valentines day, I didn't much see the point. Occasionally I like to celebrate it like they do in Japan (Which I learned came about as result of a translation error when they started celebrating Valentines in Japan), just for fun but that's all. It's come to my attention recently though, that Andrew does not seem to share my apathy for the holiday and tends to feel bad that he didn't get me anything no matter how many times I tell him I don't care. So I decided that if he wants to get me something, I'd best make the effort to do something for him too.

So on February 14th I braved Smith's on my way home from school. That store was pinker than a breast cancer awareness rally! There were balloons everywhere, flowers, chocolates (ok I didn't mind the chocolates) but really. There were men carrying DOZENS of balloons. I can think of only 2 possible reasons for this. They have absolutely crazy significant others, or they themselves are crazy. I quickly walked to the produce aisle to get my gift for Andrew before I gagged from all the cheesiness.

Problem was, they didn't have what I wanted in the produce section, or the whole store. I was looking for whole walnuts. Not because Andrew loves walnuts but because of a long standing inside joke. It was just just going to be something small to show him I care. But they didn't have any so instead I grabbed a box of Gushers that were on sale (because Andrew loves gushers).

Then I proceeded to write the best valentine ever written.

"Dear Andrew,
You may notice that this is a box of gushers and that it is for you. I could write something gut-wrenchingly smarmy like "I'm gushing with love for you" but I already hurled my lunch in aisle 17 of Smith's. The truth is, these were on sale and Smith's doesn't have walnuts which was my whole purpose in going there in the first place. So enjoy these gushers and know that I still love you walnuts, even if Smith's doesn't support that (probably because they aren't pink)."

Then I proceeded to lace the message with subliminal messages written in between the lines that said things like "You want to eat Thai food". =P I also tried to draw walnuts, but they looked like poo...so I called them "poonuts".

I think that is quite possibly the most fun I've had on Valentines day ever. =P