Valentine's Day is one of those holidays where you can be really happy or really sad or I guess really mortified at the cost of things. Well, other then being a child and liking it, I was mostly a single gal and hated it until about 6 year's ago when I meet my hubby. So I guess I have turned into one of those people who like it and believe in it. I hated it before because I wasn't really participating in it (and it was a reminder that I was without that special someone) and of course, if you don't participate, the holiday would seem like a really meaningless day. I don't really buy into the "It's stupid, because it costs a lot of money thing." Because A) you can celebrate it on another day or B.) You don't have to break the bank. It's like all the other holidays really. You decide how much you want to participate and how much you want to pay. I like this holiday now because I feel like I am participating in the spirit in which it was created. With that spirit being doing some nice things and spending some quality time with your main person. It's really not about buying your loved one the most expensive present ever. We all lead very busy life's and sometimes it's really hard to take moments out of your day to show someone how much you really appreciate them. So if you find yourself planning a little more for one day out of the year I don't think that is a bad thing. I think, why are we not doing it more? I understand that Valentine's day can be wrought with overpriced dinners and expensive flowers and candies but I believe it really doesn't have to be about those commercial things. The reason I like Valentine's is because you get to spend the day with someone doing stuff that the both of you like to do. The hub and I's Valentine's Day's are not necessarily about the the flowers and the candy but rather its about doing things we both have interest in like eating breakfast together, like going to an art museum, like having lunch by the ocean, like walking along the beach, like taking a ride on a ferris wheel, like getting a message, like hanging out in a really cool french bar with cool retro music. Valentine's to me is having a "fun day" sometimes I call them "Breakfast at Tiffany's Days" with the person you like the most. That's Valentine's Day to me. It's a Do (for me).
When I was going to Michigan State University, my friends and I would always go to BW3's for hot wings. They always had a variety of flavored wings from Honey BBQ to steaming hot, hot, death wings. Wings and a beer were just the thing to satisfy a busy student's appetite. When we frequented BW3's it was a dive bar but by the time my brother graduated from MSU they swapped locations for a building across the street and turned the name to Buffalo Wild Wings and the restaurant became more like a chain thing. Well, color me shocked the other day when we went to the movies and I saw a Buffalo Wild Wings being built in the AMC Burbank 16 complex. Apparently, after looking on their website they are one of the fastest top 10 chains in the US. So of course I had to introduce the hubby to one of my favorite college treats. I don't think he is so much a fan of chicken wings so we got boneless chicken wings a.k.a. tasty little chicken chunks in two of the flavored sauc...
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