Your Valentines day traditions?

[MadMadge43]

Single or not, I boycott and celebrating Arizona Statehood day instead. (that's right February 14, 1912).

BF does usually send me flowers to work, but after 5 years it's not really important anymore.

[Lunadiana75]

I celebrate February 15th, half priced chocolate day.

[ShadesOfGrey]

Even when I have been in a relationship, I still hate VDay. There is just something wrong with the whole concept. Why should anyone be told by a national "holiday" to do something nice and romantic for their sweetie? Those things should just come naturally and be done throughout the year. No one should need the world to tell them of a specific day set aside to do all this, there is something wrong with their relationship if that is so.

Kingsrings, have you met my DBF? You two would make a lovely couple... 

[Bijou]

I buy myself a bouquet of flowers.

I got in the habit of this about 15 years ago.  My mother's long time boyfriend died in January, so for Valentine's Day, I sent her a mixed bouquet, and, since I wasn't dating anyone at the time, I picked up a bunch for myself.  I thought about it afterwards and realized that I've never received anything for Valentine's Day even when I was dating someone.  This probably contributes to why I no longer date.

I can get my own darn flowers, thank you very much.   

I never get anything for Valentines day and only give something to my grandkids (I used to give to my kids when they were little). 
I think of it as a child's holiday, but I hate the valentine exchanges they used to do at school.  Talk about a popularity contest and a way to point out that some poor kid had few, if any, friends.  Bless those parents who were sensitive enough to make sure their kids brought one in for every classmate. 

[Heavenly]

Bless those parents who were sensitive enough to make sure their kids brought one in for every classmate.

In the Squeek's class you must bring one for every student (it has been thus ever since she started school).  In fact, the child only signs their names to the cards and they aren't addressed to any one child.  I can't believe they are doing any other way elsewhere...that is just cruel.

[RoseRose]

Bless those parents who were sensitive enough to make sure their kids brought one in for every classmate.

In the Squeek's class you must bring one for every student (it has been thus ever since she started school).  In fact, the child only signs their names to the cards and they aren't addressed to any one child.  I can't believe they are doing any other way elsewhere...that is just cruel.

They did the same when I was in elementary school, although parents (kids in the upper grades) were given class lists, and names were written.

[Cupcake Fiend]

Things 1 & 2 are in nursery school, and we got class lists with all the other kids' names on them.  We can choose to send valentines in for all the kids, or for none of the kids.

We chose all.

In Thing 1's class they are working on name recognition -- he can recognize the printed names of most of his class.  Little things like the Valentines are good practice for that, as the teacher is going to have the children pass them out to their classmates themselves.

[AdakAK]

I celebrate February 15th, half priced chocolate day.

That is officially known here as Between Day.  It's the day between Valentine's Day and my birthday.  It's when you buy birthday chocolates!

When I was very lucky, I lived near a Dairy Queen with ice cream cakes.  Sometimes those would be 1/2 price if they were heart shaped or valentine-ish.

Susan

[Rei-chan]

DH and I do something different every year, and this year we are going out to our favorite Indian restaurant (which is out of the way and never crowded, even on VD), then home to watch LOST and enjoy the goodie basket one of the interns at DH's job made for all the docs (and sent one to DH as well). 

(Yes, I have already written a Thank You note, and DH will deliver it tomorrow!   )

[Pixie]

Hubby and I don't really have any traditions, as its so rare that he's home for Valentine's Day.  We actually prefer to ignore it.   Although I still fondly remember our first Valentine's Day when he surprised me with flowers out of the blue.   THAT was sweet!   Then he proposed a month later!  But after 20 years, its not so important to GET stuff, we're just happy to be with each other.