Tuesday 4! Valentine's Day

Welcome to Tuesday 4. I am sure Toni would be so pleased you are here.

Hosted by Annie! 


Let's talk about St. Valentine's Day.

1. St Valentine paid for the weddings of poor girls. Today weddings can cost a fortune. What do you think about wedding expenses?  Well, my  mother worked long hours to provide beautiful handmade cake table skirts, and other decorations to defray costs.  I had a beautiful wedding and reception, but we cut corners here and there...for example, I opted to have a private wedding , inviting the very closest friends and family only.  That way we used th3 church flowers at the reception.  That saved quite a bit. Then invited everyone to a wonderful reception with heavy hor’doeurves.  We danced with an amazing pianist. Friends said my wedding was very memorable, and, of course, it was 1972, but it lost less than $3,000.  

 

    

In contrast in 2005, our daughter’s wedding cost $20,000.  And  we, mother’s did an amazing amount of work to cut costs. We made the pew decor, the table arrang-

ments, and some of the chapel flowers.  Go figure! 

2. Do you or did you send Valentines to people? I like to send Jacquie Lawson online greetings to friends and family.

3. Do you find Valentine's Day to be romantic?  I do.  Hubs always take us to dinner somewhere special, but not on Valentine’s Day.. we find the menu is too limited. He always sends me roses! 

4. Do you do anything special for Valentine's Day with partners or family?  I think I partly answered this!  I am sending valentines to our grands and daughter, plus a lovely box of candy to share! 

Happy Valentine's Day folks.