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Matt and I just got back from our sumptuous V-Day dinner...

Hubby scored big time with presents. He spread them out throughout the day and just made it so special. I'm so lucky! I got pink/yellow tulips, variety Truffles in a black satin and red velvet heart box, a box of my favorite Godiiva assortment, a bag of Godiva coffee (which I sampled at the BX and is just to-die-for), a book of Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes (one of our specialties LOL... long story), and a card that was just PERFECT-ly me. I cried a little... sooo happy with him right now! =D I felt a little inadequate with my gift of a box of Japanese hand-crafted chocolates (6 for $10.00 though!) and a card. He doesn't seem to mind. ^_^

As for the dinner... I got a pink carnation and he got a box of chocolates at the door... the meal itself started off with individual shrimp and scallops appetizer in lemon garlic pepper sauce, then a salad of iceberg and romaine with walnuts, sliced strawberries, fresh ground black pepper, and a sweet vinaigrette... main course was perfectly tender medium rare chateaubriand with a brown 3-peppercorn sauce, vegetable medley including zucchini, carrots, cauliflower, and lima beans, and a flambed mashed potato rose... topped off with dessert of a heart-shaped chocolate cake with chocolate mousse in the middle DIPPED in a chocolate shell and with a peanut butter toffee sliver artfully arranged on top and raspberry and caramel sauce squiggled on the plate.... along with my 2 included glasses of wine... it was mmmm mmmmm good. Our waitress was perfect. Professional, but friendly. She even weighed in on our debate about the possibility of having a child and never getting a social security number for him and then later how would government handle the situation if he tried to get legal citizenship? I don't even know if that makes sense... or how we got on the subject. Basically, this has been a fantastic Valentine's. I'm floating on a cloud of commercial delight and I don't care. LOL.