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Valentine's Day demands tradition. Even if you give your Valentine a very individualized gift that you know she will love, you still want to add a small box of good chocolates or a bouquet of red and pink flowers to the mix so that you can benefit from the inherent romance that these symbols bring. Of course, these gifts come with a built-in pitfall: if you do them wrong, it will look like you didn't put any effort into buying the gift. To avoid this problem, make sure that everything you get is really high quality and individualized. If you're buying chocolates, make sure they're really good quality (Godiva and Scharffen Berger are both good, but something from a local chocolate store like The Chocolate Room in Brooklyn is even better), and make sure you get the kind of chocolate that your honey likes. And if you're giving flowers, avoid picking up a bunch of red roses at the market, since that obviously doesn't take much time or thought. Instead, mix the roses with other pink and red flowers like tulips, anemones, and peonies, or go to a good florist and splurge on one of the beautiful arrangements that they've already put together (like the one picture above, from everyone's favorite domestic diva). That way you'll get credit for giving a perfectly romantic Valentine's Day gift and for putting a lot of thought and caring into it as well.
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Are those CARNATIONS in that arrangement?? I am so disappointed in Martha...
Posted by: Cassie at February 8, 2006 04:11 PM
