Last year I posted about a Valentine's Day memory so I thought it would be fun to write about something that happened this year on Valentine's Day. I've mentioned that I am in a painting class at MSSU. A few days before Valentine's Day, the class was discussing what would be appropriate Valentine's gifts to or from our partners. About half of the class is middle aged, and the rest of the class is young 20s and they ask a lot of questions about what people do/don't do for our spouses. The lone man in the class explained that his wife would hate flowers or chocolates as a Valentine's day gift, she always expects a shirt or an article of clothing that she can wear to work. I told the group that I bought my husband flowers last week to cheer him up when he was having a bad day, and he would love a little candy or really any gift would make him happy. Other people said that flowers were the worst because they are a waste of money. I remembered the GIANT stuffed animals I had noticed at Wal-Mart in January and I said how much I would love the giant sloth or the llama or even the flamingo. I didn't need one, but I LOVED them so much that I took pictures of them because they made me so happy. Emilie, a girl in the class said: "We should buy those giant stuffed animals for each other, I really really want the giant sloth!!" I told her I wanted it too but I would be happy with any of them because they were all so cute! Fast foward to Valentine's Day. In my final class of the afternoon, I got a special delivery. A stuffed koala, a reesie's heart, a plant and a card which read: "It's not the giant sloth but at least its not a shirt!" I died laughing. The students in my class were curious about where the gift came from, so I told them it was from my husband. After my art club that day, I rushed to Wal-Mart in search of the giant animals, I just HAD to get one for Emilie...who was also having her 21st birthday a few days after Valentine's day. The entire store was getting remodeled so everything was moved around. Annoyingly, I searched everywhere....and finally found a decent-sized sloth amongst the Valentine's Seasonal isle, which was thoroughly picked through. I grabbed a bunch of candy and went in search of the perfect shirt. I found a grey and white striped shirt on clearance for $3. Perfect. Then, I raced all the way across town (from 7th street Wal-Mart to the Olive Garden). I knew Emilie would be working as it was Valentine's day and the place was PACKED. I laughingly delivered her plush sloth, the candy and the shirt and we both giggled at the funny valentine we had celebrated just for fun.
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