The Key To My Simple Valentine's Day

In our house, Valentine's Day is a non- holiday.....a holiday invented by the greeting card companies that only makes singles feel bad about being single, and couples feel pressure to create that "perfect romantic evening".
I have long ago banned my husband from buying me overpriced flowers: I'd rather get surprised one day in June.  We may meet for lunch, but never go out for dinner where the menu has been inflated and the wait is too long. The expectations for the day are too high- and too many people are disappointed in the end.  We have long ago made a pact to only do cards or small tokens of affection. No pressure, no expectations, no disappointments.The same goes for the kids- who love waking up to a small surprise left on the kitchen table.

This year, we have just moved into a new home, so I decided to give the kids one of those decorative house keys you see at the big-box-do-it-yourself store.   Then it segued in my mind...the keys to our home- the keys to my heart. A quick Google search led me to printable Subway Art- I literally jumped on this train!

I found two printables "The Key To My Heart" for the girls, and a printable I fell in love with that I decided to print out for my husband. A trip to Walmart for discount frames and heart-shaped key-chains and I was almost done. This simple, inexpensive, gift was a hit! Top it off with chocolate croissants for breakfast, it almost made me believe in Valentine's Day.

                                                                   Google Image

                                                   Just Devine Style link "Key to my Heart"

                                                                   Subway Art printable

                                           Chocolate Croissants: refrigerated croissants rolled up
                                           with chocolate chips and sprinkled with powdered
                                           sugar- Yum!