I Suck At Valentine's Day

well, today is valentine's day.

i normally don't get excited for the day because i suck at valentine's day, but after yesterday's suggestion from my friend on a possible present (courtesy of hot jen), i was a little anxious to see karen's response. (see my post on giving valentine's presents). little did i know, karen did not get to see it until late tonight when the day was almost over. so that was somewhat of a drag.

but today wasn't all that bad. i got to have lunch with another friend (hot amy), who works near where i work. we ended up at an irish restaurant. the food was very good. unfortunately, the place was completely empty with the exception of the two of us. naturally, i thanked her for renting out the entire restaurant in honor of my birthday celebration. (she really didn't rent out the place. and even though my birthday was almost two months ago, we did celebrate my birthday.)

it was fun though. i had a good time. plus, hot amy treated for lunch... so how can i complain about free food? of course, it being valentine's day and all, i did feel a little guilty knowing hot amy would be treating me for lunch. so, i gave her a little something for valentine's day. since she likes jewelry so much (heaven help whoever actually ends up marrying her because that guy will inevitably be broke buying her jewelry), i gave her a ring... albeit, it was a ring pop, but i thought she'd get a kick out of it... especially when i labeled it as coming from her ex-boyfriend, joe, who she now kindly refers to as "dumbass".

later, i also had the pleasure of taking the mbta subway with hot amy and my other friend/coworker (carlos) after work. the instigator that i am, i had learned that hot amy and her bff (andrea) were having a valentine's date tonight at blue-22, which is the restaurant owned by my friend, garv. anyway, i must have kept referring to andrea and amy's date as a "hot date" because carlos asked me on the walk home from the train station if amy and andrea were actually dating, not that there was anything wrong with that.

naturally, i had a good laugh over it. (i sometimes wonder why hot amy and andrea remain my friend. in their defense, they are very good sports with the ribbing i give them). for the record, i did set carlos straight that hot amy and andrea were not dating each other and both liked the opposite sex. i can't say for certain, but i think he was relieved.

anyway, after that i went to pick up karen as we were going to my friends' place (marc and kelley). it being thursday, we were going to watch the new episode of "lost". yes, very romantic for valentine's day, i know. it was shortly after i picked up karen that i learned she had yet to watch the video i made for her. sad. she eventually saw it when we were at marc and kelley's and said it was very cute. i think she liked it. (so thank you hot jen for the idea!)

that's pretty much it for my exciting valentine's day.