Flowers and Soggy Cookies

Well, Valentines Day is coming up. I have always always wanted flowers, more then anything. It has always been my dream to get them. Finally, this year, I am getting some! I must say I’m ecstatic, especially because I’m getting them from someone special.
However, as much as I would love to, I won’t write a complete blog about how cool getting flowers is, as I don’t want to make people jealous. Haha. Well, not really, I think people would get bored, and stop reading! So this will not be purely about how awesome getting flowers is and how awesome and fantastic the person is.
A good friend, lets call her Sally, was someone I told how excited I was. Now she does have a special someone, lets call him Fred. However, Sally and Fred do not see the point in flowers, or Valentines Day. Sally said to me “What is the point of getting flowers? They cost a fortune, and then they just die.” Now, being relatively shocked and offended (not really), I replied defensively “It’s a tradition, and its romantic!”
Its true, flowers don’t last forever. I suppose the reason I get so excited about them, is that there something special. We send flowers on Valentines Day to show our feelings for one another. It’s meant to be a special thing. People don’t get flowers often, so when they do its meant to renew feelings and so on. I suppose I’ve always wanted to be part of that tradition. At least once.
It is just funny to see the differences between Sally and me. Myself, with my romantic views, and mushy comments that resemble the stuff you find at the bottom of your coffee cup after dunking cookies in there. In other words, highly soppy and mushy. It is lucky I find myself with someone very similar in the romantic and mush department. Highly lucky. I love little things, surprises, romantic things, notebook moments, all that jazz. Sally on the other hand. Well Sally and Fred laugh about me and, lets call him Bob. For Valentines Day, Sally doesn’t want flowers, and Fred doesn’t want to send them. Something about Valentines day being to commercialised and set. It’s a good point, but being a romantic like myself, I still love it. We have a lot of difference, Sally and I. She came shopping with me for Bob’s present, and decided it was nice, yet too romantic for her. Too soppy, and resembling the dredges of a soaked cookie. (not literally of course, My present isn’t going to be some soggy cookie in a box). Instead, she got Fred something a lot less romantic, but something he should like.
I suppose that’s it though, everyone has their differences. Not everyone likes Valentines day. Not everyone likes Easter. Not everyone likes, well actually im pretty sure everyone likes Christmas. But because of our different views and ways of doing things, we all celebrate holidays differently. Not everyone has to like Valentines Day. Just because I am obsessed with it and a complete romantic, doesn’t mean that Sally has to be. Sally can celebrate Valentines day by doing things completely un romantic, yet still spend time with Fred. I suppose that’s what Valentines is about. Getting closer to those you love or like, you care for. There I go getting soppy again. The truth is, there is no set way to celebrate Valentines. You can do it the traditional romantic way, or you can do what is most comfortable for you, or not do it at all. I find the most comfortable way the romantic way, cause it seems to suit. Not everyone else would agree.
But I suppose, if everyone agreed, florists would be millionaires by now.