My Valentines Day Delight

I am a true romantic.

I love candles, flowers, snuggling up to watch a movie and holding hands. I also love the butterflies in my stomach when I see my loved one, sharing loved-up glances and anticipating my breath being taken away by a surprise gift or night out.

In true romantic style though, often the reality is quite different. So this year, rather than feel sad that I don't have a love in my life at the moment, I am going to continue my positive thinking and reflect on my past relationships where:

• I never did get flowers
• My snuggle partner for movies tended to be my dog
• The butterflies were usually nerves waiting to find out what mood to expect
• We rarely went out together
• I can't actually remember getting any gifts 

I have two major Valentines Day disasters: one was travelling to Exeter for a weekend away which began with "we need to talk". The second was a wonderful planned (by myself) evening in for two where my guest turned up "steaming" at 2am.

So this year, I will do something radically different. I will buy the flowers I like, with a home cooked candlelit meal followed by a movie of my choice, likely to be of the Johnny Depp variety - a toss up between Secret Window (ooh) and Finding Neverland (arr). A lot will depend on my mood at the end of the day.

To everyone with a loved one, good luck I truly hope you have an enjoyable evening.
To those without a special someone for now, so what? Make the most of it, don't have any regrets just enjoy the evening doing what you want to do.

"Some day, someone will walk into your life and make you realise why it never worked out with anyone else."

Happy valentine's day!
Karen x