This entry is pretty late, but here are the presents my boyfriend got me for Valentine's Day:

At the Jack of All Trades Market, there was a bag that I really liked, but when I asked the vendor how much it was, she said it was $120. Way out of my price range. I was kind of disappointed, but I didn't think much of it I guess. Later, my boyfriend asked me how much I liked that bag... Turns out he drove back to Oakland and got it for me! Since he asked me, I figured he had gotten it, but I thought he just ordered it or maybe secretly bought it when we were at the market. (Oakland is ~40 minutes away from us by car, for reference. Not exactly around the corner!)

He also bought me a box of chocolates from the market!

They were made by a local person and came in two flavors. The heart-shaped ones are passionfruit caramel, and the crescent ones, which I ate all up, were cookie crunch (speculoos).

The gifts were very nice, but when he gave them to me he kind of just handed them to me, like "here, I got you stuff." He feels like I don't appreciate his gifts, because although he buys expensive things (which I don't ask for and have repeatedly told him I don't need o_o), his presentation isn't great... I mean it's nice to get things, but it detracts from the experience if the stuff just gets shoved into your hands and then the gift-giver stands there and stares at you expectantly. He often tells me what he's getting me beforehand too, so it's hard for me to feel excited with anticipation, because I know far in advance what the gift is.

This kind of used to happen with my ex. It would take him ~7 hours to drive to my house from down south, and I would be really excited for the first two hours or so. Then the night would drag on and I would get kind of tired and the excitement would wear off, so that by the time he actually showed up, I didn't seem to care much, and he would feel disappointed by my reaction.

Maybe some people can sustain feelings of excitement for a long time, but I can't. :/ Not if I know exactly what will happen, anyway. I think there has to be at least some surprise or unknown involved, and that's what the actual exciting part is.

Anyway, some other pictures...

Someone wrote on a wall.


I think this person tried to remove their bumper sticker, which seems ironic.


Cici doing her thing, being cute.


Romeo hanging out on the rope perch the vet gave me. He doesn't really come out of the cage anymore, for some reason. :\

He used to come out all the time, even when he was supposed to be sleeping. Now, if I take him out, he just goes right back into the cage... I guess he seems healthy, at least.

That's a super cute bag! But wow, $120 seems a bit much for it. Was it hand sewn?

My boyfriend and I tend to tell each other what we want or sometimes we'll just make lists of possible gift ideas so there's still a surprise element to it.

As for being excited, I just push whatever event or gift it is to the back of my mind. Like I booked tickets to San Diego for next week to see my boyfriend but I haven't really thought about it since I booked the tickets on the 13th. That way, when I finally get to see him, I'm way more excited that I would have been if I had been planning the entire time.
» thisdisease on 2014-02-28 05:47:22

The bag looks really neat and the chocolates look super yummy. Romeo looks like he's trying to pose, even though he won't come out of the cage.

re: the buses really aren't that bad here; I'm just not a fan of taking the bus alone. If I'm with someone I'm usually okay.
» LostSoul13 on 2014-03-02 09:25:12

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