As I walked up the steps this afternoon, I saw a package sitting by the front door. "Hmm," thought I, "those books I ordered from QPB the other day sure got here fast!" I picked up the box on my way in the house and opened it.

Lo and behold, it was a St. Valentine's gift from madame_urushiol!



Just look at all that lovely lovely stuff inside: a cute little sweetheart birdie, a fluffy little bear ornament, a brass heart-shaped cookie cutter with recipe attached, an enormous all day lollipop (cherry-flavored!), sparkly stickers, candy hearts, and ummm, no, there's no chocolate in here. None at all. Especially not a yummy caramel heart. Nuh-uh. Nope. No chocolate.

Thank you, my friend! What an unexpected and delightful way to end the day!

So, anyway, I made it through the day without biting anyone's head off. Not even the parent of that whiny child driving everyone in the office crazy. I even ventured into BX forumland and came away relatively good-natured and unscathed.

Good things: CSI will be on in a few minutes. Tomorrow is payday, and spouse is on his way home. Maybe he'll pick up on the "buy chocolate" vibes I'm sending out.