V-Day & Great White Sharks

Most girls care about Valentine's Day. Flowers, romantic dinners, gifts and bla bla bla ... 

I am not going to lie. I was very happy to get flowers yesterday morning. But not because it was V-Day, just because I love flowers. If I were given flowers once a month, I think my life would be pretty much perfect, and/or if I win the lottery. 

But out of curiosity, I googled top Valentine's Day gifts to see what I was missing out on by not celebrating V-Day, and here is what I found in the top 10: a heart-shaped waffle machine, a lucky bamboo plant trained to form two hearts, a 400 piece personalized jigsaw that features a heart- shaped puzzle, and best of all, "smitten mittens" so you can hold hands in the cold and literarily be attached at all times.

the SMITTEN MITTENS

I am not going to lie. I thought many of these presents were a bit cheesy, but I expected them to be since V-Day is cheesy. They made me laugh more than anything. However, here is something I didn't expect for Valentine's Day. 
Let me explain

I am going to South Africa next week with four equally crazy people, and of course shark diving was on our bucket list. We also want to paraglide, which is basically flying a non rigid aircraft with no engine.
Not sure we are coming back with all our limbs .. but we are sure going to have tons of fun. 

Being in charge of the shark diving, I went ahead and started the booking process. And that's when surprise struck me: every day of February was wide open aside February 14th! It made me wonder: perhaps shark diving should be added to that list of top Valentine's Day gifts ... or maybe some, very inventive and clever people, are really desperate to get rid of their significant other. 

What would be your reaction if your Valentine surprised you with a shark diving adventure to celebrate your love? What about those Smittens Mittens?

Personally, those Smitten Mittens would scare me more :-)

Me hopefully in about 8 days 

Until next time we meet ... Live, Love, Laugh & Travel 

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