No Flowers For My Man!

Last week, I walked into the room at my work where we were going to have a meeting. One of my coworkers blurted out (in front of everyone there) and asked me the most ridiculous question I have been asked in a long time. He asked me rather loudly, "Suzanne, are you buying your husband flowers for Valentines day?"

My reply....without putting any thought into the answer and how I said it was.....

"That would be a NO........he would not think too much of a gift like that....."  

Do you think ANYONE in that room commented in any way....no.....the room was as quiet as a tomb and most of the men were looking at their shoes.  I wondered what the heck I had just walked into at that very moment...must have been an argument of some sort and I happened to walk in and the answer was thrown my way as if I was going to confirm this ridiculous idea one way or the other...I have a feeling it must not have been the outcome someone was looking for.... shrugs shoulders here. Don't ask me a  question if you don't want the truth. Truth.

No one asked me what KIND of gift my husband might appreciate. Not A Single Person. Nope, just a room of  mind blowing silence.  Oh, well, my manly man would much rather have something a lot more practical....like beer, beef jersey and chocolate....and not in that order.

I saw something similar at one of our grocery stores in town this week. They had taken beer and placed it with some snacks in a bucket. Cute idea, six pack of beer, beer nuts, jerky, and a bow and for the bargain of a price too, $35.00 and $45.00......woah....are you kidding! I mean, he might be worth it, but my thrifty self could not pay it.

What to do??? Well, I made my own. Purchased the beer at the grocery store along with some snacks, Pretzels shaped as hearts, beef jerky, chocolate bar, little box of chocolates. The filling and stickers and decorations came from Dollar Tree. .I tied a large red ribbon around the whole thing, printed out my little message and put it all together. I will add a card to it right before he gets home.  Simple. Easy.....and when I say easy...folks, I did not even get the glue gun out. Tape. shhhh.....I said tape!

How perfect for this gift.....Heartzels!!! Love!!!

I also made one more, this one has a BIG can of beer and lots more chocolate and snacks. Gathered it all up and found a camo red little bucket to put it all in. The person this one is for happens to love chocolate and beer....and maybe not in that order. 

Just a few minutes, a few stickers and do-dads and a little creative juices....here is my real Man's Valentine Gift.... Total cost for both of these baskets....around $14.00. Not bad and ANYONE can do something like this. Just personalize it for your loved one. Genius? No. Easy? Yes. And trust me, it will be appreciated.

How to save your candleholders when the candle wax melts

This is probably the most random post I have done in a while...but I have been super busy lately, and blogging or inspiration has been few and far between. Hopefully, there will be some kind of improvement soon....

I love candles. For years, I'd toss the candle holder once the candle was used up and the wax was stuck all over the sides of the glass container. Somewhere along the way, I read about how to save my glass candle holders.....and friends, let me say it works like a charm.

Here is an example of the candles that will ruin the candle holders once it melts.....I should have taken better pictures, but I think you will get the just of what I mean here.

Now, once the candle is stuck to the glass, it is hard as heck to remove...thus I always tossed mine in the trash or recycle bin.

See how the wax is all over the bottom and side...well, take this and place it in your freezer for about a half hour. This is what it looked like when I took it out of the freezer....

...this is how it looks once the wax POPS out of the glass holder. Never fails to come out once it is frozen, and works every time. Especially works really well on the tall glass cylinder candle holders too. Once the wax pops out, wash and dry and it is good as new!  I don't know if you have known this tip or not, but I figure it might be new to someone out there!! I know....very random.....but it is good useless bit of knowledge!!!