Thursday Thirteen

In honor of Valentine's Day this week, today's Thursday Thirteen is all about Valentine's Day and all things roses, candy, love and romance!

Thirteen things I love, normally receive from and give to my husband, find to be romantic and get excited about every year on Valentine's Day:

1. Traditional, long-stem, red roses
2. Double chocolate malt shop cupcakes with cherry-vanilla buttercream frosting
3. Sugar cookies with red & pink icing and heart-shapped decorations
4. Hershey's Kisses
5. Lobster with drawn butter sauce
6. A poem inside a beautiful card
7. Vueve Cliquot champagne
8. "I love you" text messages
9. Guirardelli chocolates
10. Stuffed "Sad Sam" animals
11. Chocolate-covered strawberries
12. Drawing hearts on the bathroom mirror
13. Fondue