love thursday:
tokens of love
Like most gals, I love getting gifts.
P’s not the best at giving “real” gifts even on birthdays and holidays, but lucky for both of us, I love gifts the most when they are out of the blue and for no reason at all other than “I was thinking of you” like this seashell:
Because P remembers that “conchiglia” means “shell” in English…
Seashell…Mi-chelle…get it?
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
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tokens of love”
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What a sweetie!
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P certainly has his moments, Homebody 🙂
Cool association process he has going on there and I do love the shell too – very, very pretty!
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Well Jeni, he was helped a bit the first time around with the word association, but he’s remembered…that’s what counts, right? 😉
Happy Love Thursday Michelle!
P is so sweet and thoughtful.
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Thanks! And yes, P definitely gives thoughtful gifts when he gives them 😉
Mine’s not very good at gifts either.
P is sweet, I think he deserve a big ol smooch!
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Christina, I believe a big ol’ smooch was, indeed, offered 😉
Nice shell, nice guy! Did you guys eat what was inside?
Hah, we’re rustic, but we ain’t *that* rustic 😉 Actually there was nothing in it by the time he brought it to me (good choice on his part) 😉
P should get a big hug for that, so sweet. I love it when a gift comes out of the blue!! Mine is good at gifts, but not good at
keeping it secret..
Happy Love Thurday…:-)
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Yeah P isn’t good at keeping gifts secret…although neither am I. We tend to have very anti-climactic Christmases 😉
Happy Love Thursday, I love it when they make those connections with words in English.
I remember once – just before our wedding – my guy was impressed by the fact the *wife* rhymed with *life*.
Now after 12 years, I think he’s having second thoughts 😆
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Huh, wife and life…never noticed myself. Too funny about the second thoughts 😉
OMG that is just too precious for words! I’d love something like that more than all the riches in the world. Such a keeper, that P!
Agreed Nino 🙂
To think that everytime he sees a (Mi) shell, he will associate it with you… This could go on forever !
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It’s a good thing he’s not near the beach very often, huh?!
that is pure romance to me!! Way to go P!!
Agreed Enza 🙂
Those are the best kinds of gifts, the ones that come out of the blue and have some kind of meaning, evening if it is just a “thinking of you” kind of thing like you said. Mine does that too, every once in a while bringnig home a rose, etc. I really think Italian men are more romantic that way.
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Well at least *ours* certainly are…lucky us 🙂
beautiful
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Thanks Jennifer 🙂 Nice to “see” you!
That is so adorable!!
Happy Love Thursday!
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Same to you LuLu!
How beautiful, sweet and thoughtful!
I think so too, Abby; thanks for stopping by 🙂
These little exchanges just make me all warm and smiley. 🙂 I’ll just live vicariously through you for now.
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Happy to share Christina 🙂
My D is the same way, Michelle. In fact, for our first Christmas together after we were married, he gave me a shoebag! (And I don’t have many shoes to begin with).
But he IS good at little gestures and gifts like P provided. Especially gift/gestures. And that lets me know he’s thinking about me.
He’s told me he has trouble with the other type of gift because he wants it to be perfect. 😉
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Yeah P definitely has perfectionist tendencies too…I can see that being an obstacle. At least with these things, he knows I’ll love them 🙂 Lucky you then, too!
Aww,
So adorable. Cute and very thoughtful. e vero…it IS the thought that counts 🙂
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Agreed Robin 🙂
now, just hope he doesn’t flood your house by changing the course of a local ruSCELLo (very small river) in your honour 🙂
Very true Luigi. I also wouldn’t appreciate a miSCELa of benzina and oil, but that’s only b/c I’d have nothing to put it in 😉
When they come from the heart, then they are priceless. How lovely!!
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Yes, yes, from the heart! I knew you’d understand 😉
So the shell is nice and kind of romantic but personally I prefer the mushrooms! Lucky you.
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Yes the mushrooms are *much* more practical (and tasty) 😉
What a sweet post! The seashell was such a romantic and thoughtful present. I’m a sucker for romance. LOL!
P.S. I surfed in via BlogHer. What a wonderful blog you’ve got. I’ve got lots of catching up to do on the rest of your posts!
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So glad you found me C! Hope to see lots more of you around here 🙂
That is sweet and I agree that unexpected gifts are the best kind and so thoughtful.
Happy Love Thursday to you.
ps hope you didn’t think I was being a stinker about the mushrooms but oh I couldn’t resist to say how much I don’t like them.
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Oh not at all on the mushrooms! All opinions are welcome here at BE.com 😉
That is sweet. Much sweeter and more creative than the typical gift — although those are nice on occasion, too!
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Hey we take what we can get around here Susan 😉
How sweet! My name is Michelle, too, and my mom always used to sing the “She sells seashells by the seashore” tongue twister to me. 😉
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So cute Michelle! Thanks for coming by 🙂
Awww – sweet. Happy Love Thursday!
Same to you Shalet!
Awwww, So cute!!
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Thanks Marie 🙂
He must be a saint. Now you have him speaking in puns.
Now you have to teach him the she sells seashells thing…
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Well at least he humors me. Good idea on the seashells thing…maybe I’ll try that when my mom’s here 🙂
Aww. How sweet. Here’s a joke for you.
Costume party and P walks into the room with you piggybacked.
“What are you supposed to be?” someone asks.
“I’m P,” he says, “and this is “Mi-shell.” 😛
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Hah!!!!!!!! LOVE it!!!!!!!