Valentines, Schmalentines

It's 2.30pm here and I've received nothing as yet. No flowers; just exchanging testy-bordering emails with Adam, who's volunteered us for all-and-sundry on the preschool committee. Not that I mind.... Anyway, I am relieved I have not received anything, because (for once) as per instruction I too have not done anything. Not even bought a card. BUT. Last night, when Adam was at said preschool committee meeting, I did decide to try out a new recipe and double up the sentiment as an early offering to the little Saint. It was a melt and mix cake. A damn expensive one. The chocolate component alone cost $10. It said "300g good quality chocolate", so I complied. At 10pm Adam walks in the door, sniffs the air and his eyes brighten like a hungry dog's. He tastes it and wrinkles up his nose, and sounding eerily similar to Andy from Little Britain declares, "I don't like it". As you'd expect at that hour, this was not what I was hoping to hear. I sampled the cake myself. And, much to my dismay, I had to agree with him. It was too bitter (dark chocolate). Something was really off. He said, "put it in the bin". Chortling like any miser at the suggestion I said, "Maybe it will taste better in the morning". Which it did, but still not enough. I might freeze it to crumble up to go on top of vanilla ice cream. That might do the trick. So, my valentines offering wasn't a great hit. How was everybody else's day?