{"id":6459,"date":"2012-02-07T12:43:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=6459"},"modified":"2012-02-07T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T16:43:34","slug":"gift-ideas-valentines-day-gift-ideas-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/gift-ideas-valentines-day-gift-ideas-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"GIFT IDEAS: VALENTINE&#039;S DAY GIFT IDEAS 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>VALENTINE&#8217;S DAY GIFT IDEAS 2012<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though we all know that I love Mr. X dearly, and I&#8217;m one of the most romantic girls in the world, we&#8217;ve somehow never been about Valentine&#8217;s Day gifts to each other.  Perhaps that&#8217;s because it comes so closely on the heels of first Chrismakkah, and then my January 14th birthday (which so many of my so-called friends forgot this year, even though I called off my party just a few days before, which means they should at least have been ready for it!)  How many more presents can one guy get for someone???<\/p>\n<p>But, as I&#8217;m kind-of a gift expert by now, many people ask me for help in this category.  What delights me most is when a giver thinks outside the box.  I&#8217;ve had a couple of pals over the years who do that, and it&#8217;s such a pleasure to be surprised with the different items they come up with.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s what I try to do here.  So, let&#8217;s get to some fun ideas for both sexes.  That Valentine&#8217;s love is for everyone, you know!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOOTWEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tecumseh Canada Boots and Moccasins<\/strong>\u2014for some reason, Mr. X usually gets me footwear for different holidays.  No, he doesn&#8217;t have a foot fetish; he just knows that I love shoes and I appreciate my man buying them for me.  So, if you&#8217;re a good mate, like he is, I have a romantic idea in that category, for both men and women.  And children, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/RAVENICUBSHBB-1.jpg\" title=\"RAVENICUBSHBB-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6475\" title=\"RAVENICUBSHBB-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/RAVENICUBSHBB-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The super-comfortable Tecumseh Canada boots and moccasins come from Canada, (duh,) where they know how to accommodate their wardrobe for winter, let me tell you!!!  I loved the Mukluks right away when I spied them at a recent Beverly Hills event, but, as someone who usually doesn&#8217;t wear fur, I was a tad concerned.  But then, I read this on their website: \u201cThe fur used on our boots and rabbit fur moccasins\u00a0do NOT come from endangered species, but from renewable, natural sources.\u201d  That comforted me right away.<\/p>\n<p>I was glad to have that knowledge because I really pictured myself rocking those hip boots!  They&#8217;re comfortable, warm and hip.  And Canadiens have assured me that they&#8217;re actually cool in the summer.  I don&#8217;t know how that happens, but I majored in fashion, not science.  (Actually, it was theatre, but you get my drift.)<\/p>\n<p>Something else to recommend them to Mr. X (and I&#8217;m sure, tons of others,) is that they&#8217;re actually made in North America, not Asia.  But mainly, shallow girls such as I really only care that they&#8217;re attractive and trendy.  Hence, a great gift!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tecumsehcanada.com\">www.tecumsehcanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SMART PHONE CASES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cellairis for Elle &amp; Blair Cases<\/strong>\u2014for people with iPhones and Blackberrys, having one of these fun, vibrant cases in which to house your phone is a godsend!  A pal was visiting from New York last week, and kept losing her phone.  Even in an airport ladies room!  Because they&#8217;re black, when you put them down somewhere, they&#8217;re in a black hole.  (And don&#8217;t even think of trying to find one in my dark furniture-ed house!)   Everyone needs a colorful case to be able to see them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/48-0040004R.png\" title=\"48-0040004R\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6463\" title=\"48-0040004R\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/48-0040004R-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Elle &amp; Blair feature so many different designs it will be hard to choose just one.  But they&#8217;re affordable enough to own several, to match different outfits.  (See the above gift to remember about my shallow-ness.)  For Valentine&#8217;s Day, though, they&#8217;re featuring a Limited Edition with a heart on red and white stripes, although I have seen several with others from their various collections with assorted hearts.  I like the Imperial, for princesses of all ages.  You just can&#8217;t go wrong, no matter which you choose.  (And they have manly designs, too.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cellairis.com\">www.cellairis.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEALTHFUL SWEETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Bars<\/strong>&#8211;for our very first Valentine&#8217;s Day, Mr. X gave me&#8230;a gym membership!!!  I was a tad disappointed; I was super-skinny at the time, but he pointed-out that I wasn&#8217;t strong enough.  As the years went on, I began to appreciate just how truly loving that gift was.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2weekoffer430_1.png\" title=\"2weekoffer430_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6467\" title=\"2weekoffer430_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2weekoffer430_1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Now that I want to lose weight, but haven&#8217;t been allowed to exercise for awhile because of my back issue, I realized that help in that category would be a supportive Valentine&#8217;s Day gift.  So, I came up with something easy, fun, and sweet, to boot.  I just wouldn&#8217;t recommend it for your first romantic holiday together, but, if you&#8217;ve been together awhile, and your loved one has expressed an interest in losing weight, this is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Full Bar is weight loss bars that are filling and come in tons of delicious flavors.  Mr. X, who actually needs to gain weight, wound-up eating all of my Double Chocolate ones and didn&#8217;t even know they were diet bars!   He loved them!<\/p>\n<p>Then, one recent day, I came home from a supposedly hip new restaurant.  The food was dreadful (look-out for the review soon,) and I was starving.  I was about to devour whatever crap I could find in the house, and was worried about the hunger I&#8217;d feel that night.  I decided to try a Full Bar instead, for the first time, and&#8230;actually loved it!  It was Chocolate Peanut Butter and actually tasted like a (much better) Rice Crispies Treat!  So, Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day to myself!<\/p>\n<p>[Note:  I&#8217;ll let you know how they worked for me, down the line, but I have high hopes.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullbar.com\">www.fullbar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HAIR CARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Angelo David Hair Care<\/strong>\u2014on one of my New York trips last year, I had my hair done at the Angelo David Salon near Grand Central Station.   I recently noticed that they have their own line of hair care products, so I can help my own tresses at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/timthumb.jpg\" title=\"timthumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6469\" title=\"timthumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/timthumb-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>I tried one of their paddle brushes on my long, luxurious locks.  (I&#8217;m not being obnoxious; I just love using that alliteration, and there&#8217;s not much call for it otherwise.)  It works great and looks much classier than my other hair care supplies.<\/p>\n<p>If just a brush is not enough of a gift for you, why not pair it with their brand new Premier Volume Spray?  Stylists always tell me that I have enough hair for ten people, so I don&#8217;t really need any more volume, but I understand it&#8217;s great for styling, as well, so I want to give it a shot.  (Are you listening, Mr. X?)<\/p>\n<p>And, having just lost a dear friend to lupus, I appreciate that one dollar from every product sold will go to www.lupus.org.  (I believe there&#8217;s more info on that project on their website, so look for it when you&#8217;re ordering.)<\/p>\n<p>So, show your girl (or guy) you know, (or at least think,) her tresses are natural, and donate to a great cause as well.  That will definitely show love, on multiple levels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelodavid.com\">www.angelodavid.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALENTINE&#8217;S DAY GIFT IDEAS 2012 &nbsp; Even though we all know that I love Mr. X dearly, and I&#8217;m one of the most romantic girls in the world, we&#8217;ve somehow never been about Valentine&#8217;s Day gifts to each other. Perhaps that&#8217;s because it comes so closely on the heels of first Chrismakkah, and then my<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/gift-ideas-valentines-day-gift-ideas-2012\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-great-products-old-and-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}