The price of the card I bought for Jason? £3.
The price of the love heart cookie I hid in his backpack? £1.50.
The price of the snazzy dinner ingredients from Marks & Spencers? £15.
The price of the bottle of wine to go with dinner? £7.
The realisation that the wine is corked.. and we don't own a corkscrew?* Priceless.
*Never underestimate the power of a dinner fork, a screwdriver, two pairs of pliers and a strong set of teeth. It doesn't help the fact that we own no wine glasses, though!
Happy Valentines Day, folks! Anything eventful happen to you today?
I suck at corkscrews. I went through five in one year because I broke them all. I have learned that corkscrews are overrated when it comes to opening wine. Sounds like you learned the same lesson!
ReplyDeleteI don't own a corkscrew either, if that makes you feel any better. Hope you have a fantastic Valentine's Day!
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if this doesn't sound like unconventional problem solving i don't know what does. i just posted about clancy using a drill to core an apple the other day. so fitting ;)
ReplyDeletehope you two have a great vday together!!!
How can you not own a corkscrew? I find this impossible. I alone have three in my house.
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm in shock.
Happy Valentine's Day!
love screwcap bottles!
ReplyDeletebut last nights was a cork, so we had to dig ours out too
You need a Rabbit if you like wine. (And NOT the kind featured in a certain episode of Sex and the City!) My hubby is something of an oenophile (wine nut) and he swears by it. I am clueless at opening a wine bottle and they really do work great. That is funny though!
ReplyDeleteThe first bottle of wine R and I ever drank (we had to go buy a corkscrew) was consumed from ice cream sundae glasses. The scalloped edges made it challenging to drink.
ReplyDeleteI have a great corkscrew. It came with my way-too-expensive wine membership! Although it looks like a medieval torture device, it's the easiest thing in the world to use.
ReplyDeleteThis just proves how resourceful you guys are!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day, Aly!
Haha, you guys must have been quite the site. So cute though.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day! :)
hahah-- too funny
ReplyDeletejoining your love in a foreign country after a long time apart: priceless! :)
LOL!
ReplyDeleteOnly you.
Happy Valentine's day my lovely.
I solve this problem by not drinking wine!
ReplyDeleteLOL.
Been there, believe me! Last time it happened, I was at my sister's, the corkscrew was pish and we had three bottles of Blossom Hill so there was no chance the corkscrew was going to work in at least ONE of the bottles. We ended up phoning our mum, who told us to push the corkscrew INTO the bottle so we used the other end of a wooden spoon. Surprisingly effective - on all three bottles! :)
ReplyDeletehahaha...that's awesome. happy valentine's day!
ReplyDeleteA tried and true method for getting out a cork when you don't have a corkscrew is to find a screw -- like a wood screw -- and a screwdriver and drive it into the cork, then use a pliers or other tool to pull it out. Works like a charm. Hope your day kicked ass; ours is set to be mighty boring. :)
ReplyDeleteUm. Yes.
ReplyDeleteI MET HILARY CLINTON.
No joke!
Also, I've opened a wine bottle with a knife. It's difficult. Don't recommend it :)
ROTFL!!! :D Oh, my, hee hee. I'm sorry, Alynda, but I did laugh out loud at that one. Hee.
ReplyDeleteThe Hubby made me 2 (yes, two)custom CDs with lots of special songs.
Yes, I did cry.
The fact that you have, not one, but two sets of pliers is good enough for me.. Lol.
ReplyDeleteWho thinks to by pliers? Hee.
Good job Aly and Jase! :P
"Buy" NOT "by" ...
ReplyDeleteDon't wanna make a spelling mistake in front of a teacher ;)
Hmmm...no cooking spray or a corkscrew!? There's a bad joke in there somewhere... ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!
Oh, that's awesome.
ReplyDeleteI think I love you just a little more now.
I read this and thought, "How did you know the wine was corked if you didn't have a corkscrew/couldn't get it open?" I don't even DRINK wine, why the hell does the term 'corked' make me think of the technical meaning? I wish I was that smart the rest of the time.
ReplyDeleteI can't get past the 'oooh, lovers'
ReplyDelete*gaffaw*
My brother actually said that at my wedding during the first kiss. You can hear him on the tape. He was 28.
Sounds like a wonderful, if not frightfully expensive, night :)
We used to drink wine out of Mason jars because I kept breaking stemware....
ReplyDeleteThe big thrill for me yesterday was when Ron said not to block the driveway when I got home from work, because we were going to take Gretchen (our 1966 GMC pickup, which I love more than any other vehicle I've ever owned, but which we seldom drive because of the nasty environmental impact) to the pizzeria for dinner.
We don't really celebrate Valentine's Day so much, but I insist on being taken out for Chicago-style pizza when the Cubs' pitchers and catchers report to spring training ... which usually happens sometime around Valentine's Day. :)
I have 5 corkscrews and would be happy to mail you one if you'd like. Since you didn't have one, I say way to be creative!
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall there being a trick you can do with a spoon when you don't have a corkscrew. You force the cork inside the bottle, or something.
ReplyDeletehe he he. Love it.
ReplyDeletehahaha wow. kudos to you two for being resourceful about it though!
ReplyDeleteHow can you not own a corkscrew? Sacrilege! :)
ReplyDeleteYou'd be okay with having the wine in plastic cups as long as you can get the bottle itself open!
Well I'll have to tell you it all on my blog soon. Your v-day sounds perfect though. It's moments like those that you'll never forget.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you persevered and succeed! Atta girl!
ReplyDeleteI'm not great with math, but given how weak the dollar is right now, I think you spent about $4000 on Valentine's Day.
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