Nate and I made a deal not to get each other anything for Valentine's day, although he reneged, and has already given me a teddy bear that looks like a little devil--something I totally didn't need, but it was a nice gesture, and definitely reminds me of him. Also, it came with yummy chocolates. What could be better? Before that, I had decided to do something cute with his lunch, since I'd be packing it anyway. You can see that it came out sort of cute when it was fresh. It includes: spaghetti with marinara and heart-shaped meatballs; apple and carrot hearts; layered gelatin heart with Valentine candy corn. I packed it all yesterday evening and sent it to work with Nate this morning.
Long story short, he ended up coming home for lunch and brought said lunch with him. He admitted that he wasn't a big fan of the marinara because it was "too sweet." It also looked a little icky because the candy corn had absored water from the Jell-o and become a hot pink mess. He only ate about half of the spaghetti, and being the hungry girl that I am, I took his leftovers (yeah, yeah, no wonder I didn't lose any weight last week). I didn't get very far because the spaghetti was hot pink in places and tasted like strawberry. Apparently part of the Jell-o had melted and gotten into the spaghetti compartment. Yuck. So my "gift" was a bit of a flop, and I learned that, if you're going to pack Jell-o in a bento, pack it alone and cover the compartment.
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