Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts to Keep You in Love and Out of Hot Water

It’s late on Valentine’s Day, you’re coming home from work and you realize that a new package of vacuum cleaner bags or a can of lithium grease isn’t going to cut it as an intimate gift for that special someone. 

Here are a few ideas for the late V-Day shopper.

Flowers are going fast.  owner Penny Basso said the store ran out of roses but there are other flowers on hand.  Benicia Floral has three delivery vans going all day today with about 200 deliveries planned.   and both have flowers available but the quantities are limited.

You could crack open the laptop and r to your sweetheart from the entries published on Benicia Patch or you could go to and buy a book of love poems which you can read while on one knee in front of your loved one.  You get extra points if the kids are laughing at you while you read the poetry.

Need some candy too?  has See’s candy but forget about the pretty heart shaped box.  “We ran out of the heart shaped boxes over the weekend,” said Executive Director Nancy Martinez.  "Last year all our candy was gone by 1 p.m."

There are a lot of one pound boxes of nuts and chews and some decorative quarter pound boxes of chocolates too.  Don’t forget for your sweets needs.  You can get an assortment of tasty treats from chocolate dipped strawberries to chocolate truffles and jelly beans and get them wrapped in a pretty box your lover will love.