This weekend marks one of the most hated and beloved holidays of the year: Singles Awareness Day (or some know it as Valentine’s Day). For some, it is a great day for couples to buy each other gifts and expensive dinners to showcase their love for each other. For others, it’s a reminder that they have no one to buy them gifts, and that they’ve been single for too long and will probably be forever alone. After you realize that you won’t be getting a Valentine’s card garnished with candy from all of your classmates, realize that there are many other ways to spoil your most important valentine: you.
Let’s face it, Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday, so why not take advantage of it? If you walk into Wal-Mart or Target, they dedicate aisles to Valentine’s Day as soon as the New Year begins. One pound bags of your favorite candies are all two for one, so buy a few for your next get together or a late nights at Hayden Library. You can even buy a pack of 20 Valentine’s cards and give them to friends and study buddies. No one is going to say no to a High School Musical card with a Tootsie Pop taped to the back. Feb. 15 is arguably the second best day of the year to buy chocolate dirt cheap, second only to the day after Halloween. You can buy good quality chocolates in heart shaped boxes to remind yourself just how much you mean to yourself.
Starting at the beginning of February, many different restaurants have two for one Valentine’s Day specials with dessert included. You and a friend can enjoy a meal for half the price, or you can just eat twice as much food by yourself. Sharing molten chocolate cake is already hard enough as it is. Being single on Valentine’s Day can be one of the best things, so you can really take care of numero uno.
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