Cheap Valentine's Stuff...

Personally, I hate St. Valentine's day. It's a cool concept like Christmas, but it got hijacked by a lot of people and now has a life of its own.

My personal beef comes from two sources. First, I've pretty much always been single on Valentine's day. My first real girlfriend and I broke up the day before Valentine's day. My sophomore year of college, a friend of mine said she'd be my girlfriend for just Valentine's day and that actually worked very well. I called her in the morning, we went out to dinner, we made out, then we had a big fight at about 11:15 at night and broke up.

My other beef is that it gives people an excuse to be lazy with their relationships. e.g., I've heard more than one girl tell me, "My psycho abusive boyfriend whom I haven't seen in five days even though he lives next door sent me an e-card."

I like to think of myself as a romantic. I used to send my wife flowers to work every few weeks and I'm a fan of watching whatever movie my significant other is into. (I also read poetry, (but painfully slowly,) and can cook.) I do other stuff, but I'm thinking about the homework I'm procrastinating on. I didn't do these things because it was a specific day, I did them because I thought she'd like to be a part of them.

As a student though, you're probably not wealthy enough to create amazing romantic overtures like having a four-piece string quartet wake your important other.

So, here's something cheap and fun you can do for Valentine's day on a budget and with little time.

1. Go to your local supermarket.
2. Buy a box of those Valentine's day cards you used to get in second grade. (This year I'm going with Power Rangers as that's all they had left.)
3. Write something nice in each of them.
4. Leave them somewhere where s/he'll find them. (If you can get into their house/room, that's great. If not, try putting one in each of his/her coat pockets and in different parts of her/his backpack.


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