I was walking around Wal-Mart this morning, buying some stuff for this weekend’s student retreat that Dani and I are helping to lead.  I saw a bunch of men standing around a giant display of flowers.  Overpriced, poor quality flowers.  I thought, “Valentine’s Day at its finest.”  Commercialed love – oh its is so amazing!  Most places double or triple their prices this weekend for flowers, knowing that men will drop the cash to get a not-so-original gift.  Restaurants raise prices on their dinners, even in the midst of a massive recession.  

I refuse to buy flowers this weekend.  It is aggregious.  Yes, you heard me…aggregious!  I gave Dani a creative gift and we went to dinner on Wednesday.  And it was a blast.   No flowers.

So my advice to others?  Suck it up, dudes, and be a little creative!  That or buy your flowers on January 31 or February 20th.  

The best thing to come out of the commercialism of this holiday (it actually started airing last year) is this commercial!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7EKT2GT6A

Happy Valentine’s Day.  And thanks for whoever put the chocolate monster truck on the porch of my apartment last night.  Yum!

-Scott