18 Things to Do For Valentine's Day
SINGLE LADIES EDITION !!
1. Make it a girl's day. Go out to lunch with your girlfriends, have a cup of coffee and chit-chat about boys, or do dinner with your other single gal pals. Valentine's Day shouldn't only be about couples - it should be about love of all kinds. And what better to celebrate than the love you have for your pals.
2. Organize a Secret Admirers Single Girl's gift session a' la Santa. Get a group of girls together and draw names out of a hat. Then deliver things like, chocolate, her fav movie, teddybears, or other special things that you know she'd like.
3. Forget what day it is. Hide the calendar, flip it to March, or just don't look. Valentine's Day is just like any other day. Just because Hallmark sells those cards with hearts on them for February 14, doesn't mean you have to participate.
4. Hang out with family. This seems to be a great retreat to any depressing occasion that you don't want to or can't partake in. Sitting on mom and dad's couch, for instance, will be so comforting. Top it off with a cup of cocoa and you'll just reminisce about the times you were young and could care less for Valentine's.
5. Have a party at your house! Invite your girls over for food, movies, music and dancing! Break out the karoke machine too- but to mix it up, suggest a theme for the party that everyone wear pink (or black if you've really caught the single awareness bug) and make a playlist with girl empowered songs!
6. Pig out. Go get your favorite snacks. Let yourself have all the things you usually feel guilty consuming, and this time, don't feel the least bit guilty.
7. Remember that being single is fabulous. Ahhh, it's the old age saying that single gals say to ourselves when we're home on Fridays dateless. But wait, being single IS fabulous! There's no lying there. Who wouldn't want the endless opportunities? The world is your oyster.
8. Make some cupcakes, cookies or a cake for yourself or for some girl friends.
9. Grab some single girl friends and go to dinner! Dress up all glamerous and go get something to eat. Don't hurry and tell all kinda guy stories that will make the table be all smiles, or make up a Valentines game and play for dessert!
1O. Since you aren't spending money on a guy, spend it on yourself. Treat yourself to a manicure, pedicure, or both!
11. Remind yourself that many couples are unhappy. Valentines, schmalentines - did you ever stop to think that a lot of these guys and girls out during the holiday may have lots of problems? Just because they're eating a meal together on February 14, doesn't mean they're happier than you. In fact, some are probably quite the opposite.
12. Eat some ice cream. No, it doesn't make you sad and pathetic. It makes you awesome because you can handle the sugar and you deserve it. And don't get some sugar-free sorbet. Get the really good stuff - cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, or anything that your stomach is grabbing for!
13. Read countless fashion magazines and strategize for your spring wardrobe.
You can make Valentine's Day a productive one by planning what you're going to wear when spring hits. It's only a month or so away!
14. Enjoy yourself. No matter what you do on this day - or any day for that matter - always enjoy yourself. You may not have that "other half" that attached people have, but does that mean your life is any less fabulous? No way. To each their own, and love your life.
15. Read a great book or watch a romance movie. One of my favorite movies is Slumdog millionaire.. Another is, The Time Traveller's Wife.
16. Throw a slumber party. Go back to the time in your life where you and our friends would giggle about boys, not cry about them. On Valentine's Day, get together with your BFFs and have some fun. From playing silly games like Truth or Dare to making s'mores, this will prove to be more fun than an awkward date with a guy you're lukewarm for.
17. Eat chocolate. It has been known to cheer women up, which is why so many of them turn to it during times of turmoil. Indulge in a box of truffles or a yummy candy bar.
18. Spend the day celebrating True Love. Not that junk they try to tell you will make you feel better- the real thing should be celebrated every day. Go find a couple that have been married for a long time (think twenty, thirty years) and ask for stories of how they met and when they got married. It will make you smile.
