Category: Valentines Day

7 Ways to Celebrate the Women in Your Life On Galentine’s Day

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Everyone has heard of Valentine’s Day, but have you heard of Galentine’s Day? It is a non official holiday, celebrated on February 13th. It originally started as an episode of the TV series, Parks and Rec. The episode, called Galentine’s Day, is from season 2 and is the 16th episode in the series. Since the episode aired, the idea for a day to celebrate female friendships began to take off. This resulted in the unofficial holiday Galentine’s Day that we have today.

No matter if you are a fan of Parks and Rec or want to celebrate your female friends, February 13th is a great way to do it. If you are struggling to think of presents or ways of celebrating the women in your life, here are seven ideas that could give you the inspiration you need! Continue reading “7 Ways to Celebrate the Women in Your Life On Galentine’s Day” →

5 Romance Novels (and Series) to Read on Valentine’s Day

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Watching romantic movies are a great way to spend Valentine’s Day, but if you prefer to read, there are plenty of books to choose from! Even though there are many books to choose from, here are five romance novels, and even a series, to read this Valentine’s Day. Continue reading “5 Romance Novels (and Series) to Read on Valentine’s Day” →

5 Fashion Ideas to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is a day when people love to celebrate love and all things romantic. If you want to add an extra touch to your celebration, why not dress the part? There are obvious ways of dressing for Valentine’s Day and there are more subtle ways. I compiled a list of five fashion ideas to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Some make it more obvious you are celebrating Valentine’s Day than others. Yet, I think there is fashion inspiration for everyone! Continue reading “5 Fashion Ideas to Celebrate Valentine’s Day” →

Favorite High End Candy and Sweets Gift Sets for Valentine’s Day 2023

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I will not lie, I struggled thinking of post ideas for Valentine’s Day. It’s not that I didn’t have ideas. I do. I just couldn’t write them fast enough to post! One of the alternative ideas I had was to share my favorite high end candy and sweets gift sets that are available for purchase for Valentine’s Day 2023.

The gift sets on this list can be purchased a high end retailers or department stores with a target demographic with a higher income salary. I sometimes get emails from some of the stores mentioned in this post, which is why I began to search for gift sets I would like to talk about in a post! Some of the brands are not brands I personally eat due to allergies (I’m talking about Sugarfina), but their gift sets look very nice. So, I decided to include them in this post anyway. Continue reading “Favorite High End Candy and Sweets Gift Sets for Valentine’s Day 2023” →

5 Romantic Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is a great time to watch romanic movies. No matter if you are watching them alone or with someone special, here are five romance movies I recommend to watch on Valentine’s Day. Continue reading “5 Romantic Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day” →

Thoughts on Romance Novels and Keeping a Realistic Perspective On Love as a Teen

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Many years ago, Taylor Swift was asked in an interview about why she wrote so many romantic songs as a teenager. In her response, she mentioned that she read too many romance novels at that time and didn’t have a realistic perspective on love.

When I heard that, I felt conflicted. I am not everyone, but I thought there were more teenage girls that knew that romance novels are not real life. Real love isn’t always as dreamy as a romance novel. When I was in high school, I saw too many of my female classmate that read romance novels and began pursue relationships based off it. Since they dated boys from our high school, I also got to hear about the gossip and rumors about what the relationship actually was like. Sometimes, I would even get to see how volatile the relationship would be.

This is also why I didn’t want to date anyone from my high school. I was able to graduate without dating anyone, which I felt conflicted about. Today, I am happy I decided to do this. The reason is because out of all the girls in the school, I seemed to emit the most hopeless romanic aura to the boys. Since there were many boys in my high school that wanted to date girls like me because we were the easiest to be with. We wanted to find “The One” and keep him for the rest of our lives. The sad thing is the girls in my high school also wouldn’t say no to doing things they shouldn’t have. Some did this because they wanted to. Some did it in order to keep their boyfriend’s attention and to make sure they don’t leave them. Continue reading “Thoughts on Romance Novels and Keeping a Realistic Perspective On Love as a Teen” →

5 Budget Friendly Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

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Valentine’s Day is the most popular day to show someone you care about how much they mean to you. Even though people don’t want to hold back in showering someone with gifts, it isn’t always the wisest, budget friendly decision. Even though finances are tight this year, consider showing that special someone with these five budget friendly gifts. Continue reading “5 Budget Friendly Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas” →

6 Tips for Celebrating Valentine’s Day Alone

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I have celebrated many Valentine’s Day alone. Some have been easier to celebrate than others. Today, I know I spent all those Valentine’s Days alone for a good reason: To learn more about myself and what kind of love I’m looking for.

In the lead up to Valentine’s Day, I decided to write posts about relationships and love. Not just love from a stand point of couples, but love of others, self, and for anything that makes someone feel happy. For this post, I wanted to talk about six tips for celebrate Valentine’s Day alone. I want this post to be optimistic, so I tried to write every tip from the stand point of moving into the next year cycle without someone important while not giving up on love. I hope it inspires anyone who spends Valentine’s Day alone to not give up hope! Continue reading “6 Tips for Celebrating Valentine’s Day Alone” →

5 Self Gift Ideas for Valentine’s Day 2021 (Females Only)

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Valentine’s Day for 2021 isn’t going to be a “normal” Valentine’s Day due to the pandemic. Since social distancing and other measures to ensure safety and health of everyone is respected, going out on a date, or going out at all, will be hard to do. Since this means many will be staying at home, including single ladies, I made a list of five of my favorite self gift ideas for women this year. Continue reading “5 Self Gift Ideas for Valentine’s Day 2021 (Females Only)” →

Walmart’s Luxury Inspired Heart Shaped Candy Boxes for Valentine’s Day 2021

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Recently, while shopping at a Walmart I don’t shop at normally, I decided to look at the Valentine’s Day section of the store. The store I was at that day is bigger than the one I normally shop at, so the Valentine’s Day section had more items than my normal Walmart. While looking at the heart shaped candy boxes, two of the candy box designs from Elmer Chocolate caught my eye because they look like they are inspired by notable luxury fashion designs and items.

The first box that caught my eye was this box…

The design on the box is inspired by Chanel Number 5 perfume bottle. I thought this design was super cute, but my favorite part of the picture is the 2 and 14 on the top of the label, (referencing the second month and the 14 day of the month, Valentine’s Day) in the style Chanel’s perfume is written.

The second box that caught my eye was this box…

The box has a monogram design inspired by Louis Vuitton’s multi color canvas design from 2004…

I love these candy boxes and I enjoyed seeing something that I recognize as being inspired by a luxury brand.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!