Not just for lovers

Valentines day is tomorrow. As a single lady, I know I am supposed to live up to the stereotype and be bitter and sad. I am supposed to be crying into a bucket of cookie dough ice cream while being made painfully aware of how single I am. I am suppose to be a LOVE HATER! I should be planning what restaurant I am going to sit outside of to throw eggs at all the happy couples! Or looking like Reese Witherspoon in the below picture

But personally I love Valentines Day! And if you are someone out there saying, “Of course the single one loves Valentines Day” Well 1) shut up! No one that is single needs someone else to point it out to them, thanks though. We are not out there walking around and pretending that we have invisible boyfriends. In my personal opinion, if I wanted to be in a relationship I could probably find someone but I refuse to lower my standards. 2) Why do people hate valentines day? Like I do not understand!

            As a kid Valentines Day was awesome!  First of all, you were guaranteed to get a Valentine from everyone in your class. You got to make your little “basket” that hung on the front of your desk. You got to go to the store and pick the valentine cards with the faces of the backstreet boys on them and pass them out to everyone! And of course there was class parties and candy! SO MUCH CANDY! Then you got older and realized that no one is forced to give you valentine cards anymore. But the biggest perk is that all the candy goes on sale the day after Valentine's Day! Which leads me to the point of my blog. Now for months I have seen all these articles floating around on facebook of people giving all this advice of why you should get married, what you should do before you get married and blah blah blah. I ask myself everytime who are these people that they get to give me advice. Well I have decided they are no more qualified then I am to be dishing out advice so here is my column on why you should love Valentines Day even if you are single (OOOO THE tragedy). Since everyone knows why you should love the holiday if you are with someone let me tell you why even if you are alone.

1)    You do not have to worry about what you are going to wear. I mean I can wear my sweatpants all day. If I want to go out to a nice restaurant in my sweatpants I can because I am already extremely impressed with myself and I am not shallow enough that I have to dress up for myself. 

2)    I do not have to shave my legs! There is no chance of anyone but me seeing them so they can stay a little hairy. This is definitely an advantage this year since it is so cold out that my legs need the extra insulation.

3)    No pressure of buying the perfect gift for someone else.

4)    No stress about what they are going to get me and where they are going to take me. Personally I think I love Valentines day so much because I live in a Nicholas Sparks world where a guy should tell you he cares everyday instead of having to wait for a special occasion. Get your shit together gentleman.

5)    Time to celebrate the love you have for yourself.

6)    I can watch all the sappy rom-coms I want with out having to worry about what else is going on.

7) You get to buy your candy cheaper the day after!

8) You get to read this lovely blog about why you should love Valentine's Day

              No I am not dissing Valentine’s Day for all of you with that special someone. I am just saying that us single ladies shouldn’t hate it either. No one should think you have to hate it just because you are single. Life sadly :( is not a Nicholas Sparks movie so Valentine's Day is the day where you can be as cheesy and lovey as you want without judgement. But I am a lover of love! I love watching love on TV and seeing people happy because they are in love. So if you are a single lady and a Valentines fan like me then lets party! If you are someone saying, “ You are single so you cant like valentines day!’ Then to you I say YOU CANT SIT WITH ME!