consumer holidays

Valentine’s Day has been claimed at some point to be thought up by Hallmark… even though St. Valentine came from Italy, where I’m pretty sure Hallmark did NOT originate… regardless, I still like it. I did, however, tell Husband to not buy me anything this year. He usually buys flowers. He’s really good at it, too. He doesn’t buy expensive roses, because, 1. they’re about $50 overpriced this time of year, and 2. I don’t really like roses. They are too cliché. I like daisies and other colorful, simple flowers. We are going to dinner to a place that doesn’t not have a special V-Day menu. We will be paying the same price as if we were going any other day of the year.

I do not agree with commercial upon commercial depicting the most loved female in the world because she received diamonds in her sleep. The size of the diamond (ie cost of the diamond) does not automatically equal the amount of love one feels for another, even though we’ve been programmed to believe that. I also have to wonder what the heck these women got for Christmas only 2 months ago if they are getting a wad of diamonds for V-Day. There must have been a Lexus with a giant red bow in the driveway for her.

Found out today that indeed, our tax return will be one and half weeks late… inevitably.  Thanks IRS.