If you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, chances are you’re grown, yet here I am about to tell you how to spend this weekend! By the way, I know you guys can’t see me but I just did an epic celebratory ‘Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this time’ dance. Not that I’m even remotely excited about the day itself, rather, the fact that being a Sunday and with curfews still on, not many people will venture out. For VD haters like myself, that’s great news as it means that should we venture out, we probably won’t run into smitten lovers all over the place and each other! That’s my hope anyway. I’ll miss the chocolate colleagues usually pass around though. And cake. Someone save me a slice! I swear some bakeries make more on Valentine’s Day than the rest of the year! That may not be the case this year but I’m sure they’ll be alright. I was thinking though how great it would be if we switched things up. You know, do something nice for a stranger or someone you’re not romantically involved with or related to. If you chance upon those ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ offers, get the item/s and give the extra one to someone at your workplace or anyone you know is single or just lost a loved one. You can also re-gift certain things. My mum wouldn’t approve this particular one as she believes it’s wrong and rude to give away or sell a present, but I think if you’re not using it and someone else needs it, why hang onto it? If money is not an issue, do something akin to what some newlyweds do by asking their guests to donate to their preferred charity in lieu of buying them gifts. And instead of buying that hideous red outfit for yourself, (told you I’m a hater!) buy masks and other protective equipment for frontline workers or someone who needs them in your neighbourhood. Skip the romantic dinner for two since you have to be home by 7pm anyway and instead, buy some groceries for someone struggling. Kind of hard to sacrifice your outing or getaway, especially couples who’ve been stuck at home for months and could use a change of scenery to get their groove back but still, what’s more fulfilling than knowing you helped someone in need?
