Single People Can Still Enjoy Valentine’s Day!

Hello Bloggers! Love is in the air and all I see is Valentine’s Day candy and stuffed animals and flowers at every store (Target, Walgreens, Walmart— you name it). I would say it makes me want to puke, but really, I love Valentine’s Day. Do I like being single on Valentine’s Day? Well, NOT REALLY. But, I’m still all about this holiday. I love pink, hearts, love itself— cheesy rom coms, all the cutesy stuff that Valentine’s Day is all about.

Do I need a valentine this year? You know what? No! I am my own valentine ladies and gentlemen!! I am going to treat myself this Valentine’s Day to a cute stuffed animal, a Valentine’s themed flavored iced coffee, watch an 80s rom com, and just enjoy my third favorite holiday (next to Christmas & Halloween). Would I like to have a valentine who treats me to a fancy dinner and hands me a bouquet of roses— DUH! Of course I would, but since that more likely isn’t going to happen by Tuesday, February 14th… that’s OK. Because like I said, I am my own valentine. Say it with me single people! WE DON’T NEED A VALENTINE. BEING SINGLE ON THE MOST ROMANTIC DAY OF YEAR IS PERFECTLY FINE. WE ARE GOING TO BE FINE.

If you’re still reading this and are like, “Chea, I am not going to be fine,” here’s a few ideas on how to make this February 14th a good one and not a day you sit in bed eating chocolate and crying while watching The Notebook.

1) Go to the movies

2) Get your nails done

3) Buy yourself a box chocolate (but don’t sit in bed watching The Notebook & crying because your love life is non-existent)

4) Buy yourself a new outfit

5) Write a letter to yourself filled with positive affirmations, reminding yourself you are wonderful inside and out and don’t need a valentine to be happy.

6) A night out with girls (make it a galentine’s night)

7) Buy a face mask and have a lil spa day— sitting in your robe all day reading a Colleen Hoover book

8) Take a day trip and explore a new town

9) Buy your own flowers!

10) Buy a canvas, brush, and paint and create a pretty work of art (can’t go wrong with crafts)

Don’t avoid this cute holiday just because you’re single! Instead, make it a day worth getting excited over. Get hyped about Valentine’s Day and do something fun and happy for yourself. 🙂 Self-care on Valentine’s Day— can’t go wrong with it!

Self-Care Tips for the Single Ones This Romantic Holiday

Being single has its perks! You get to focus more on yourself and making yourself happy instead of worrying about anyone else. Sure, receiving flowers and chocolate from someone sounds lovely, but not everyone has that special someone in their life, and you know what? That’s okay! Valentine’s Day is all about love… loving anyone, really. Your pet, a family member, friends… anyone.

Love is beautiful, and a reminder that there is still some good left in this world. Even during this crazy, chaotic time with COVID and everything happening at once, there’s still love. I see it when someone holds the door open for me somewhere. I see it in my senior pups eyes every time she looks at me. I see it when someone pays for the person in front of them at a drive-thru restaurant. Love is all around us. Every day. Even when we may feel at our lowest, it’s still there. We just have to look for it.

Don’t let Valentine’s Day bring you down if you’re single. Instead, embrace the beauty of love. Show some love to the people in your life and most importantly, yourself. And treat yourself with some pampering and much needed self-care this romantic holiday. We all need to treat ourselves every now and then! Even if you didn’t get to show some love to yourself today, do it tomorrow! Make a point to do something for yourself tonight or tomorrow, whether it be a warm bubble bath or a night out on the town or something else that would brighten your mood.

A Few Valentine’s Day/Day After Self-Care Ideas

1) Buy yourself a box of chocolates and a teddy bear

2) Take a warm bubble bath

3) Treat yourself to Olive Garden and bring your friends with you

4) Go shopping at the mall

5) Read a romance novel

6) Watch your favorite rom com and eat ice cream right out of the carton

7) Take your dog (if you have one) for a walk at the park/car ride (they need self-care too)

8) Give yourself a relaxing facial

9) Binge watch your favorite Netflix comfort show (I recommend Sweet Magnolias)

10) Go to the gym and listen to your favorite music while you get your workout on

11) Treat yourself to a slice of red velvet cake (or perhaps chocolate)

12) Journal and make a list of ten things you love about yourself

13) Light a sweet smelling candle

14) Enjoy a warm cup of tea

15) Call a loved one and tell them how special and important they are to you

I can Heartly Wait for Feb 14th

**Galentine’s Day – an excuse to appreciate your gal pals**

Cupid’s Day

Roses, stuffed bears, & chocolate – how could you not love Valentine’s Day? It’s only the cutest holiday of the year! Whether you’re single or in a relationship, appreciate Cupid’s favorite day of year.

Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday (next to Christmas and my birthday). I love everything about February 14th because it fits my personality! It gives me an excuse to wear a cute pink outfit and watch one of my favorite rom coms (Say Anything or Pretty in Pink are my go-to movies).

Having a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day may sound great, but is it really? (Okay, it is if you have one, we get it). But hey, If you’re single like me, here’s what you do! For starters don’t be jealous of cute couples head over heels in love (let them be happy- it’s fine). This is what should be your top priority- go out with the girls and LIVE IT UP! GALENTINE’S DAY IS A THING – FOR REAL. Yes, I know there’s a virus going on, but you can still have fun (just wear your mask & social distance). There’s a few places still open and even if you go out to grab a cup of coffee or get dinner with your girlfrans, you’re doing something! You’re hanging out and not staying at home eating ice cream and crying as you watch To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before cause you’re single.

Not Everyone Needs Their Own Peter Kavinsky

Okay, even if you can’t get together with friends for Feb 14th, take yourself out! Buy yourself a bouquet of roses. Pick yourself up an iced latte from Starbies. Watch the new To All the Boys I Loved Before: Always and Forever (it comes out this Friday). Do you this Valentine’s Day!!!! Stop waiting for your own Peter Kavinsky. (All this To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before references are my way of saying you should watch the movies and read the books asap). Embrace your life for what it is! Relish in your free time. Treat yourself and get the self-care you’ve been too busy for!

Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or whatever you want to call it… make this lovely little holiday a good one filled with heart puns and too much chocolate! Go out of your way to make this February 14th a perfect day, one that you look back on and say: “It wasn’t all that bad. I had a box of ferrero rochers and didn’t mope over the single life.”

5 Valentine Puns for Your Entertainment

1) Are you a defibrillator? Because you are sending shocks to my heart.

2) I simply donut know what I’d do without you, Valentine.

3) My heart beets for you.

4) Happy Valentine’s Day, cute-tea.

5) I have a whole latte love for you.

Loving Love

I love love. I have always looked at Valentine’s Day as more than just a cheesy, romantic holiday. Yes, I do adore romance and will cry over a Nicholas Sparks film (no shame), but that’s okay! Why shouldn’t I love love?? I can’t help it. I love seeing the guy end up with the girl and they live happily ever after. I love the warmness and hallmark vibe of it all. Let’s just say, February 14th is one of my top favorite holidays (don’t judge, even though I know you are). But, I have to also say this.. there’s more than the cute, cheesy feeling V-Day gives me..

First off, just because I’m single, does not mean I can’t enjoy a day filled with hearts, chocolate, rom coms, teddy bears, etc. I will always adore Feb 14th, because it’s more than couples head over heels in love with each other. It’s about taking time to remind yourself that love is beautiful in so many special, unique ways.

As a Christian, Valentine’s Day is a day to remember Jesus Christ and how he willingly died on the cross for the sins of everyone, all because he LOVED us so much (if you haven’t read John 3:16 in the Bible, I suggest you look it up). If Jesus sacrificing his life to save the world is not the greatest love story of all, then I don’t know what is.

Valentine’s Day is also to show family, friends, and pets how much they mean to you. I got my mom a gift card to Chick-fil-A, (I know, I’m the best daughter out there 😉 ) because I wanted to do something nice for her. It was a small act of kindness, and yet, it made her feel appreciated. My mom didn’t care how much I spent or what I got her, but rather the thought I put into to expressing how important she is to me, today and everyday.

It’s a day to give the pets in your life an extra cookie or slice of cheese (I gave Emma cheese and some of my egg this morning. Let me tell you, she was one happy camper). It’s a day to call your Grandma or Grandpa, listening to them tell stories from the past, and tell them about your day (I love talking to my Gigi, whether it’s hearing about her drive-in movie dates..back in the 1950’s, or discussing what happened on our tv shows).

It’s a day to treat yourself. Buy that dress you’ve been checking out in Marshall’s. Spend $5 on a Starbucks drink. Eat a 1,000 calorie cookie. Watch a romantic comedy (while eating that 1,000 calorie cookie and drinking the over priced Starbucks drink). Take a bubble bath. Be happy and throw kindness around like confetti. Because ultimately, Valentine’s Day should be about appreciating God’s unending love for us, making your people and your pets feel special, and giving yourself some love.

See, February 14th can be celebrated by anyone, single or taken..but especially by us single folks. Be willing to see Valentine’s Day for what it truly is, and that’s when you’ll start to enjoy it. I will always celebrate this holiday, because it’s loving love and all it stands for. Appreciate love, people. Appreciate it.

With one final note..

Here’s a few of my favorite quotes about love..❤

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13

“So it’s not going to be easy. It’s gonna be really hard. We’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you. Forever. You and me..everyday.” -The Notebook

“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – A Walk to Remember

“How do you spell love?” – Piglet

“You don’t spell it. You feel it.”- Winnie the Pooh