Valentine's Day

Sponsored by the color red, chocolate-shaped hearts, and love, Valentine's Day is quite a machine. Really, it was created by marketing execs, but somehow many of us buy into it, don't we? I just don't feel right about ignoring the holiday, even though I know it's useless. I still go out and buy a card and some chocolate for my boyfriend and he gets me a card and takes me to dinner. Nothing extravagant, but we definitely buy into the marketing for this silly day. All that red probably just makes us hungry and crazy.