Valentine's Day..Just another marketing campaign?

I glance outside at the sky and all i see is clear blue skies..And what amI doing?. I'm
indoors online trailing through pages and pages of sites looking for a Valentine's Day gift for my significant other. It then struck me as ...What is Valentine's Day really all about? Is it really about how much you love your partner or is it more about the whole concept of showing each other superficial love through purchasing materialistic gifts?Call me a scrooge, but I can't blame those who think that Valentine's Day is just one big marketing gimmick for card/chocolate companies,florists and jewellers to make a massive profit off hopeless romantics. Don't get me wrong I love to receive gifts from my baby but who has to decide that on Febuary 14th of every year we must show our affection for one another through expensive gifts. To me, I think that every day if I do something sweet for my partner and vice versa..even a simple phone call to tell him that I miss him is something that cannot be brought.

Then again, this Valentine's Day is stil going to be important to me as it will be the first time I have spent it with someone who I truly do love and the relationship I have with him is something that cannot be sacrificed. I think I have matured alot since I have met Sanel and now my views on a lot of things have altered including my perception into what a "perfect" relationship constitutes.

All this has still not helped me solve my problem into what the heck am I going to buy him for Valentine's day....hmm last resort could always be that ever-faithful box of Cadbury Roses.

Anyway its the thought that counts. Right?!