Sunday 9 February 2014

The Valentines break up


Valentine’s Day, is usually described as a commercial money making day by most people. A few days ago I would have been less partial to this idea but only a few days ago my boyfriend of almost 3 years finished me. For the special day I pictured a lovely candlelit dinner in a nice restaurant followed by an exchange of romantic presents I had bought.

I thought wrong and now instead this first Valentines posting which was supposed to be a present gift idea for him is a gift idea list for all those single ladies out there who can’t stand the thought of seeing couples everywhere being romantic and mushy.

I never thought a week before Valentines I would be coming to terms that I’m single and trying to get through the last months of my Journalism degree.  However after an emotional few days I've realised I need to focus on me for a while and this Valentines I will be spending it with lots of my girly friends.

When I was searching for gifts I found the website notonthehighstreet.com which specialises in personalized gifts. Although a lot of them are in the £40 range or higher, I found ‘Our date jar’ priced at £13.95. I think this is a nifty idea to encourage you and one of your girlfriends to have a laugh not just on Valentine’s day by creating weekly date trips to the cinema or having a Jim jams movie marathon day.
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/thegreengables/product/the-date-jar

For Valentine’s VirginExperienceDays have some great offers, such as eating at Heston B’s pub or having a spot of afternoon tea. I spotted this Boudoir photo-shoot for her at a reasonable cost of £28.00. The shoot also contains hair and make-up styling which means an extra pampering on Valentines to heal the wounds and to show the world you've still got it.
Finally if all else fails, Hotel Chocolat have this amazing chocolate gift selection for £39. This makes the perfect gift to take round your friends to make movie night extra scrumptious. Let’s face it too going through a break up is tough and chocolate makes everything better. This gift set also contains a bottle of rose which can be used as pre drinks before hitting the town.
http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/valentines-day-gifts/the-love-selection

For anyone out there who is newly single this Valentine’s day, I know it’s hard but with time it’s going to get better and you will probably realise life is a lot greener on the other side. For a long while, even when in my relationship, I was planning a GAP year to Australia and this break up has made me realise to go and follow my dreams.

How are you going to be spending valentines?

7 comments:

  1. So sorry about your break up...
    Being single isn't always a bad thing! ;)
    This is a great post! ♥b

    Brittany's Secret

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    1. Thank you Brittany.Posting about it and receiving lovely comments from people such as yourself is making me feel a lot better already :) <3 xx

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  2. Great post, so honest. I'm sorry to hear what has happened.. my boyfriend of nearly eight years and I broke up a couple of weeks ago so I know exactly how it feels - you're right, there is no reason to feel bad for being single on Valentine's Day - even when I was in a relationship I thought it was stupid to celebrate! xx

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    2. Thank you for your comment Lucy, I'm so sorry to hear that too :( but with great friends around you, I know it will get better for yourself too. I think Valentines is great excuse to spend it with girly friends and eat lots of chocolate :) xx

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  3. So sorry to hear about your breakup - great post though. I hope you manage to get to go to Australia to follow your dreams!

    Frankie x
    Curiouser and Curiouser

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    1. Thank you Frankie, I have a meeting a week tomorrow about going to Australia, so fingers crossed! xx

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