For those grating people in your life!

#1. Don't assume that suprise card is from your mum. But chances are its not from the cute guy in the mail room either.

#2. Do believe that Cupid will come to the rescue. After all somebody has to meet Mr Right at the crap Valentine's club night, right?

#3. Don't buy your man a huge fluffy teddy bear holding a satin heart embroidered with "I wuv you." Would you fancy him if he kept that on his bed?

#4. Do celebrate by wearing your most expensive/sexiest/sluttyiest underwear - not for his benefit but because YOU'LL feel sexy too.

#5. Don't take out an advert sayig "To my Snuggly Buggly Boo, from his Honey Lumpkin." Especially if you haven't even made it to your 3rd date yet.

#6. Do resist the urge to send yourself a card at work, adressed to "The most amazing woman in my life." Its just not dignified.

#7. Don't spend the whole day moaning about how commercialised Valentine's Day is. You'll just sound like an old grump who didn't get any cards.

#8. Do lower your expectations. You're imagining a dozen red roses; he's gone to Texaco for a box of roses and some condoms.

#9. Don't bother going out for a meal on the 14th. Paying extra to listen to other couples rowing just isn't romntic.

I sent Rob a Snoopy cuddly toy, a set of chocolates from Thorntons that spell "I LOVE YOU", and a card. He sent me 12 red roses and a huge card. Feel loved. Bet he feels skint though.