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"Aside from Christmas, Valentine&amp;#039;s Day is my favorite holiday of the year. I am a sucker for anything pink, red, sparkly, and delicious! I love the little candy hearts, the cheesy stuffed animals, flowers...It&amp;#039;s such a feel-good holiday that I don&amp;#039;t understand why people complain about it. Even if you&amp;#039;re single, Valentine&amp;#039;s Day is still about celebrating the people you love in your life! It&amp;#039;s so not about your relationship status. This year, I was really excited to spend V-Day with Troy. Even though it&amp;#039;s only our second one together, we already established the tradition of going to the Farmer&amp;#039;s Market at The Grove in Los Angeles for some yummy Cajun food. Unlike most girls, I hate red roses. It meant a lot to me that Troy remembered that and showed up holding a beautiful bouquet of purple orchids and a 24-piece Ferrero Collection of assorted chocolates. The whole night was fabulous. Troy wore the shirt I love him in the most and I wore a red dress with a faux fur coat. Troy told me I looked like a &amp;quot;beautiful black Marilyn Monroe.&amp;quot; After dinner, we walked around The Grove and saw a beautiful fountain show. I felt like I was in a movie! My favorite moment of the night had nothing to do with the delicious dinner, beautiful flowers, or romantic atmophere. It was when Troy pointed out a father and son walking arm and arm and he whispered in my ear, &amp;quot;I love seeing that.&amp;quot; See, Valentine&amp;#039;s Day is all about the love! Brooklyn Click here to read Brooklyn&amp;#039;s first blog post and check Seventeen.com/love every Thursday for more! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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