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"  My favorite pink Louboutin booties\u2013which I will wear tonight in honor of V-day! Valentine&amp;#039;s Day\u2014I love it. I love every single cheesy, clich\u00E9d, overwrought thing about it. Why, you ask? Why would I love such an inclusive, commercially driven pseudo-holiday? ESPECIALLY if I&amp;#039;m distinctly boyfriend-less this year??? I&amp;#039;ll tell you why. I love it because it&amp;#039;s the one day out of the year when we&amp;#039;re given free reign to be as mushy and lovey-dovey and sickeningly sweet as we want. It&amp;#039;s the one day when guys are forced to think about how to express their love and appreciation for their significant others (and you KNOW it takes a national holiday sometimes!). It&amp;#039;s the day when you&amp;#039;re supposed to tell all your friends and family just how much you care about them\u2014how could you not love that? And even though I&amp;#039;ve actually NEVER had an amazing Valentine&amp;#039;s day date (dates with pints of ice cream and my small yappy dog on V-day have been much more typical), the concept still makes me feel....happy. It still makes me feel happy in spite of the fact that I did not get so much as a carnation today (hello?? All the boys I&amp;#039;ve been dating??! Did you all collectively leave the country today? Where are you?!) So, no, I won&amp;#039;t be on a romantic, sweep-you-off-your-feet date tonight, but I&amp;#039;ll still be celebrating in my favorite Louboutin booties (pink, of course!) at my favorite bar, The Randolph, with my favorite single friends.  Happy Valentine&amp;#039;s Day! xoxo  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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