Last minute Valentine’s Day inspiration

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Itโ€™s not easy to remember buying chocolate and condoms between the stress of midterms and a potential strike.

Whether you want to go out on a date or stay home with friends, get inspired with some last minute suggestions for celebrating Valentineโ€™s Day.

Easy baking

Yesterday, the technology blog Mashable released an article displaying 12 Pinterest boards for Valentineโ€™s Day inspiration. Amongst a variety of outlets suggesting recipes for homemade personal treats is The Twineryโ€™s heart-shaped conversation cookies.

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If you donโ€™t have time to make the dough from scratch, conversation cookies can be made by using two ingredients: Pillsburyโ€™s Valentineโ€™s Day cookie dough and classic candy hearts.

Even if you donโ€™t agree with the โ€œletโ€™s kissโ€ or โ€œlove suxโ€ messages, these cookies can be personalized with your own words by jumbling the order of the candy hearts within the cookie. Creating messages from โ€œI love youโ€ paired with โ€œmy babyโ€ or โ€œU R specialโ€ with โ€œlove sux.โ€

The plaza on the corner of Bridgeport Road W and Weber Street in Waterloo has a Sobeyโ€™s for the Pillsburyโ€™s valentine dough day as well as a Bulk Barn for Valentineโ€™s Day candy.

Another two step recipe found on Pinterest is Cookies and Cupsโ€™ strawberry fudge. This recipe is made by mixing strawberry icing with a bag of melted white chocolate chips, set in the fridge to harden. Itโ€™s not real fudge, but itโ€™s festive.

Homemade cards

If youโ€™re too busy to make Valentineโ€™s Day cards and too broke to buy some, turn to your solution for everything else in life: the Internet.

There are lots of free printable Valentineโ€™s Day card online, ranging from cartoon dictators to hilarious messages from characters of Community.

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These cards can be printed off at home or from The Hub on campus using thick, laminated paper to make them look much more expensive than the 30 cents theyโ€™ll actually cost.

Other printable Valentineโ€™s Day ideas also include V-Day bingo cards. Bingo cards can be customizable depending on who youโ€™re celebrating with and what youโ€™re willing to gamble.

Last minute dinner plans

What do you love more than each other? Food.

Whether youโ€™re eating locally or out of town, use Foursquare to find a well-reviewed restaurant (since itโ€™s likely some of your favourite places will be booked) to research the atmosphere, recommended specials and the price range in advance.

If youโ€™re looking for more casual evening, reference wherethefuckshouldigofordrinks.com. Answer โ€œWhere the fuck are you?โ€ on the website and click โ€œFind me a fucking place to drink.โ€ The website will display the suggested location on a map. If youโ€™d like to learn more about that location, this website provides a link to the barโ€™s website. If youโ€™d like to see more options, click โ€œNo, that place looks shitโ€ and more recommendations will appear.


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