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D OW N W I T H L OV E M a y b e y o u ’ r e a h e a r t b r e a k e r , o n e o f t h e h e a r t b r o k e n , t h e h a p p i l y s i n g l e , t h e u n h a p p i l y c e l i b a t e , t h e c y n i c a l , t h e p e r e n n i a l l y u n c h a r m i n g ( o h , w e d o u b t i t ) , i f V a l e n t i n e ’ s D a y g i v e s y o u t h e b o a k f o r w h a t e v e r r e a s o n , o r i s s o m e t h i n g y o u ’ d r a t h e r p r e t e n d i s n ’ t a c t u a l l y h a p p e n i n g , h e r e a r e s o m e a l t e r n a t i v e g i f t i d e a s :
Stop your other half snoring You’re getting no sleep thanks to your lover – but for all the wrong reasons. Partners of snorers can buy ’25 peaceful nights’ according to the bottle. £7.14, from Boots, or stopsnoring.co.uk Learn to flirt Up your game and learn the laws of attraction. Miss Dixiebelle’s ‘Valentine Styling Night’ involves a Flirting class, with tips from Karen Barr of ‘Beswitchedon’. Miss Dixiebelle, 19 Bruntsfield Pl, Edinburgh, £20, limited places, book on 0131 629 7783, missdixiebelle.co.uk
Buy a night of dancing Cure a love hangover/ dance the pain away/ fall deep in lust. Try some of DJ David Barbarossa’s ‘Love Vibrations’ at Wild Combination, or Hot Mess’s queer dance party. Wild Combination’s Hot on the Heels of Love, Berkeley Suite, Fri 8 Feb, £3; Hot Mess, Poetry Club, Glasgow, Sat 16 Feb, £3 before 11pm Laugh at Haughty Bitches – the book, by Carolyn Alexander Maybe a haughty bitch trampled on your heart. Or maybe you just really like illustrations of girls saying ‘Do One’ and ‘Shit Off’. £10, The Red Door Gallery, Edin- burgh, edinburghart.com/shop
Eat Krispy Kreme doughnuts Who’d not be wooed by a dozen of these? The doughnut lords open their first Scottish shop on February 13th. If you’ve no sweetheart to give them too, just gather some single friends around the box. It’s not tragic, it’s emancipating, you can assure them. Krispy Kreme, Hermiston Gait, Edinburgh, krispykreme.co.uk
Read comforting stories of Betrayal Not that you’re bitter, but friends have started calling you ‘Vinegar Tits’. Nurse that wrath with this January’s new issue of Granta, focussing on ‘Betrayal’. £12.99, The Fruitmarket Bookshop, Edinburgh, fruitmarket.co.uk/bookshop Say it with Shrigley If all the tooth-rotting romance is getting too much, and Hallmark lines ring hollow, try an alternative message from Mr Shrigley. £2.95, The Fruitmarket Bookshop, Edinburgh, fruitmarket.co.uk/bookshop
Treat Yo Self No-one wining and dining you? Take a friend, or a group out for a rooftop 3-course Thai meal with sparkling rose wine, and a goodie bag with chocolates from Coco Chocolate. £40 per person, Chaophraya, Castle Street (formerly Oloroso), Edinburgh, chaophraya.co.uk
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