The pitches from PR people streaming in my inbox are particularly creative this year. Forget florists or purveyors of wine and chocolate.

Today, it was Allergies & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics. Rather than buying perfumes and flowers that provoke sneezing, or candy that bring on hives, try a moonlight walk instead, implore the Mothers of Asthmatics. Or a machine-washable teddy bear so you can regularly get rid of dust mites.

Even better was the one from last week from the folks at Silent Snooz, touting its one-size fits all, nasal dilator that “fits comfortably onto the base of your lover’s nose” to fight snoring.

And I’m sure many of you will be sorry you missed the Smitten Kitten’s “Getting Off: A Woman’s Guide to Masturbation” evening last week. “Just in time for Valentine’s Day,” says the Minneapolis sex toy shop.

Or for that matter, the store’s “Sexy Mama” mornings (second and fourth Sundays of each month) where you are invited to bring your little one(s) and peruse the wares. (Kay and I were going to make this a Cribsheet outing, but then she got sick. Or so she says…)

But the one that just has to take the cake for sheer (un) romance has to be The Tile Shop of Plymouth’s Valentine’s Day Bathroom Makeover Contest. Tell them why your loved one deserves a dream bathroom and you could win a $25,000 bathroom renovation.

Thanks, but it’s hard enough to engineer romance with two little ones running around, without bringing bathroom tiles into the picture… 

Cribsheeters, what are you doing on Valentine’s?

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 4:04 pm and is filed under Events. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.