Howdy. Tom Lee here. Kara McGuire asked me to fill in this week so you now have the honor of witnessing my debut as a blogger (cue trumpets). Although I occasionally write Pay Dirt columns, by no means am I a financial expert. If you want advice, go to Kara. If you want the satisfaction of knowing that there is someone out there in worse financial shape, then I’m your man.

Speaking of being a man, I’m curious…how many of you dudes out there did something nice for your lady on Valentine’s Day? At the risk of embarrassing my girlfriend, I probably dropped over $200 in V-Day related largess: flowers, dinner, a show..etc. Money can’t buy happiness but better safe than sorry.

Granted, we just started dating recently. But call me a romantic, but I always thought if there is one event that would prompt a guy to open his wallet other than birthdays and anniversaries, it would be Valentine’s Day. I was pretty surprised to learn that most of my friends and co-workers would spend their Feb. 14 eating Chinese takeout or watching the latest Grey’s Anatomy episode from Netflix.

So dear readers, how did you spend your V-Day? Did it cost you a pretty penny or is love best reflected in the old adage “it’s the thought that counts”?

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