I love Valentine's Day. I always have, even when I'm a single lady (oof, I don't like that phrase anymore), and I always will. Truthfully any holiday with the promise of food, candy and dressing up in specific colors or outfits to identify that you are indeed celebrating that holiday is alright by me. This year was a single affair, although I did expect at least a giant heart shaped cookie cake out of the day, and courtesy of my work Valentine, Mair, I had a frosting covered rainbow chip delight, along with a festive pack of Airheads candy. I gave out Valentine's bearing the image of my 2008 obsession, a Waste Allocation Load Lifter *Earth class and a Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator. The Sweetheart candies produced by the same people who bring you Necco wafers that were part of the folded valentines, were not as popular as the homemade treats delivered by my co-workers.
My night ended up the opposite of what I expected (although I really had few expectations)
and I found myself wandering around my neighborhood
7-11 at about 11:30pm in search of my much craved for comfort chip,
Lay's Sour Cream and Onion. I had already finished the bag of
Zapp's Spicy Creole Tomato Spiked with Tabasco early on in the week. A true delight in the Zapp's flavor line-up. My worries of too much spice to make for an enjoyable chip were silly. It was a perfect, tangy and savory, crunchy kettle chip with the most enjoyable kick of spice. Zapp's, will you be my post-Valentine?
At first, it appeared the 7-11 did not carry my much needed crisps, and considering I had just walked 3 blocks in the
frigid Los Angeles night air (it was at least 40 F, haters!), I was facing the fact that I just might need to compromise on the 7 Select Brand of Sour Cream and Onion Kettle Potato Chips. Then at long last, I found my savior taters, the Lay's Sour Cream and Onion, and I knew the night would be less lonely, especially with the three bags I stuffed in my 7-11 bag. I also brought the 7-11 in house brand home with me, to accompany the 7-11 staple, the Double Gulp, mixed inside, Dr. Pepper and Diet Dr. Pepper.
When my Valentine's and I arrived home, we cozied up to the PowerBook with my over watched DVD copy of 'Gone With the Wind' and a much smaller than the afternoon's cookie cake covered in Valentine themed icing. I finished all those bags within 12 hours.
The 7-11 Select Sour Cream and Onion Kettle Chips weren't too nice, they reminded me of french onion powdered soup mix with the tiniest flecks of green onion in the aftertaste. The Lay's, however, remain my all time favorite, widely available potato chip.
As long as I have the foods that erase my sadness, and a metabolism that keeps me from acquiring a fat ass, Valentine's Day will remain satisfying, despite my relationship status.
(malo mars), 
