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Date Night With Your Bestie & PrettyLittleThing

21/01/201721st Century Love, date night, date night style, dating, featured, galentines day, how to celebrate galentines day, sex & love, style, valentines day dresses, what to wear on valentines day

 Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and cliche or not, everyone always has some form of an opinion on it. Perhaps you absolutely love heart-shaped chocolate and teddy bears. Or maybe you hate them (how can you hate chocolate? U ok hun?) But my relationship with Valentines Day… Well, let’s just say it’s a little bit complicated. Like any millennial female, I’m not afraid to admit I’ve had my fair share of disasters…

There was the year that a boyfriend told me he’d organise something ‘special’, then got so drunk at a party the night before that he spent the day sleeping off his hangover whilst I watched the box set of Sex and the City that he bought me as my present – which, might I add, he presented to me still in its HMV bag. Ugh.

Then there was the year I was stuck in some remote hotel room somewhere in Birmingham with this guy I was in one of those strange non-committal but kind of committed relationships with, eating fish and chips after helping him do some work-related stuff since 6 in the morning. Zzzzzzz…

And then last year I shared a less-than romantic Mc Donald’s meal with my Uber driver after a night out in Shoreditch. I did that annoying “can you take me home via Mc Donald’s please?!” thing that I sometimes do, and offered to get him something. So we chatted our way through our midnight feasts whilst discussing our weirdest Valentine’s experiences – ironic, huh?

As girls we’re fed by the media and Hollywood and everything around us this ultra shiny, Instagram-perfect idea so that in our pre-teen years we simply dream of having the perfect Valentine’s Day. All the cliche’s galore! A bouquet of red roses is a great place to start, no amount of chocolate in heart-shaped boxes is ever enough and if I don’t get at least one I Love You teddy bear then you’re dumped! Basically. But by the time we are in our late teens and early twenties, there’s been a strange shift where we’re so disillusioned by the whole thing we seem to hate it. “Commercialised and capitalised love! Cliche! Overrated!” we all scream whilst simultaneously rolling our eyes at our boyfriends saying “don’t buy me anything” – only to then get completely furious at them on V Day when they actually don’t get us anything. (Admit it! You’ve so done it too!) We’re in that stage of our lives where we’re playing it cool, being uber nonchalant and blase, because being in love and showing your emotions simply isn’t cool – you loved-up losers!

My theory is this: our falling out of love with the day that celebrates love is partly because the romanticised Valentine’s we always dreamed of set our standards higher than our crappy boyfriends could ever really reach. They hadn’t got a chance! Life isn’t a shiny rom com, and your late teens and early twenties are turbulent times of development when you’re still working out how to really deal with other human beings properly so chances are, somebody is going to mess it up somehow. And just like that, we had our dreams crushed – just a little – by dumb teenage boyfriends (refer back to my opening paragraph for examples…)

But a girl can only take so many romantic disasters before learning something important. Where does it leave us now, as fierce independent women who can’t (and won’t) rely on a man with a bunch of red roses to make our Valentine’s special? It’s not about lowering your expectations (trust me, no girl should spend her Valentine’s Day in a pretty dress whilst her boyfriend snores off his hangover) but simply changing them. Forget about the unreliable and clueless, and set your sights on spending your time with the ones who always have your back: your girls. 
I am a girl’s girl through and through – I mean, you can probably tell it by my seriously pro-girl agenda on this blog! So I’m saying why not celebrate it with each other instead? Forget about Valentine’s Day – Galentine’s has a far better ring to it.
Your girls are the special ones that always have your back, opening their doors to you with arms wide open, whilst simultaneously clutching much-needed hobnobs and a bottle of pinot, ready to listen when you’ve just had your heart broken. They help you decipher cryptic whatsapps, and co-write the perfect witty/sassy/sharp response. They are the ones who hold your hair back whilst you’re sick after a few too many tequilas (and probably take some photos too for emotional blackmail – all about the balance!) and help you keep it together when you’re freaking out (unnecessarily) that you might be pregnant. 
Treat yourself and treat them, because we don’t really have a day where we really say thanks to the girl’s that we love the most. Fob off your fellas, head out for some retail therapy and buy yourself (or them!) something nice. Put on your favourite PrettyLittleThing dresses, go out for drinks and don’t come home until the sun comes up. Take selfies. Dance to Beyonce. Do silly snapchats. Give the creepers at the bar some sass because you’re simply not (and never would be) interested. Dance to Beyonce some more!
I promise you, you won’t ever be disappointed again. 
To get you a little inspired, I’ve made a couple of wish lists of the things necessary for the essential Galentine’s Day – and keep scrolling to the bottom to shop my outfit! 
Whether you’re ditching the dudes to spend the big night with your best gal pals, slaying on the dance floor and showing your ex what he’s missing, or actually being treated to a successfully romantic date, PrettyLittleThing has all of the perfect pieces to set pulses racing. #GalsOverGosling #GalentinesDay
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I’m wearing PrettyLittleThing Caya dress in berry, Enna heels, Zara box bag

Photography by Rebecca Spencer
All product c/o PrettyLittleThing, with monetary compensation paid towards the creation of this post. 
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  1. Jessie-Ann Lewis

    21/01/2017 at 9:12 am

    I can TOTALLY relate! Me and Dan don't "do" Valentines as such, but last year we went for a little road trip and I made him buy me red tulips when we went to Tesco to get snacks hahaha. He did get me a little heart photo frame though, which was super cute. I love this though, I hardly have time to see my girls any more, especially as they live at home and I'm so far away. Definitely going to make an effort to show them how much I love them this V-Day. Also, you look absolutely stunning in these photos! xx

    Jessie | allthingsbeautiful-x

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  2. Patricia B

    21/01/2017 at 9:18 am

    YES girl! You look absolutely incredible X

    Peexo

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  3. Lauren

    21/01/2017 at 10:59 am

    You look gorgeous, the dress is a stunning colour!

    http://laurenslittleblogs.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Albana Janjeva

    22/01/2017 at 12:50 am

    Still can't get over this dress!! I've just seen it also comes in dusty pink… I really want it!! Your curls look so lovely – what did you use?? X

    Albana Janjeva | Stylist | Pick of the Month: Off-White

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  5. Holly White

    22/01/2017 at 7:04 am

    First of all, you look gorgeous! Second, I love this post! I've never had a boyfriend and so have always celebrated 'Galentines Day' not 'Valentines Day'. Valentines Day is a day all about 'love' and not just all about 'loving your boyfriend who forgets Valentines Day altogether'! xxx

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  6. Daniela Soriano Cáceres

    23/01/2017 at 5:03 pm

    That dress is to die for!! <3

    https://danielasoriano.com/

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  7. Chantel

    23/01/2017 at 6:06 pm

    Gorgeous dress.

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  8. Megan Lillie

    23/01/2017 at 9:29 pm

    This dress looks absolutely gorgeous Soph!

    Megan xo
    Thumbelina Lillie | UK Beauty & Lifestyle Blog

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  9. Olivia DiTomaso

    24/01/2017 at 3:07 am

    Stunning!

    Liv

    http://www.livforstyle.net

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  10. Aishling Browne

    24/01/2017 at 5:52 am

    You look incredible! I've never not been single for Valentine's Day so it's no different to any other day. But I like the idea of Galentines.

    Aishling
    http://www.le-stage.com

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  11. Cesarina Filipe

    07/02/2017 at 10:29 am

    I love your dress and your hair style������
    Thank you for your post gave me inspiration for my Valentine's Day ������

    Reply

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