So, yeah. It's Valentine's Day. Whether or not you are a fan of the holiday I think we can all get behind the sales that follow in it's wake. I think that with the rapid-fire nature of the Christmas-Valentine's-Easter candy crush it adds an urgency to the sales between them. Once Christmas is over they want that candy off the shelves fast to make room for the Valentine's candy. And once that's over they need shelf space for Easter candy. And so you get some serious sales prices. That's my theory, at least.

I'm not sure how well that theory will hold up this Valentine's Day, though. At least here in the wake of a couple of days of nasty weather. The snow has been hitting hard and there are a lot of people who are just plain staying off the roads. The city closed down early on Tuesday in anticipation of the freezing rain that was on the way and this morning everything was just a mess. The county to the north of me was in a "Level 3 Snow Emergency" and it was actually illegal to be out driving. There really didn't seem to be a lot of people out today. So Valentine's Day candy probably didn't sell anywhere near as well as businesses may have hoped. If they sold less than anticipated and discount everything they have too far they'll be taking some serious losses so they might not be cutting prices quite as hard as they usually do. Or they could cut it harder than usual to get rid of it all. I guess we'll see over the next couple of days.

Anyway, Happy Valentines Day and keep your eyes open for the inevitable sales!