St. Valentine's Day consumption

Finding a Valentine's Day gift? This could be one of your challenges this February. 
Only one month a half after Christmas and we are looking to consume again for a holiday...consumption society!

In some countries, Valentine’s Day is considered a “day of love and friendship,” but in the United States, the emphasis is on love and romance. There are some figures about how much people spend on gifts:

$3.5 billion on jewelry this Valentine’s Day, up from an estimated $3 billion last year;

$1.6 billion on clothing vs. $1.5 billion in 2010;

$3.4 billion on dining out vs. $3.3 billion in 2010;

$1.7 billion on flowers;

$1.5 billion on candy; and

$1.1 billion on greeting cards.

You also should know that man spend $158.71 to the average and woman only $75.79!! Express love for your admirer is too expensive nowadays...anyways HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

Info source:
http://www.swifteconomics.com/2011/02/13/st-valentines-day-consumption/

Image source:
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World Cancer Day

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Today, Saturday 4 February 2012 is the "World Cancer Day". This illness affects all the countries without distinction. This is a global event and everybody can get involved and do something for all those people.

http://www.worldcancerday.org/

Madrid Fashion Week 2012

The "Madrid Fashion Week 2012" is taken place this week on the capital of Spain so I was reading the news and watching some videos about the show when...

my face expression changed as I saw this...

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Isn't this a ridiculous fashion? So I started wondering if someone would be so crazy to wear this even in a costume party. Althoug taking into acount that there are lots of fashion victims...who knows?

I also would like you to see the designer, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada; once you see her picture, what can you expect about her idea of fashion?

http://www.rtve.es/imagenes/cibeles-madrid-fashion-week--agatha-ruiz-prada/1284918512241.jpg

Just thinking that many people spend hundred of euros in these dresses makes me crazy!