Win a $100 Gift Card to 1-800Flowers!

I love flowers. I do. All kinds of flowers. Flowers make me smile even when the situation at hand doesn’t call for smiling. I love to photograph flowers. I love when my kids bring me flowers they have picked in the yard even though they’re just “weeds” to the rest of the world. I love flowers.

But sometimes Valentine’s Day rubs me the wrong way.

It’s probably because my eighth grade boyfriend (I use the word loosely as we never even kissed) broke up with me on Valentine’s Day. Classy! I had a boyfriend in college who tried to make a big deal out of the day but it still felt weird. FireDad and I usually find a book for the boys and might even send each other an e-card. But we’re kind of low key.

But who doesn’t like flowers?

As such, we’re trying to make Valentine’s Day special for you or someone in your life. We’ve partnered with FabulousSavings.com to give away a $100 gift card to 1-800Flowers. (A company which I got to learn more about at the Cheryl&Co blogger event and, honestly, I’m in love with the company as a whole now!) That’s right. $100 gift card. For you. Send them for Valentine’s Day to your sweetheart. Or to yourself so everyone in your office thinks you’re hot stuff. Or save them for your mom’s birthday. Or your own birthday. Or your grandparent’s anniversary. Or your anniversary. Maybe you could send them to your local Fire Department as a token of thanks for all the hard work they do to keep your community safe! In short: do what you want with it!

The hope is that whatever you do with it, maybe, just maybe, it will make your heart a little softer toward Valentine’s Day. The process of gifting someone else something as fun as flowers via this giveaway has softened my heart. A little. I might even buy FireDad a real card. Shocking! (And we’ll likely spend our Valentine’s Day like this.)

Want to enter? Read the rules below.

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FabulousSavings.com, a top source for online coupons, is giving away one $100 gift card for 1-800-Flowers.com in time for Valentine’s Day! This contest runs from January 4, 2010 to February 4, 2010 at 1:30pm EST.

How to enter:

1. Visit FabulousSavings.com and leave a comment below (on this post here), telling us what you like best about the website and providing a working e-mail address and your Twitter username.
2. Follow @FabulousSavings & tweet: “Enter to win a $100 1800Flowers gift card courtesy of @FabulousSavings (via @FireMom) http://tinyurl.com/vdaycontest .”

To gain one additional entry, you may write a blog post about the contest and FabulousSavings.com. Simply leave another comment below (on http://tinyurl.com/vdaycontest ) with your blog post URL to submit your additional entry.

Limit of two entries per person.

Winner will be determined using Random.org and contacted via e-mail on February 4, 2010. Winner has exactly 24 hours to respond via e-mail. If winner fails to respond, another winner will be selected.

Best of luck, everyone – in this contest and in love!

Official Rules:

To be proclaimed a winner in this contest, you must be:

• At least 18 years of age
• A US resident

Spam accounts and tweets will not be accepted. No purchase necessary.

FabulousSavings.com reserves the right to cancel this contest at its discretion. FabulousSavings.com shall not be responsible for any possible technical difficulties or delays which might otherwise affect eligibility.

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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!