For many of us single girls, Valentine’s Day sucks. All the lovey dovey couples and cards and PDA sessions make us want to vomit.

And all the V-Day mumbo jumbo has been infiltrating our lives and reminding us that we are alone since freaking Christmas Day.

There are many other days in the year when being single rocks, and a lot of us are completely fine with our not-so-relationship status, but something about the cutesy gifts and the kissing couples brings a lot of girls down.

But it doesn’t have to! With all that annoying looove stuff comes some awesome Valentine’s Day goodies. In the form of chocolate and booze. That you can enjoy regardless of your single status.

So here are some treats you can make with your single friends, buy on clearance on February 15, or, since V-Day is on a Saturday, truly drown your single sorrows with. Read More »

“You don’t understand, I think I’m seriously addicted to chocolate!”

Sound familiar?

No matter how painful an urge becomes (such as when I’m on a diet, walking past a Cold Stone Creamery, or trying to eat just one Dove ice cream bar), I never actually believe there’s something chemically wrong with my brain when it comes to sweets. I mean, I can’t really be addicted, can I?

Actually…I might be.

The Guardian recently released a study that claims “the pleasure centers of chocolate lovers’ brains [light] up more strongly in response to the food than those who are less partial.”

Which basically means: to some of us, chocolate is like coke. Read More »