Romancing products

Romance is definitely in the air. It’s Saint Valentine’s Day, so you’d expect it.

Last year the TV channels were awash with commercials for Golden Corral’s “chocolate wonderfall”, And I was kind of underwhelmed. But we’ve moved way beyond that in 2013.

Witness this ad from the coupon section of Sunday’s paper:courtesy of Walgreens:

And this one, ditto (giving new meaning to their tagline, at the corner of happy and healthy):

To tell you the truth, the Libido-Max and Fresh + Sexy constitute TMI for me, but I’m guessing someone knows what they’re doing, promotion-wise.

But CVS has also got into the act; it’s nice to know that you can save a buck on your romantic evening.

Apparently a box o’ chox and a bouquet of roses just don’t get the job done any more.