Valentine's Day Party Idea

So as I'm sure we all know, Valentine's Day is coming up. Now this is one of those holidays that is either welcomed with open arms or detested by most people... and usually, it depends on whether or not you have a significant other or not.

Personally, I have only had one "real" valentine, but to be honest - the years I have simply spent Valentine's Day with friends have been the years that have been both the most memorable and the most fun.

This year, 6 of my 8 roommates either have a boyfriend or they have someone they are dating, but we all want to be able to spend part of the holiday together, so we've been trying to figure out a way to be able to do a little of both.

After talking about this for what seems like weeks, we have finally decided to have a cocktail party on Friday the 13th (that way we can both cater to the people who have dates on the actual night of and we can cater to those who are bitter towards the whole thing with the whole Friday the 13th aspect of it). We have sent out our invitations, and have set up the party as this:

Everyone brings their favorite drink, or a drink that relates to Valentine's Day - be it in color or in name. We'll then have a table set up in the living room for people to put their beverage of choice on, and we'll treat it as a cocktail party pot luck. For those of you who have not been to a pot luck, it basically consists of everyone bringing a dish for dinner and then everyone who is attending gets to share to create a full meal. It's a great way to eat a nutritious and expensive meal for relatively cheap. This way, we all get to have different drinks - that would in any other situation - cost us hundreds to stock our liquor cabinet with all these different drinks (which is great when you're on a college budget, as well as any budget in this financial situation).