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Spring 2008 Haute-Couture Fashion Show in Paris

What are your thoughts on this years wedding and bridal fashion?

St Valentines Day, 14 February 2008, is a day to express your love by sending flowers and gifts to your beloved.

 This is one of the busiest days for florists and flower markets. Many florists receive so many booking that they have to turn away customers. Some florists stop taking bookings when they reach their maximum quota, often days or weeks before Valentines Day.

 To avoid missing out on sending flowers to your loved one, get in early and book your flowers as soon as possible. If you plan on making a romantic night, make sure you book ahead of time, as the finer restaurants in town can get booked out.

In Greece, getting married on a leap year is considered bad luck. It is estimated one in five couples in Greece will avoid having their wedding on a leap year.

Traditionaly, a Leap Year has been a time when women can propose marriage to a man. This tradition, said to go back to 5th century Ireland where Brigid of Kildare complained to St Patrick that women had to wait so long for a man to propose. St Patrick suggested women be allowed to propose on the 29th of Febuary - one day in every leap year.

In todays modern time, women can propose at any time without society looking down on them. However, back when the rules of courtship were more formal, women could only propose marriage once evey four years - on February 29.

According to english law, February 29 was ignored and had no legal status. It was reasoned that a leap year existed to fix a calendar problem, that it could also be used to address an unjust custom that only let men propose marriage to women.

Supposedly (but disputed), in a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then aged five), men who refused a proposal of marriage must pay a fine. The fine ranged from a kiss to a £1 to a silk dress.

Some regard this as folk lore with no historical relevance.