With all of the gifts Valentine's Day brings, couples have flooded State College businesses this weekend for some last-minute shopping.

"I spent about $55 and I know that he spent about the same," Brittany Karn (sophomore-kinesiology) said about her boyfriend of five months.

"[Valentine's Day] is not a huge deal to us," she said.

Some students like Scott Thompson (junior-kinesiology) enjoy spoiling their girlfriends for the holiday.

Thompson shopped for jewelry this weekend for the girlfriend he has had for two years.

"I'd say I spent around $200," he said. "I usually spend more [than she does], but that's OK."

Kay Jewelers, 2900 E. College Ave., manager Jason Thomas said business has been steady with shoppers preparing for the holiday.

"We have a lot of students coming in, ... definitely more male customers," he said.

Thomas said most of the shoppers have been looking for $99 items and have bought mostly "anything with hearts and rubies," adding that most customers forget the basics when they are frantically shopping for loved ones.

"Generally guys aren't even sizing rings," he said. "They just guess for now and come back later with their significant others to get them fitted."

But jewelry is not the only way to spend money on loved ones.

Bill Wellen (senior-mechanical engineering) also spent close to $200 on his girlfriend of six weeks in addition to taking her out for dinner and buying her flowers.

"I usually don't have a girlfriend [for Valentine's Day]," he said, "but it's just been like magic."

Mitch Ballas, co-owner of George's Floral Boutique, 482 E. College Ave., said this holiday is the shop's single biggest day of the year.

He added that the weekend traffic seemed to be a fairly even assortment of men and women.

"It's probably a pretty good mix ... although there's a little higher number of male customers buying for their girlfriends," Ballas said.

"The average expenditure, I'd say, is probably in the $50 to $60 range," he added.

Despite the few customers who really splurge, Ballas said single-stem roses were one of this year's most popular items.

Aside from the typical Valentine's Day red roses, Stephanie Woodring, manager of Woodring's Floral Gardens, 145 S. Allen St., said student customers have also had special demands.

"Lilies have been really popular," she said. "That and we've had a lot of requests for unusual roses."

Anita Corvin, owner of Queen Anne's Lace, 1341 S. Atherton St., said the biggest items men have bought are Godiva chocolates and teddy bears.

"We actually had a request for someone who's getting engaged to tie the ring to one of the roses," Corvin said.

At Barbara's Hallmark, 1637 N. Atherton St., manager Christine Willnecker said chocolates and teddy bears seem to be the biggest trend this holiday season.

"We have a Sweet Hugs bear with chocolate," she said. "People seem to like that because it has the plush bear with the chocolate."