Unique Valentine's Day gifts from rodents to a $31K ring

Posted: Feb 8, 2012 3:34 PM by David Ortiviz
Updated: Feb 8, 2012 8:09 PM

Valentine's Day is less than a week away and if you're looking for something special for your sweetheart you have a lot of options. From a ring worth more than a car to a rodent! We're highlighting some of the unique gifts you can pick up in Southern Colorado.

"Well we wanted to do a get naked," said Gloria Madrill, with the Pueblo Zoo. "Mole rats that is," she added. For $25 you can adopt a naked mole rat for your babe. Fortunately the rodents stay at the zoo, but you get a certificate. "And also a beautiful picture of your adoptive child," said Madrill.

Want something more glamourous? Jack Armstrong Jewelers has an array of diamonds and jewels to dazzle your sweetie. In fact, they showed us 4-karat diamond ring worth as much as a car. "$31,500," said Bernadette Pacheco, an employee at Jack Armstrong Jewelers. Besides rings, she says another top seller this time of year are the real roses dipped in gold. "We have customers that have bouquets of them. They figure instead of buying the real thing and then going dead, these you'll have forever," said Pacheco.

At P.S. I Love You, traditional flowers are still a hit. They had 600 orders last Valentine's Day.

"The colored roses have meanings, Red is love. Orange is fascination. Yellow is friendship. White is purity. Dark pink is thankfulness," said Grace Clementi, owner of P.S. I Love You.

They also sell the hot air balloons, stuffed animals in balloons, candy bouquets, martini baskets and lucky bamboo. "I always say give it to someone you might want to have fall in love with you," said Clementi.

But in the end, the gift may not matter. "To show somebody you love them, there's nothing greater than love," said Clementi.