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Have you ever had a 'quirky' Valentine's Day?

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 Pizza Hut's Engagement Party Package includes a red ruby ring and a medium one-topping pizza.(pizzahut.com)If you're looking for the perfect way to propose to your significant other, but haven't been able to figure out how to include breadsticks and cinnamon sticks into the plan, then Pizza Hut has the offer for you.

The American pizza chain is offering a $10,010 US Engagement Party Package for order until Feb. 14 in the United States. The company's website says the package contains everything you need to pop the question, including:

  • An engagement ring with "a stunning ruby stone flanked by shimmering diamonds."
  • Limousine service.
  • Flowers.
  • A "perfectly timed" fireworks show.
  • A photographer and videographer.
  • A $10 Pizza Hut dinner box.
The dinner box contains one medium one-topping pizza, five breadsticks with marinara sauce, and 10 cinnamon sticks with extra icing.

Only 10 of these packages are being offered. It's not available to Canadian customers. Huffington Post reports that as of Feb. 10, Pizza Hut has received more than 800 "serious inquiries."

The Hut isn't the only company offering an extravagant engagement gift. According to food blog Eater,  Philadelphia bakery Cupcakes Gourmet is selling a red velvet cupcake topped with an eight-carat diamond ring, for a total cost of $55,000.

Time reports that four million Americans expect to either propose or be proposed to on Valentine's Day.

Not every offbeat Valentine's Day offer will run your budget to the tune of thousands of dollars and a wedding down the line, though. Krispy Kreme patrons who buy 12 donuts will receive 12 free Valentine's Day cards - each of which also counts as a coupon for one free donut.

And back in Canada, Pizza Pizza is offering a heart-shaped Vegetarian pizza, with an option to add an apple crumble cheesecake. They're calling it "The cheesiest Valentine's Day present ever."

Have you ever had a "quirky" Valentine's Day? Would you consider proposing with the help of the Pizza Hut Engagement Party Package? Take our poll, and then share your Valentine's Day stories in the comments section below.


(This survey is not scientific. Results are based on readers' responses.)

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