I don't know how many of you are on the Frugal Corner mailing list, but they sent me an e-mail today advertising their "St. Patty's Day Promotion". ARGH! I hate that! "St. Patty". Since when did we become all buddy-buddy with St. Patrick? We don't say "St. Mike" or "St. Andy". And another, if you're going to shorten it, it becomes Paddy, after the Irish Padraig.

I have a love/hate relationship with St. Patrick's Day and tend to get on edge. I love the holiday, but there are so many things that treat it with disrespect and irregard. I'm sure the Frugal Corner was not trying to offend anybody, but it just rubs me the wrong way. Is it so hard to refer to it as "St. Patrick's Day?" With the green beer and plastic paddys coming out of the woodwork, can't we at least refer to it by it's proper name?

/end rant