Following the spending blitz of the Christmas holiday, many people find buying gifts for another holiday stressful. RetailMeNot trends expert Sarah Sterple says about 28 percent of people dread the arrival of Valentines Day.

“In the retail world, the holiday hangover, as people tend to call it, and a lot of people spent a lot of money and are still paying off credit card debt and coming out of that 'hangover' as they call it and so now that we have Valentines Day, it's just a little bit stressful. It's a financial burden.”

She notes that on average, people spend about $25 on their significant other for Valentines Day.