Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and if you're like a lot of people, you're dreading that most amorous of days because of your current lack of a significant other. But don't despair; there's still time to attract your perfect mate before February 14, and Consumer Guide can help with these gadgets and accessories.

First of all, it probably wouldn't hurt to get healthier. We're not saying that you need to lose weight; just be more toned and, you know … smaller. A subscription to Shape or Men's Fitness magazine can be a great first step toward realizing your fitness goals. These periodicals deliver lots of useful information regarding health and conditioning that can help you change your life for the better.

Generally speaking, it's difficult to honestly evaluate your level of fitness without visiting a doctor, and even then, he or she can only evaluate your progress as often as you're able -- or can afford -- to visit. Luckily, there is an alternative: Tanita's InnerScan Body Composition Monitor. This handy device may resemble a scale, but it's actually much more than a simple weight measurement tool. The InnerScan Body Composition Monitor uses a process known as Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to tell you how much of your body mass is fat and how much is muscle. What's more, this machine tacitly offers you advice on how to lose weight by determining your metabolic age and telling you how many calories you need to consume to maintain your current weight. If you've ever wondered why you just can't seem to lose weight, the InnerScan Body Composition Monitor might just hold the answer.

Tanita's InnerScan Body Composition Monitor

There's a good chance that you'll find that you need to work out more; unfortunately, it's far too cold in much of the country to exercise outdoors during this time of the year, and gym memberships are extremely expensive. As such, it may make sense for you to consider purchasing a piece of home fitness equipment. Consider the Schwinn 220p exercise bike; it offers a smooth ride, a wide variety of workouts and an attractively low price. Best of all, you can work out when it's convenient for you without having to leave your home.

Now that you've got your fitness plans underway, it's time to consider how you're going to meet that special someone. Maybe it's finally time to try online dating. You've got friends who met their significant others online, and they seem happy; heck, you've probably even attended a wedding of people who met through an internet dating service. It's worked for millions of people, so maybe it'll work for you, too.

The first step to effective online dating is finding a good picture of yourself to post with your profile. Unfortunately, the last good picture of yourself that you can find is from your senior prom, so it might be time to consider purchasing a digital camera to remedy that situation. Check out the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55, which is one of the best, most affordable point-and-shoot digital cameras available. This easy-to-use model is thin and attractive, and it performs at a high level -- you'll rarely notice the shutter lag that plagues many less-expensive digital cameras. You can even upgrade this model with Sony accessories if you happen to develop a more intense interest in photography.

Unfortunately, you're not exactly Ansel Adams yet, and the first pictures that you take of yourself are going to leave a little something to be desired. Not to worry -- Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 can help to make your imperfect photos much more palatable. Photoshop Elements is designed for the casual user; whereas using the full versions of Photoshop can be a maddening ordeal (provided you're not a graphic designer), Elements makes it tremendously easy for everybody to fix the flaws in their photos. One-button Smart Fix tools allow even the most hopeless technophobe to effectively alter their snapshots.

Sadly, though, your computer may not be up to running Photoshop Elements 6, or anything else that's been released in the latter part of this decade, for that matter. Sure, that Celeron-powered, 20GB-of-hard-drive-space-having behemoth got you through college and is fine for sending e-mail and storing a handful of MP3s, but come on -- it's slower than molasses in January and will be about as useful as a kicking tee when you need to install a program that won't run on Windows 98. Take this opportunity to check out Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion Elite m9000 series of multimedia desktops. These computers feature incredibly powerful cores and tons of storage space at a very reasonable price.

RIM Blackberry 8800 GSM

Once you've posted your profile -- complete with stunning photos -- on the dating Web site of your choice, you'll need to deal with all of the attention you attract; that's where the RIM Blackberry 8800 GSM comes in. This feature-laden mobile device will allow you to keep in touch with your admirers when you're on the go via cellular phone calls, e-mail and texts, and its GPS locator can even help you find the little hole-in-the-wall coffee shop at which your date wants to meet. Once you get there, though, you're on your own, but Consumer Guide certainly wishes you the best of luck.