Sometimes, being a single man has it's benefits.

For example, you get to hog the remote control on a nightly basis, snack when you like and have no problem making plans with your wingmen for a couple of pints of Red Lemonade when you please.

That said, as the weather changes and spring... er... springs into action, those pros can look like cons when it's obvious the love is in the air.

That's why when a Lovely Girl like Caroline from Limerick comes along, you're sorely tempted to become a one woman man, tell the lad's your staying home with the missus for a Desperate Housewives DVD marathon.

Caroline not only is lovelier than a lovely thing on St.Lovely's day, she's also got yards of charm and poetic skill:

"Its crunch time for me and my love life, so I’d love to bag myself Mr.Tayto aka The Stud Spud! Check out that crisp sharp suit, he’s obviously a man of good taste! I could be your Mrs.Tayto, your (Golden) Wonder Woman, I won’t cost you a packet and I haven’t got a chip on my shoulder! We could stay in and be couch potatoes or go out and bop to cheesy tunes. And when the chips are down, I’ll still be at your side. And believe me, our love life would never go stale coz Mr.T's one hot potato!!"

So, Caroline, as the weather changes and the days become warmer and brighter - who knows you just may be the one for me.

This week's Lovely Girl folks, Tayto goodies are whizzing to her as I type.

If it's one thing I love in a Lovely Girl - apart from a mutual fascination in the workings of Massey Fergusons'  - it's great taste. My blackbook is over flowing with ladies from Dingle to Donegal, but it's good taste that really sets a true Lovely Girl apart from the crowd.

This week's Lovely Girl has good tatse in spades!

Lorraine from Galway is not only easy on the eye but her great taste shines through when she tells me:

'I eat Tayto's every day and cant wait to taste u!!!'                                            

I know, I know!

This is getting really difficult what with girls like Lorraine out there, this spud is getting spoiled for choice.

Here's looking at you Lorraine, Tayto's are on their way! 

You know, I was flicking through the auld Blackbook last night and some thoughts struck me:

It's Valentines Day, and I'm sitting in listening to Phil Collins greatest hits, by meself. I should be out there, taking long romantic strolls down Dun Laoighaire Pier, hand in hand (other in crisp packet). I should be whispering sweet nothings to a lovely girl, and playing her that love song I wrote on my mandolin.. Instead, I'm dancing the lonely tango to 'Cheesy Lover'.

Although, as Phil says 'you can't hurry love'... but I tell ye, with lovely girls like Stephanie Steven from Rosslare you'd be prepared to wait!!

Honestly, she's so lovely - and friendly - that the Oxford English Dictionary will have to recall every edition so they can rewrite the very definition of the word!!!

So Stephanie, take a bow, you're my 'Lovely Girl of the Week'. Goodies are on the way!

Not since I unwittingly wandered backstage at the Rose of Tralee have I seen so many lovely girls in one place.

That place? My bulging blackbook of course.

It seems that every girl in Ireland is in there.

I tell ya, there's more tastiness at www.mrtayto.ie than a six-pack of Cheese and Onion (well, nearly) and they keep coming.

This week's winner, with a whopping 7000+ votes is Sinead Walsh, from Bunboyne, who charmed me with:

'Because I'm like a bag of delicious Tayto crisps, I look good but I taste even better'.

Sinead, all I can say is that you're definitely a lady with great taste! I'm sealing a box of goodies with a kiss and sending them with love to you.

Special mention this week to another lovely girl Emma Campbell from Carrickfergus who took this pic for her blackbook entry.

Nice work Emma, goodies for you too.

I asked him to keep it simple. Play to my strengths I said. He replied 'You're a Potato'. And we took it from there.

My good pal, Louis Copeland and professional lovely girl Ruth, getting the measure of the most eligible  and edible bachelor in Ireland (that's me apparently).

Of course, the sophisticated folks out there know that there's nothing tastier than a juicy potato in a 'jacket' and thanks to Louis, I look the part.

My little blackbook is starting to fill up. Even yesterday as I was flying around the country on the Love Bus, I was clicking into the cyberweb and I’m not messing lads, the Lovely Girls of this country are finer than a rich harvest of succulent, new season spuds on a summers day!

This weeks Lovely Girl is Ann Marie Menton and hails from Dublin, she describes herself as looking for ‘a good all rounder’ and ‘is going to show me a smashing time!’ but her loveliness still shines through.

Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?

Better stop there before I boil over.

All hail Ann Marie, box of Tayto crisps and goodies are on their way to you. 

Over on me Bebo page things are getting a bit busy on a poll the lads had me start.

Apparently, Nicole Kidman's character in 'Far and Away' isn't what you might call the ideal template for a future Mrs. Tayto. Pretty face and all that but sure,her accent was awful. Cringe!

Anyway, front runners over on Bebo are Lucy Kennedy and yer wan, what's her face, from Girls Aloud.

I see Grainne Seoige is in there aswell. Doing well.

I'll leave it up to you so...

There I was enjoying a gentle wander around Dublin window shopping yesterday and then this happens!

Ambushed by 'Lovely Girls'.

In Wedding Dresses.

And wellies.

And wouldn't you know it... the paparazzi were there to snap it up.

Typical!  

Another week, another unbelievable flood of lovely girls into my Blackbook. Seriously ladies, the response from you has made me blush every morning as I log on to the intercyberweb.

From up and down this land there's been more loveliness flowing forth than I ever could have dreamed of.

Well nearly.

This weeks winner isn't just lovely, she's got the gift of the gab, charming me and others visitors to my Blackbook with lines like:

"I'm ur new yet to be released flavour SWEET HONEY LIPS"

Wow!

So, all hail Ciara Fitzgerald from Dublin who's as fresh as bag of Salt and Vinegar and as lovely as a Sunflower in full bloom.

Ciara in honor of your loveliness I'm sending you a box of my finest, with love, direct to you door.

I'll get my people to talk to your people!

So who is my first lovely girl of the week?

There's oodles of 'Lovely Girls' out there... what's a man to do!

And, one or two guys even made their way in to my little Blackbook!

Suppose, it's good to know I have options...

My first 'Lovely Girl of the Week' award goes, thankfully, to a girl - Salty Sarah Byrne (that's her on the right of the pic) from Bray to be precise, who tells me ...

"A good aul yank of the combine harvester gets me purring like me good aul kitty!!Love a nice crusty pair of wellies to shove on whilst waffling the ears off Daddy about my dream man, Mr Tayto! Hes a right hunk of a spud...

Right, now I'm blushing.

Obviously a lady with great taste and a wheel barrow load of loveliness!

And I bet she looks stunning in a pair of wellies!

Thanks Sarah!