THEY say that the best place to meet a future partner is either at work or in the local supermarket -- Susan Clark combined the two.

And today she reassured luckless Romeos that the partner of their dreams could be waiting for them just around the corner -- in the most unusual of places!

The 34-year-old met her husband-to-be while working at her local store.

She has just swapped the supermarket aisle for the wedding aisle when she and Stuart Clark tied the knot.

Today they will celebrate their first Valentine's Day together as a married couple with a romantic meal.

Susan -- then called Greatrix -- first clapped eyes on Stuart when she shouted "next" and called him over to her till - number six - at Asda, Accrington, as she would with any customer.

Susan said she thought nothing more of it but couldn't help noticing the same dashing figure passing by her check-out every Sunday.

Even then she thought Stuart, a 54-year-old management accountant at a Preston firm who used to live in Queens Road, Oswaldtwistle, was more keen on the bargains than her.

Susan said: "Stuart's daughter, Zoey, came in once and said 'I've never known my dad to shop so much on a Sunday,' but I still didn't click.

"A week later she came in and asked for my telephone number."

The contact details picked up by 25-year-old Zoey, were of course for Stuart. Days later he phoned and asked her out and two weeks after her daughter's birthday they went out -- a date they still celebrate to this day.

Susan, of Burnley Road, Accrington, said: "It was a Saturday December 12 1998, about a fortnight after Sarah's birthday. "We still go out on the Saturday now, two weeks after her birthday. It's the anniversary of our first date."

After getting engaged in 2000, Susan and Stuart tied the knot at Hyndburn Register Office on December 21 and are looking forward to their first Valentine's Day together today.

Susan said: "I never expected to meet the man of my dreams at the check-out but you never know where you will meet them."