How to Celebrate Valentine's Day Without Spending Money

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We hold love in our hearts rather than our hands, and we see it only when we give it to another. Simple, heartfelt gestures are the best way to offer the gift of love.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Show Her You Love Her

Step1
Leave a note on her pillow, a note on her dressing table mirror, a note on the breakfast table, and a note on her car's steering wheel.
Step2
Find a classic love poem and write it on the bathroom mirror.
Step3
Bring her breakfast in bed - with a love note on the tray.
Step4
Draw a heart on her makeup mirror.
Step5
Use a can of water-soluble, non-toxic aerosol paint to write a message of love on the grass in your yard.
Step6
Call her favorite radio station and request a romantic song during the time she drives to work.
Step7
Change the welcome message on your answering machine to an expression of love.
Step8
Show up at her workplace, meet her as she takes her break, and whisk her away to a lovely park. Have a picnic lunch, complete with candle and rose.
Step9
Write her a long letter, one in which you recall the most emotional parts of your romantic history.
Step10
Print out "I Love You" posters on your computer, put them on your garage door and on light posts around the neighborhood.
Step11
Ask her to watch the sunset with you - and promise her your love will burn longer than the sun.
Step12
Open the windows, put her favorite romantic song on the CD player, and invite her to dance under the stars.

Show Him the Romantic Flame Still Burns

Step1
Put a note on the bathroom mirror promising to share an afternoon delight.
Step2
Fill his car with balloons, each with an "I Love You" message inside.
Step3
Find his car at work and leave a note on the steering wheel suggesting a romantic rendezvous. Meet him with drinks and snacks and a love note.
Step4
Meet him after work wearing your sexiest outfit and tempt him away to lover's lane. Carry along a bottle of sparkling water and a basket of canapés.
Step5
Leave him a series of notes to follow so that you meet in a romantic place.
Step6
Leave a trail of paper hearts, each with a loving message, from the front door to the bedroom for him to find as he comes home from work.
Step7
Cook his favorite dinner and serve it by candlelight.
Step8
Wrap up your prettiest negligee in a fancy package, complete with a note that promises a romantic evening.
Step9
Or decorate your bedroom in a theme - tropical island, old West, ancient castle - that appeals to his interests.
Step10
Light candles in your bedroom and lay out a romantic picnic on your bed.
Step11
Scatter Hershey's Chocolate Kisses all over the bed.

Tips & Warnings

  • Men should remember that children's needs can distract a woman. Make sure you've arranged for the children to be fed, bathed and entertained before embarking on a romantic evening at home.

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on 8/8/2006 Type out 365 notes telling your love one how much you love them, why you love them, and/or little love poems or quotes. Put them in a little jar or a cute bag. So every day for a year he/she will pull out a note and know just how much you love them. I did this for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day and he though it was such a sweet idea. He still takes the notes out every day when he wakes up.

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on 11/22/2005 People often take baths together but this time let your love get into the bath and then bathe him/her. Don't be afraid to get sensual with it. Trail a rose down his/her stomach. Have candles for a romantic mood, music too.

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on 11/22/2005 Get a whole bunch of your mutual friends together and go out to eat. Plan ahead and make sure the resturant will help. In the middle of the drinks or meal stand up and sing one of your favorite love songs to him loudly. Then confess your love to him.

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on 11/22/2005 scatter hersheys kisses all over the floor and leave an oversised card that says "I kiss the ground you walk on"

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on 11/22/2005 Get all your close friends into this one.Have each one give him/her a note during the day that have a few words on it. Make sure they give them to him/her at different times.At the end he/she has a message promising a night of love.

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