Top tips to save your money on Valentine's Day
10 tips for a fun — but frugal — Valentine’s Day
1. Get creative when it comes to dinner.
2. Enjoy a little ambiance.
3. Play hooky.
4. See some live music.
5. Seek out some silence.
6. Have low-cost fun with food on Feb. 14.
7. Give thoughtful gifts. 8. Reflect on that flower purchase.
9. Write down how you feel.
10. Plan ahead for next year.
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10 No Cost Valentine's Day Gifts
1. Surprise your partner with a new set of vows, complete with a lovely candlelight dinner.
2. Window-shop for your dreams together: go "house hunting" for the perfect getaway cottage...mountain cabin...or even your first house.
3. Bake some heart-shaped cookies or fudge: this one is really easy, and if you have kids, you can involve them as well.
4. Create a list of "100 reasons I love you" and present it nicely wrapped and tied with a red or pink bow.
5. Read love poems/stories together.
6. Share romantic greeting cards that you made: these can be adorned with silk, hearts, pressed flowers, or a nice drawing by you, if you have the talent. .
7. Leave love notes in unexpected places.
8. Find a babysitter for your kids and have a picnic in the living room.
9. Say "I love you" for 12 entire months with a coupon book filled with favors that she can redeem throughout the year.
10. Prepare a romantic spa evening at home: run a hot bath, add some bath oil, and some of your partner's favorite music.
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25 Frugal Valentine’s Ideas That Won’t Make You Look Cheap
1. Put together your own bouquet of flowers.
2. Write a poem or a song for your sweetheart.
3. Bake brownies or cookies.
4. Do that thing that your sweetheart enjoys but you never want to do.
5. Make a kiss basket.
6. Make dinner and serve it romantically.
7. Create a “reasons I love you” scrapbook.
8. Create a “reasons you’re loved” scrapbook or video.
9. Make a mix tape.
10. Don’t underestimate the value of coupon books.
11. Dance. Dancing is always a good way to spend a romantic holiday.
12. Get a sexy board game.
13. Plan a sexy photo shoot.
14. Go on a photography adventure.
15. Fill the house with candles.
16. Sunrises, sunsets and stargazing.
17. Get candy jewelry and eat it off of each other.
18. Create a memory box.
19. Write out I Love You.
20. Make something with your hands.
21. Escape to heaven in your bathroom.
22. Make travel plans together.
23. Agree to spend less than a certain amount of money on Valentine’s Gifts.
24. Spend the whole day in bed.
25. Be your best self.
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