Valentine’s Day in my mind is one of the more awkward gift giving holidays but is still one I love to celebrate for a few reasons.
- I LOVE giving gifts and spoiling people, especially my boyfriend!
- Valentine’s Day 2 years ago Ben and I started dating. Well the “One Month Limit” started then. For those of you that don’t know what the “One Month Limit” is, watch this space I will be blogging about it soon
I have one rule for Valentine’s Day for the ladies… NEVER EVER send a guy flowers. They just don’t appreciate them and most guys feel totally emasculated getting flowers from their girl.
My advice is to use Valentine’s Day as a chance to spend some quality time with your other half. The consumer industry just wants you to spend spend spend, but nothing says I love you more than spending time together.
Its so easy to get caught up in the day to day busyness that it is so easy to forget to spend quality time together. If you live together just being around each other while you cook, clean and go about doing your evening tasks (In my case working on my blog) isn’t enough. Spending time together means removing the distractions and just focusing on each other. I am no relationship guru, but from what I have learnt from pervious experiences is that not communicating and spending time together will result in a relationship falling apart.
So here are a few ideas on things you could do without spending a lot of money:
- Pack a Picnic – put together some yummy snacks and head out to the beach or park to watch the sunset and the stars come out. (Don’t forget to back a blanket to wrap up in)
- Massage – I’m not talking about a 5 minute massage, light some candles, put some rose petals on the bed. Make it a bit romantic.
- Cook Dinner – for those of you that live in New Zealand you know that our weather isn’t always permitting for doing things outdoors! So why not cook your partner’s favorite meal, light some candles, dim the lights and have a romantic dinner for two!
- Breakfast In Bed – everybody loves this, and it’s such a great way to start the day. It will have your other half leaving for work with a big smile on their face
- Flowers – guys, girls love getting flowers. Especially getting them delivered while they are at work for everyone to see, it will make every girl feel special
For those of you that haven’t found “Mr or Mrs. Right” don’t get caught up over it. Enjoy the time you have doing things that you want and being able to commit all your time to friends and family.
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