With Valentine’s Day coming up this weekend, you might be wondering what you are going to get your significant other and what you should do for a date. While this can be an expensive day for many, fortunately there are a few ways that you can save money.
- Instead of paying extra for a limited valentines menu at a restaurant, why not make dinner at home? Not only will this save you money, it’s more romantic than a crowded restaurant. To have even more fun, why not make supper together?
- Another great way to show your love through cooking is providing breakfast in bed.
- Maybe you’re not such a great cook? A fun valentine’s date could be to take a cooking class together.
- Do something that’s not in high demand, and is also less expensive, like going to a museum or zoo.
- Go to a dollar store for cards and chocolates. These items will cost you as much as five times more anywhere else.
- If you want chocolates that are not available at the dollar store, wait until the 13th or even 14th to buy them elsewhere. Many stores drop the price of their valentines items in advance, no longer waiting until after Valentines Day to reduce them.
- Make a coupon book that they can cash in whenever they want. This could be for anything you can think of, like back rubs, doing the dishes or watching a movie of their choice together.
- Go to the movie for less than what you would pay at the till by picking up discounted passes at CAA or Costco.
- Save even more money, and avoid the crowds, by renting a movie or watching one on television.
- Create a photo album of memorable moments and special occasions. Make each page a theme, maybe a page for a favorite vacation or a page of pictures from Christmas?
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I think its hard to beat a nice romantic meal with that special someone with a candle-lit dinner, and a nice bottle of red wine (Chilean preferably). A few flowers for the gal (or partner to whoever it applies to) also helps.
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This isn’t the day to scrimp, guys.
Spending a lot of money is really no big deal– just become the kind of guy who CAN spend a lot of money without it being harmful to your finances.
Your woman deserves a guy who doesn’t scrimp AND doesn’t harm his finances to splurge on her. Be that man.
So the way to a woman’s heart is money and expensive things?
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Hey Tom,
Not to sound like a high maintenance princess or anything, but I think that dollar store chocolates won’t cut it! =)
You might get the chocolate box thrown at you. LOL.
Instead of buying a card at the dollar store (because most girls can tell that a card is bought at the dollar store- it doesn’t say “Carlton” or “Hallmark”) a more thoughtful way to do it is to make the card. Either by hand or create it on your computer.
Much more thoughtful that way.
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Great post. I agree with Mike in that Valentine’s Day is certainly not a day to hold back on being generous. It is a great excuse to be creative with what you spend time doing with your partner and to splash out and make her/him feel special!
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Or why not just skip Valentine’s Day completely? It’s a retail created holiday. Youngandthrifty showed that by her comment saying that you need more than a dollar store box of chocolates. The thought was there, so why get mad at someone for that? The more expense the better?
Just show those close to you that you love them everyday. Doing something nice (or expensive) on Valentine’s Day doesn’t give you an excuse to be a jerk every other day. It’s similar to Catholics who go to church every sunday, but for the other 6 days of the week, they don’t “practice what they preach”