It’s almost Valentines Day and everyone’s rushing around trying to think of ways to impress their girlfriends or boyfriends or intimate partners with their gifts. It’s another busy month at the mall, looking for the cutest teddy bear, sweetest chocolate, most expensive flowers. But is it the price tag that really matters?
No matter if you spent $300 or $30, it won’t really matter as long as the gift has really been thought out and you and your loved one is together on Valentines Day. Here are some 7 tips to make your Valentines Day sweet but affordable.

1. If you and your honey still has school or work the day of, why not take the time to pick her up there? Even by just dressing up nicely, bringing her just a single rose and treating her to a neck massage would really be romantic already.
2. Cook for him/her. Make a surprise dinner at his/her house. Make everything your partner loves and make sure your cooking is sprinkled with love. Light up a few candles and get Paul McCartney to sing (the CD, not the real guy). This kind of Valentines Day for anyone would surely touch their hearts.
3. Write a set of letters and 7 days before February 14. Make them short, sweet and simple and anonymous. Then on February 14, surprise her with a huge home-made Valentines Card. It’s sweet and very thoughtful. Plus you have no other expenses aside from paper.
4. If she or he has work the whole day, keep small, simple gifts coming every 2 hours or so. A rose, a candy, a cupcake, a scented candle, a small teddy bear. Whatever it is. Cute and very thoughtful.
5. Sing for him or her. Or better yet, compose your own song and sing it after you’ve eaten dinner. It doesn’t really matter if you have a good voice. As long as the song is from you, it would really be sweet.
6. Make a video or picture video of your pictures and show it to your partner on the day of. Instead of the cheesy romantic movies you watch every year, watch a movie of the times you spent together, ups and downs and appreciate how important you both are to each other.
7. Last but not the least, spend the whole day together. Doesn’t really matter what you’re doing as long as you’re doing it together. Clean the house (or maybe not), go for a ride down the street, walk along the beach, go to an amusement park. Just as long as you’re together and that’s probably enough to make any one’s day.

Remember, it doesn’t really matter if it costs $300 and above as long as these gifts come from the heart, you’ll surely win her heart again.

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