Frugal Valentine’s Ideas
There’s only a week left until Valentine’s Day! Personally, I’ve always felt that Valentine’s is a ‘Hallmark‘ holiday - something made up to sell more greeting cards and chocolate. Now, that doesn’t mean that I think it should be ignored. I believe it’s still a day to be celebrated, but it could be celebrated with little or no money spent. Love is free don’t forget.
Dawn from Frugal for Life did a post a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of cool ideas for some amorous giving. Here are a few of my favorites…
- Have a picnic on the living room floor without any kids around (unless you live in a nice warm place, in which case, you can have a picnic outside!)
- Leave little Love notes all over the house in unexpected places. A pad of stickie notes is way cheaper than a dozen roses and your thoughts of love will last much longer.
- Give Love coupons! Make your own booklet of coupons that your partner can redeem for things like free massages and other ‘favors’.
- You could give a handmade card, and to really go the extra mile, include a ‘100 Reasons I Love You’ list with it.
Does anyone have any cool frugal love ideas that they’d like to share?
Check out Dawn’s Frugal Valentine’s post here for more ideas as well.
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POSTED IN: Around the House, Doing it Yourself, Simpler Thinking
5 opinions for Frugal Valentine’s Ideas
Jenn
Feb 8, 2006 at 7:15 am
If you want some cute small stuff, the Dollar Stores are full of nice things for valentines day right now. You can get some chocolates and a bear and a card for $3.
To me valentines day is about the thought, not the cost. DH and I agreed when we first got married only to give “gifts” on birthdays and Christmas. If you think about it, once you have kids you have birthdays, anniversary, christmas, mothers/fathers day, valentines day all to think up something “special” for. It’s too much!
Kevin Humphrey
Feb 8, 2006 at 10:39 pm
I seriously can’t remember the last time my wife and I exchanged gifts for Valentine’s. Like you, Jenn, we think it’s the thought that counts.
Dale Hanks
Feb 8, 2006 at 10:39 pm
I bought a recycled glass heart for my sweetheart, and some hot sauce from Walmart. They cancel out, right?
Kevin Humphrey
Feb 8, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Well, Dale, if you were to make your sweetheart a nice romantic dinner that required some hot sauce as an ingredient, then you might find yourself ahead on the deal. Otherwise, yeah, they’ll cancel out. ;)
Kathleen
Feb 9, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Bought a card, and 2 bags of different kinds of hershey kisses. Typed out 100 different reasons that I love my husband, printed them out, cut each reason as a strip and pasted them to the outside wrappers of the kisses. (2 bags gives you exactly 100 kisses, at least mine did) I put all the kisses in a sealable jar that I have with a label on the jar marked RX: prescription for __________(name) 100 reasons I love you, take one as a reminder whenever needed.
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