Tired of the same routine every Valentine’s Day? Whether you’ve been happily married for 15 years or this is your first Valentine’s together, we understand, it’s hard to do something other than dinner and a movie with Roses at the door for Valentine’s Day. However, just because it’s hard, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t or can’t be done. It MUST be done. Here are some great ideas that can take you off the beaten path of sweet romantic cards and a tasty steak dinner:
Find a unique town or spot a couple hours away. Make sure no one knows you there, and you know no one there. If everyone is a stranger, it’s much easier to be cheesy with your googlely eyes in public. Plan to stay at a bed and breakfast or a local inn. This is something close, convenient, and inexpensive; but you’ll feel like you’re a million miles away if you’ve never been there before. Call ahead and ask for any favors you wish. We suggest chocolate covered strawberries waiting on the desk, or mailing a love note and having it put on the pillow when you arrive. You might even want to ask that the television be removed from the room if one comes in the room. (You want no chance of distractions for this night!) Warm up with a bubble bath together, no need for a crowded hot tub. Go antiquing, hiking, or take a bike ride. The activities don’t necessarily matter, only that you are together and having alone quiet time. Click
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If you’re an active couple go outside! Hike, walk, play, find away to relate romance to your favorite activities. Plant the roses or even the entire rose bush in the garden! If you have a body of water near you, take a boat out and just sit together. Watch the sunset, eat a picnic style meal, bring dessert, have an intimate moment our on the water. Any time you’re away from home, it can be a mini vacation. Step outside, enjoy the day, and make the wait to get home worth it!
Barrels of fun? Make your partner giggle! Maybe the cutesy romance isn’t quite your style. Go to a comedy club or a concert in the park. If you don’t get to spend time together to take advantage of all the things your city has to offer, now is the time! There’s no time like the present and not better present than a Valentine’s Day adventure! Clubs, bars, and parks may not sound romantic, but your actions and words definitely can be. Make the entire night about the other person. The more you show you care the more he or she will be floored. Try to plan more than one activity to prolong the night and spike curiosity. Once the surprise and excitement settle down, you can go home and watch a movie you’ve rented in the candlelight.
If you feel like you’re too busy for an entire day away from the desk, first, you’re wrong, second, we have suggestions for you!
Come home early, every minute counts, don’t waste a minute arguing about the time and plans, spend it all in passionate kisses. If you get home first spell our “I love you” on the garage, sidewalk, front of the house, anywhere that fits your life. If you live by the beach, write it in the sand. If you live with snow for four or more months each year, then write it in the snow. The key is to be big and over the top, you want to make it the talk of the town. Whatever you have planned after an entrance like that has got to be fabulous!
In the morning before you leave for work, leave hidden notes around the house. Make a little game out of things you have planned for your partner to do. Things like go to the spa, meet me for lunch, buy yourself something sexy for tonight. We want you to be very specific. The more it seems like you’re in control the more time and effort your partner will think you’ve put into this little project.
Go in late. OK, we all have to work, but all day? No. Get up the same time, even do your same routine, but cook, or have delivered, a wonderful breakfast. Bring it to your loved one, and feed him or her. Yes, the entire meal. If you can be spontaneous and go into work a couple hours late, then you surely know what you’re doing for the evening, or so they think!
OK everyone does little games. We’ve all made, “I’ll do the dishes tonight” passes or “Free massage” cards, etc. But spice it up a little! Give your partner the intimate and sexy ones when your at dinner or in a public setting. Make the cards something you both can enjoy. If you have a girls or guys night card, how is that going to remind them of the love you possessed this special day? Instead we suggest things like “Margarita night!” or “Weekend getaway to _____”
Approach routine things, differently. Even if you don’t write it out, most couples have similar Valentine’s checklists. You do the same things, every year. Well you’re going to, or already have married this person. That speaks volumes about your relationship. If you’re going to do dinner, do it on the roof or in the park. If you exchange presents, exchange them in a different manner where the physical presents are not the focus, and the time spent together is the highlight. If you’re going to wear lingerie wear a completely different style. The adventure is really what matters. If you enter the bedroom in your grandmother’s slip, but with a ten surprises coming his way, the slip will be the greatest hit.
We've all had the fight with parking vehicles since we were 16: who's in who's spot, who parked too close to your side, you know your own personal tif's with parking. Instead of parking in your lover's spot this Valentine's, fill the garage with love. If you want to be simple you can fill you garage, or at least the other side, with balloons. Use the weighted sand bags to prevent attack when the garage door opens. If you want to get a little bit romantic, tie a note to the bottom of one or some of the balloons explaining how much your love means. If you want a present involved, tell him or her that there is a piece of jewelry in one of the balloons and they have to guess which one. (A ring could also be tied to the end of the balloon where the string begins.)
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