The romantic and sweet festival of Valentine's Day is near and this year it falls on a Monday.Don't forget,is on TOMORROW!!Whether you and your partner has just begun start,or has been in a serious relationship for a quite while.Valentine's Day is a time to reflect on the value of your love for each other.Stumped for thoughts on how to celebrate?
Home Dates
Make a romantic dinner at home together. If you both love to cook and experiment, try something new. Even if it doesn’t turn out you’ll have fun with the prep work. Put on a nice tablecloth, candles, and fire up some romantic music to round out the night.
Leave a trail of flower petals to surprise your mate when he or she gets home. Or, how about a treasure hunt? Create notes along the stops to remind your sweetie how much you love him or her. Your notes don’t have to be lengthy, but they should be specific to make them special.
Forget the park! A carpet picnic can be just as romantic. Spread out on a blanket, light lots of candles, and prepare foods you’d normally eat outside on a sunny day. Or, for a twist, get a heart-shaped pizza. Don’t forget the wine. For dessert, make a chocolate fondue. Cut small pieces of cheesecake and dip for a delectable treat.
A Night Out
Every couple has a favorite date where they shared a special memory. Perhaps it was the night you first said, “I love you.” Maybe it was a night where everything seemed to go wrong, yet you had fun anyway. Or maybe your special night is the very first time you went out, when you were both nervous and excited.
Take those favorite memories and recreate them. Go to the same place, order the same foods, and reminisce about the fun you had and the way you felt. Reliving your happiest moments will help you realize how much you mean to each other.
Instead of dinner at one place, choose appetizers at a few favorite restaurants. Don’t forget to pick a romantic place at the end for dessert and champagne.
A Night Out
Every couple has a favorite date where they shared a special memory. Perhaps it was the night you first said, “I love you.” Maybe it was a night where everything seemed to go wrong, yet you had fun anyway. Or maybe your special night is the very first time you went out, when you were both nervous and excited.
Take those favorite memories and recreate them. Go to the same place, order the same foods, and reminisce about the fun you had and the way you felt. Reliving your happiest moments will help you realize how much you mean to each other.
Instead of dinner at one place, choose appetizers at a few favorite restaurants. Don’t forget to pick a romantic place at the end for dessert and champagne.
Creative Date Ideas
Give your partner something she’ll truly appreciate by thinking about what she's always wanted to do. A spa day? Day at the links? Day without housework? After you spend a few hours having some much-needed relaxing time, come back together at the end of a day and enjoy an evening just for two.
Get into the arts. Nothing inspires romance like great paintings or literature. Poetry readings and exhibits pop up throughout the country around February 14th. Check out your local paper. End the date with a creative gift of your own, such as a shadow box with a few cherished memories placed inside, a limerick, or even a love note.
Give your partner a year's worth of dates. Buy a box of kiddie Valentines and write down one different date idea for each week of the year. Then place them in a decorative box just like you did in school. Tell your sweetie he can pull out one early, and use that as a guide for your Valentine’s Day date.
Your weekly date ideas don’t need to be complicated. How about a homemade dinner, DVD night with the movie of your partner’s choice, an educational date, museum tour, concert, picnic, theme night, and on and on. Use your imagination to make it specific to your love. Remember that it’s the time you spend together which will mean the most to your relationship.
Planning a Romantic Valentine's Day Date
This article is aimed at assisting you with how to set about making a romantic date for the one you love. It is especially appropriate for the less romantically inclined who just can't think of these ideas without prompting!
Make a list of what you will need before you begin. For example -roses, chocolates, candles, stuffed animals (plushies), food, and romantic music.
Select something for dinner that you know you'll both like, so you can enjoy the meal together. If you haven't time to cook, order ahead at a good food store that specializes in take-home dinners (not just fast food). Order a special cake from a bakery (pâtisserie) and get some special wine or alcohol substitute that both of you love to share.
Shop for the roses, candles and stuffed animal(s). Choose them in pink, red, or white; or try a combination of all three colors if you like. Include a card in which you can write a personal, heartfelt message. Make the card yourself if you have the time, for that extra personal touch.
Arrange the roses, candles and stuffed animals in strategic places in your home. Make them appear in unexpected places to delight your loved one. Leave a sweet post-it note message stuck behind the bathroom door, next to the soap dispenser or on the coat rack. It's also a nice touch to scatter some rose petals around your home, perhaps on a staircase or on the welcome mat at the front door. Write a love note in the steam on the bathroom mirror so they see it when they get out the shower.
Start cooking your specially planned meal (if you're doing it) or put the purchased quality meals into warming-up containers ready to heat. Make sure that you have something sweet and romantic to finish the meal with.
Think of some heartfelt ways of presenting the food - arrange the salad in the shape of a heart; use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out bread pieces, pour a berry coulis for a cake in a heart shape.
Set the table with your favorite things, a candle, some flowers and put on softly playing music in the background. Leave a sweet message in the place that your loved one will be sitting.
After the meal is over, have chocolates and out-of-the-ordinary warm drinks planned ( for example, hot chocolate with a dash of liqueur or fruit syrup; latte coffee etc). Dim the lights and tell your loved one all the reasons why they are so special to you. Go beyond ordinary and think deeply about why this person really matters to you - stretch that word "love" into something with real meaning.
Tips
A nice gift for your loved one could be a teddy bear with chocolates, a live miniature rose plant that will remind them of you long after cut roses have gone, a longed-for novel with red ribbon around it, a poem written by yourself, a photo collage of the two of you, prepared by yourself etc. Think of really personal gifts that reflect how you feel about your love.
Do not buy a gift that is overly cheesy. Remember that some women or girls may not like teddy bears; and some men or boys do not like to receive after shave, so try to find out before the date what kind of gifts she or he has a yearning for.
Be creative. Great gifts might be activities rather than a bunch of items. Consider a balloon ride over your city; a weekend's hike with a stay in a cute bed and breakfast; a ticket to a concert; a gift certificate for horse-riding lessons. These sorts of gifts last beyond the day of giving and are rarely, if ever, forgotten.
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Anyway,Happy Valentine's Day to all my readers!!!
