A romantic and memorable Valentine’s Day isn’t just about bringing your date or your loved one to a fancy fine dining restaurant for a lavishing and expensive dinner. Your loved ones might feel loved and impressed, but no love is greater than the simple act of sincerity and love. Valentine’s Day is the day to celebrate the love with your significant other and to remind you all the reasons why you fell in love with her at the first place. The fine dining experience might sound promising , but we found the alternative ways for you to secure your loved ones with these money-saving tips a.k.a the guide to poor man’s Valentine’s Day! After all, it is the thought that counts, right?
1. Write a Love Letter
Sincerity and honesty is the most important thing in writing greeting cards but greeting cards has become too cliché. Do it the old-school style by making your love confessions in a piece of love letter instead. Be it in the cheesy love poem or the funny love confessions, the letter must hold a special meaning to both of you. Just make sure the things you wrote down in the letter are what you feel about being with her and how meaningful she was to you in your life.
2. Creative Flower Sending
Instead of buying a bouquet of flower, be creative in sending the flower gifts to your loved ones. Get a potted flowering plant with her favourite flower as a Valentine’s gift instead of cut flowers. The flowers in the pot usually live longer with the much needed nutrients and it can be a promise for both of you can grow the plants together as long both of you are together.
3. Dedicate a Song to Her
If you’re creative on the music side, write a song to express your feeling to her and sing it to her on Valentine’s Day. Not only this makes her feel touched, it gives a special meaning to her as the song is only dedicated to her. But of course, if you’re not good at singing, you can recreate romantic memories by making your own mixtape with all her favourite songs as well as some love songs.
4. Plan a Romantic Picnic
Picnic at the park or the beach and spend the rest of the day lying on the map and staring into the beautiful sky can be really romantic for most women. Pack some light snacks for the picnic or better yet, have a romantic candlelit dinner at the beach with your loved ones is going to make her feel loved and special.
5. Book of Memories
Celebrate your love by making a scrapbook filled with pictures of every single precious moment you’ve spent with your loved ones. Besides that, concert tickets and any other receipts that remind you of the old times can be put down in the scrapbook as well. Write down every thing you can remember on the pictures you’ve taken and express your love in the scrapbook. The book will be a one-of-a-kind Valentine for both of you.
6. Dine In
Get the best and the fresh ingredients from the local grocery store and show off your cooking skills by cooking a dinner yourself. Make some extra effort in decorating your dining room too with the romantic Valentine’s decorations and put on some slow, sultry love songs to create the romantic yet relaxed ambiance.
7. Dine Out
Any where can be a perfect place to enjoy your Valentine’s Day, even mamak store can be dining place for you and your loved one. Since you can’t afford to have a fancy dinner, you can bring your loved ones to other restaurants with an affordable Valentine’s dinner set that comes fixed with a three-course meal. While the mamak store is not an ideal dining place, but you can talk the night away about all the precious memories you shared together in her favourite mamak store.
8. Make a special video
Get creative in confessing your love to her by making a video that consists of the many ways to prove that you love her. You can say “I Love You” in different language to her in the video or squeeze out any cheesy love quotes that you wouldn’t say it in her face in the video. Just make sure you’re honest about your feelings towards her. There are many unique ways to express your love so you better make the video special and unique for her!
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