{"id":3306,"date":"2013-02-02T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2013-02-01T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:31:57","slug":"cheap-ways-to-romance-your-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=3306","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Ways To Romance Your Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Valentine_Postcard_43902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Valentine postcard, circa 1900\u20131910\" alt=\"Valentine postcard, circa 1900\u20131910\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4b\/Valentine_Postcard_43902.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentine postcard, circa 1900\u20131910 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Cheap Ways To Romance Your Husband<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Tawra Kellam<br \/>\n<a title=\"Living on a Dime Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livingonadime.com\/store?ap_id=annette34\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.LivingOnADime.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Here are some inexpensive ideas to romance your husband and to have more fun on Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Go to a bookstore, enjoy the silence and browse.<\/strong>\u00a0Get a cup of coffee and make a date of it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day AFTER Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/strong>\u00a0Everything is half off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail a love letter to your hubby&#8217;s work.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Send your spouse a sexy email message or text.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leave &#8220;Why I love you&#8221; messages all over the house.<\/strong>\u00a0Buy a package of the cheap Valentines. Leave a message on each one and hide them all over the house for your honey. They will get to enjoy the gift for months!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use lipstick to make hearts and love notes on the rear view mirror,<\/strong>\u00a0car windows, bathroom mirror or windows of the house. Leave a kiss on his napkin for lunch or dinner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make a bunch of hearts out of construction paper.<\/strong>\u00a0Put a love note on each one. Paste them all over the front door or car before your hubby or kids come home from work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you don&#8217;t have money to go out,<\/strong>\u00a0have a picnic on the floor. Use some candles and lay a soft blanket on the floor. Put on some soft music and have a romantic Valentine&#8217;s dinner on the floor. Use some white Christmas lights for additional romantic lighting!<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you are planning on spending the evening<\/strong>\u00a0in front of a warm crackling fire snuggling with your true love, (Yeah, right! What planet am I from? Did I forget about the 3 kids, 1 dog and 2 cats in the middle?) try spicing up the romance with a couple of handfuls of dried orange or lemon peel thrown into the fireplace.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cover the inside of your love&#8217;s car<\/strong>\u00a0with cut out hearts with romantic notes written on them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy a balloon bouquet at the dollar store.\u00a0<\/strong>Most dollar stores have nice Mylar balloons for $1 each. You can also get some cute cards for 50 cents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make chocolate covered strawberries<\/strong>\u00a0and enjoy them with sparkling cider.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to stock up on Valentine&#8217;s cards<\/strong>\u00a0and other Valentine&#8217;s Day supplies for next year on February 15 when they&#8217;re all marked down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I love fresh flowers, but they are so expensive<\/strong>\u00a0and are a luxury item for me. The morning after Valentine&#8217;s Day and Mother&#8217;s Day, I go to my regular grocery store where I can usually find unbelievable buys on fresh flowers. One year they had one dozen roses for just $3!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Everyone has her own favorite way of keeping flowers fresh.<\/strong>\u00a0Mine is to cut all the stems at an angle, add about 1\/4 tsp. of sugar and 2-3 drops of Clorox to a vase of warm water. The warm water helps the blooms open fully. Change the water every 3-4 days. Most of the time, my flowers last for two weeks or more when I do this. I also remove any flower as it dies so it won&#8217;t contaminate the other ones.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail a card to your spouse or kids each day<\/strong>\u00a0during the two weeks before Valentine&#8217;s Day. A nice surprise that&#8217;s even cheaper is just to put a card or note in each of their rooms or in hubby&#8217;s car each morning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decorate a small box and fill it with cut out hearts<\/strong>\u00a0for your spouse or kids with messages saying why you love them. Give it to them on Valentine&#8217;s Day or give it to them February 1 and let them draw one message each day. Here are some sample messages:\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I love you because you love me unconditionally&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I love the way you smell so good.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I love it when you think of me first and do things like the dishes.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I love it when you take the kids to the store with you and give me an hour to myself.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingonadime.com\/store?ap_id=annette34\" target=\"_blank\">frugal living\u00a0<\/a>experts and the authors of the\u00a0<a title=\"Dining on a Dime\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livingonadime.com\/store\/dining-on-a-dime-cookbook\/?ap_id=annette34\" target=\"_blank\">Dining On A Dime Cookbook<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Dining On A Dime will help you\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingonadime.com\/\">save money on groceries<\/a>and get out of debt by cooking quick and simple homemade meals. 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