Hearts at Home

Valentine’s Day is almost here. Some of you may be expecting to receive sparkling treasures or oodles of red roses, but others of us have a dramatically reduced gift budget for the year and are wondering how to express love under these new constraints. But who says love can only be expressed through extravagant gifts? 

The most meaningful gifts I’ve received from my husband have been those that have cost him little in terms of money but demonstrate his willingness to invest himself into expressing his love. Here are some cheap or free ideas to show your sweetheart love this Valentine’s Day.

• Write or print the words “I love you” in creative ways and leave them scattered around the house. One paper could say "I love you" backwards, another could be written across the page in a heart shape. 
• Revive and modernize the mix tape. Make a love song play list and load it onto his iPod.
• Let him know how often you think of him by sending an email or text message every time you see or think of something reminding you of him.
• Splurge by using a couple hours of time off from work to spend time together.
• Take a trip down romance memory lane by presenting her with a list of 10 of the most romantic times you can remember spending together.
• Fill a dozen clear red balloons with small candies or notes. Blow them up and have them delivered to the office.
• Replace your regular bedroom lighting with red light bulbs to set the mood for a romantic evening at home.

Angie Reedy is a freelance writer living in Central Illinois. For six years Angie wrote market and competitive analyses for a Fortune 50 company, but now focuses her corporate writing and editing experiences into subjects of authentic life and faith. She writes a monthly newspaper column for an Illinois regional newspaper and regularly updates her blog, www.realreedy.blogspot.com. Angie is married to Walter and loves the daily surprises that come with parenting her two young children.

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