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Full of Heart

Valentine's Day on a Dime

By Tawra Kellam

• Go to a bookstore and enjoy the silence and browse. Get a cup of coffee and make a date of it.
• Celebrate Valentine's Day after Valentine's Day. Everything is half off!
• Mail a love letter to your hubby's work.
• Send your spouse a sexy e-mail message.
• Leave "Why I love you" messages all over the house. Buy a package of the cheap Valentine's cards. 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!
• Use lipstick to make hearts and love notes on the rearview mirror, car windows, bathroom mirror or windows of the house. Leave a kiss on his napkin for lunch or dinner.
• Make a bunch of hearts out of construction paper. Put a love note on each one. Paste them all over the front door or car before your hubby or kids come home from work.
• If you don't have money to go out, have 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's dinner on the floor. Use some white Christmas lights for additional romantic lighting!

Want to see more?

• Valentine's Day the Preschool Way
• Poetry on a Plate: A Valentine's Dinner for Less Than $6
• Ideas for Valentine's Day: 10 Healthy – and Alluring – Suggestions
• Be Good to Your Valentine: Foods That Say "I Love You"
• Talk about it!