| Sometimes getting a gift for your partner can feel | | | | 5. Do something that brings back memories of your |
| overwhelming. How do you pick the perfect token that | | | | first date together. It may be the movie you saw on |
| will reflect how you feel especially if you are on a tight | | | | your first date or book the exact table you had your |
| budget. | | | | first meal at. |
| Hopefully you can use some of these creative, cheap | | | | 6. Create a hand-written card. Write, "I love you" in as |
| ideas to show your partner just how much you care. | | | | many different languages as you can find and write |
| 1. Flowers delivered to her work with a personally | | | | inside, "No matter how many different ways there are |
| written love poem rolled up and tied with a ribbon. | | | | to say it, there aren't enough ways for me to truly |
| 2. Tell your partner that you have a surprise for them | | | | express how much I love you." |
| when they get home from work. Do not let them | | | | 7. Make a calendar that is similar to the day by day |
| upstairs when they get home. Have a steaming bubble | | | | tear off calendars. Write on each day something that |
| bath ready and fill the room with candles. Have fresh | | | | you love about your partner. It takes time to create it, |
| towels and leave a single rose on the top of them. Tell | | | | as you have 365 days to do, but is well worth it. If you |
| them to take their time, and when they are finished | | | | do not have the time, you can just create it for 30 |
| you will give them a massage. | | | | days. |
| 3. Buy the biggest sheet of poster board you can find, | | | | 8. Make a coloring and activity book. Make up a story |
| and fold it in half like a gigantic card. Write "101 reasons | | | | and draw all the pictures (plain computer paper is fine) |
| why I Love..." on the front and on the inside write | | | | and outlined them with pen. Bind it all together with a |
| "YOU" right in the middle, then write the reasons all | | | | cover and gave some crayons to go with it. It could be |
| over the card. These things can be qualities the person | | | | the story of how you met, or how life would be so |
| has, or it can even be memories. Come up with a list | | | | sad if you had not met! |
| and check them off as you write them on the poster | | | | 9. Paint two coffee mugs so the next time you sit |
| so you don't have to keep going back and actually | | | | down to enjoy a latte, you can drink out of your own |
| counting them on the poster. (This gets confusing) | | | | personalised coffee mugs! |
| 4. Go to a dollar store and buy 14 little gifts. You can | | | | 10. Bake a cake and write in icing on the top a little love |
| give them one day at a time from February 1st to the | | | | note. |
| 14th. Or for the 14 days before their birthday. | | | | |