A Year of Dates | Valentines Day Idea
***This is a recycled post from when only my mom and sister were reading my blog and III and I were still giving Valentine’s gifts :/ Now six years and two kids later, I’m realizing we need more date nights in our lives. Anyone want to come babysit our crazy crew for us?
These are good ideas though, so I wanted to share it with all of you who have joined in the journey lately Hope you don’t mind the recycle!
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III told me that I couldn’t spend a lot on our first married Valentine’s because he was planning on using ALL of the February gift budget….what fabulous anticipation this brought to my life! He has always been great at date creating, my favorite is when he gives clues that lead to the fun. I can’t wait!
Spending little money on 02.14 proposed a conundrum….so, I put on my creative hat and came up with this…
I present… a bag full of dates!
There are 12 of them. One for each month between now & next Valentine’s day. I put a personal spin on the dates, to make them special for us. None of them are very expensive, most involve food, and all include spending time doing things we love.
Here are a few of my ideas:
Creating a tent in the living room & roasting s’mores over a warm fire; movie night, Redbox anyone?; recreating our “first date” for our one seven year anniversary; going to the park to fly kites & wrapping up the day with a picnic; hiking a nearby mountain; March Maddness night…including all his favorite appetizers…
There are obviously a few more; I think I’ll have him open each month’s envelope on the first day of the month. It might look like this…
We’ll pick a date, & I’ll do all the work. It will be a nice change of pace since he is usually the planner in the date department. Hopefully, it will be a hit! Shhhh, don’t tell III!
Happy Valentine’s Day (a little early)!
