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Permalink Reply by Richard P on February 11, 2013 at 6:27am

Hey J.M. Settecase,

My suggestion is that you go with what V-day is about. Roses, chocolates/food & a card. 

Food/Chocolate

With that in mind you have the food part knocked down.

Roses

If you are able to source a single rose for $5 that might be worth it. But if not and you are up for some creativity I would try this Napkin Rose as it basically free!

Card

As for the card I would go buy her a nice $5 card (or whatever is left of your budget) and write a personal message like you did above or something like "Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction..."

I hope this helps you out mate, let us know what you did end up getting her!

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Permalink Reply by David F. on February 11, 2013 at 8:53am

Go to the craft store and braid her a bracelet.  But a button that looks neat as a charm.  It is a small silly token of love that was not made in china.  If you have to Google how to braid and it is not perfect it will be all the better because it came from you.

My wife and I don't celebrate Valentin's Day.  I got fed up with national spend on crap to expect to get some day before I started dating my wife so it was not an issue.  The one good thing about Valentine's day is that it is a way to get my 5 year old to practice writing his name on the social expected cards.

No I'm not a scrooge, my wife and I do get each other small tokens such as cards and flowers through out the year.  I just boycott paying 5-10 times the regular price for a hallmark marketing day.

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Permalink Reply by Paul_of_TX on February 11, 2013 at 10:02am

Even if you had the cash overflowing out of your pockets I would not recommend buying flowers at a florist. Lots of grocery stores today have really good floral departments. When I buy flowers for my wife I get them at the grocery store. I have bought everything from a single long stem rose (definitely less than $5) to a dozen roses to other flower bouquets. Maybe you can't afford the dozen roses but you can afford a single long stem rose or maybe an arrangement with other flowers in it. Go by the nicest grocery store in your town (I would try whole foods or something like that because they tend to be more expensive) and see what they have.

You could also help the kids make cards for her.

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Permalink Reply by LShieldes on February 11, 2013 at 11:23am

WIth the kids, I was thinking of taking them to one of those photo booth kiosks you see at the mall or arcades. Go in there with the kids, take some goofy pics together, make a goofy card together and give that to her.

 

Wife and I don't really celebrate Vday, but one time she did hand make me a card. It is the only thing I keep

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Permalink Reply by Paul_of_TX on February 26, 2013 at 1:03pm

Even Kroger hiked up their prices for arrangements in a vase. My wife has planty of vases so I just bought a dozen roses and she cuts the stems and puts them in whatever vase she wants.

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Permalink Reply by Will on February 11, 2013 at 11:41am

Lots of good ideas already.

I got a $1.50 jewelry box at a craft store, stained it in a way that got her initial on the top, and glued red felt inside.  It's still crappy, but it seems appropriate.

A rose for $2.50 at Kroger is good.  My wife still has the first one I gave her.

Thanks for the q -- I will try getting creative as well.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Williams on February 26, 2013 at 12:39pm

What did you end up doing?

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