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Valentine’s Day is tomorrow… Saturday, February 14th! Are you ready?
For once I am ready! It’s also Pete’s birthday so I’m always running around getting his presents, cake and decorations that I forget to get him a Valentine’s Day card. Let’s not even talk about the girls and my extended family’s cards, those always are last minute rush purchases. Instead of enjoying the day I always feel so much pressure.
This year is going to be different. I’ve got a plan and I’m so excited for a stress free holiday this year with a few tips I’ve learned!
Here are three tips for an awesome and stress free Valentine’s Day.
1. Give the right gift. So often we get a gift for someone off the value, like “I’m going to spend $100”, instead of giving a gift based on what the recipient really wants. So often a less expensive gift would actually make someone much happier than an expensive one. Don’t buy an expensive watch when a cake from their favorite bakery a town over would do. Think sentiment not cost.
2. Plan ahead and celebrate during the off hours. Consider having a special Valentine’s Day breakfast or lunch together. Instead of going out to dinner when it will be very busy, have your meal earlier and do something else during dinner time like ice skating or the movies!
3. Words are so important. Each year Pete gives me a special card with a personalized note in it. I cherish these cards so much! As we go more paper free at our office we’ve started to do it at home too. The only thing that has held us back on changing our paper card exchange is that I still wanted to get Hallmark Cards from Pete like he’s been giving me for years. This year will be different because we can now exchange Hallmark eCards! These will be awesome for Pete and I to share with each other… but this year I won’t have to run out and get the rest of my family cards either! I can now send Hallmark’s awesomely playful and sweet eCards.
I love how fun and unique Hallmark eCards are!
This year you can say “I Dig You” or show them a diagram of your heart to tell that special someone how you feel. I love sweet and silly cards and there are so many to choose from! Thankfully Hallmark offers some cool plans to send out the cards so you can send more than one, because if you are like me you will find a few that you love and that “say it perfectly” and you will want to send all of them!
Subscriptions to Hallmark eCards start at $5.00/month for monthly service, $1.50/month for annual service, and $1.25/month for a 2-year special subscription, which means that there is a plan for everyone and their needs. I’m thinking that the 2-year special would be perfect for me and the amount of cards I plan to send this year!
If you like to play games, Hallmark has a quick and fun “Heart Rate” game!
You get 20 seconds to pop as many hearts as possible! I got to the Hubba Hubba level! Give it a try and see what you get! good luck!
We don’t normally do anything, but tomorrow night we are going to get snow, so we will be stuck inside.
Very cute! We don’t really do anything for Valentines..
Thanks for the tips! We don’t do much but we do buy at least cards every year.
These are some great Vday tips… hallmark does an amazing job with their cards!!!
For us, i would say the words mean allot more then the gifts.. we usually dont get each other anything.. although i did buy her flowers.. just dont tell..
I think the personalized note in greeting cards truly is the best Valentine’s Day gift! I also look forward to reading what my husband comes up with! And, Hallmark is always the greeting card I reach for!
We do not do much for Valentines Day, tomorrow night we are staying in and ordering takeout with a movie after the kids are in bed.
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Great tips, thanks for sharing! And Happy Valentines Day!
We are having a family Valentine’s Day this year-with heart shaped pizza for dinner!
We don’t do anything but give each other some chocolates and maybe make a fancy dinner. No use breaking the bank over it.
We aren’t planning on doing anything for Valentine’s day. We feel that it’s a commercial holiday and that we should show love each and everyday.
What great tips–I really like the heart diagram at the top. So cool! perfect for my hubs! LOL
I love your heart! That is so cute!
We always celebrate off-hours also. Too many people trying to eat out/etc. at the same time!
Thanks for the tips, though we usually don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day the way most couples do. I am married to Mr. Unromantic, haha! 😉
Thanks for the tips, I usually just stay in; there are just way too many people crowding in places on today!
We dont do much either…family time is always good!
you can never go wrong with e-Cards….I find them cute and entertaining! Thanks for these tips.
These are great tips for those who celebrate Valentines day! I would use these for any day as we will often do special things for one another on any random day. Thank you for sharing!
I like the ecard idea. I hate throwing away cards when I get them and have a stack up them in various boxes! I played the game and thought I was doing something, then they sped up! haha
HUBBA HUBBA level!
We celebrate with love every day! I wish we could afford gifts, but we got the girls flowers, and they love them!
I’m obsessed with Hallmark. I just opened my card from hubby… a Hallmark. Totally made me tear up at dinner!
Paying attention to the people you love usually guarantees that you can make them happy on special occasions. These are great tips!
Super cute! Love these Valentine’s Day tips.
I agreed to have my niece spend the night with my 6 year old so I actually added a child to the household for VDay 🙂
These are great tips! I think I need to go check out that fun game!
Great tips, love this post! Happy Valentines Day 🙂
Great tips! Happy Valentine’s Day!
This is a great list! I love that you know exactly what you like to do. But don’t beat yourself up over it. Sounds like it was a great Valentine’s Day!
These are wonderful tips and they work nicely with other celebrations. Happy Valentine’s Day! :-0
I’m love this. I’m going to check out those hallmark cards.