V-day date ideas that won’t bust your pocket

Let’s face it, not all of us can afford to spoil our loved one with a gift, dinner and a movie. However, as ECR’s Waheeda Peters explains, Valentine’s Day isn’t just about spending money on your loved one, it’s about spending quality  time with your loved one.

Here are some ideas that you and your partner can do on Valentine’s Day without breaking the bank!

Cook
Cooking is a fun and a wonderful activity you can do anytime, not just on Valentine’s Day. Try cooking with your partner and enjoy each other’s company, the challenge is to make something from scratch, and be actively engaged in something with each other. Try making pizza, it’s easy, it’s pretty fast, and hard to mess up.

Go for a healthy hike
If you have any good trails near you, take the ‘walk in the park’ up a notch and go for a good hike. Getting the heart pumping and the blood flowing while enjoying the great outdoors with your partner is a fantastic way to spend a few hours without spending lots of money.

Borrow
Borrow older movies from friends or the library: Pick up a romantic movie like Pretty Woman or any Hugh Grant movies from the library or one of your friends.

Volunteer together
Volunteer at a local soup kitchen or some other charitable organization that needs your help. It’s a great way to give back to the community while spending time with your loved one.

Massages
When you go to a spa, these are pricey. When you do it yourself, it hardly cost anything and feels priceless.

Learn something new
Spend the day learning something new and fun that neither of you have ever tried before. Spending time together learning something brand new is fun and exciting.

Create an indoor picnic
Share finger foods and favorite treats along with a glass of wine. Enjoy your picnic on the living room floor or in bed.

Creatively use free flower petals
Usually florists throw away the outside petals of flowers to make the flowers they sell look perfect. Each day if you just go by a florist they will probably have a lot of free flower petals for people to take. You can take these petals and do many things with them. For example, you can decorate the dinner table, bed, or float the petals in a bath.

Think nature
Take the person you love to experience something spectacular in nature: a sunset, a sunrise, the calm of the beach, share an evening walk gazing at the moon.

“Shop”
Last but not least, go ‘shopping’ together at a sex-toy store without spending any money. It will give you both ideas and get you ‘in the mood.’