Valentine’s Day tips

You don’t always have time to buy a whole host of presents and plan the trip of a lifetime for Valentine’s Day just to show your partner you care. There are always a few little things you can do, even if he or she is going to be spending the day at work.

Heart-shaped scones

Start the morning on Valentine’s Day by treating your loved one to a romantic breakfast. Bake your own scones. Instead of making them the traditional round shape, draw a large heart on a piece of paper, use it as a template, and cut out the dough into pretty hearts. Serve breakfast in bed with a cup of tea and jam, and place a small romantic present on the tray. It could be a delicious piece of chocolate for dessert, a rose, or perhaps you yourself are the morning’s gift!

Handmade gifts

Make your own little gift voucher booklet. Draw and write, cut and stick together your own booklet featuring things you think your partner would enjoy doing from time to time. Everything from a romantic favourite dinner to giving him a day where he gets to choose the activity entirely by himself, or why not a gift voucher from you where his or her sexual fantasies are fulfilled. It’s always more fun when you make something yourself and put your own personal and romantic touch on the whole thing.

Treasure hunt

Give him or her a small map showing a place where you’ve hidden a key to your home, or an additional map to make the search take a bit longer. Good places to hide a key or a present are the lockers often found at train stations or similar locations. It makes the whole thing a bit more adventurous and exciting to have them search and take their time, and once they arrive at your home, a romantic dinner with candles lit and cosy touches awaits! Dinner doesn’t have to be anything too fancy; the sweetest thing is usually to cook something you both love and perhaps consider your own signature dish. Rent a film and round off the evening with it. “The Holiday” and “Valentine’s Day” are absolutely marvellous – you’ll get goosebumps from all the romance and those ‘aha’ moments. Perfect for Valentine’s Day.

A surprise at work

Just because it’s Valentine’s Day doesn’t usually mean you’re off work. But that’s no obstacle. Surprise them by sending a bouquet of flowers, a present or a small envelope containing items linked to the evening’s surprise. Throw in some sexy lingerie or other cheeky items that you associate with what you’ve planned, and make your partner look forward to it even more. If you don’t have time to send an express delivery, a sexy text or email works just as well. Or why not ‘kidnap’ your loved one and treat them to a lovely lunch?

Bubbles at home

Organise a romantic spa evening with a bath, bubbles and lit candles. Give each other massages, exfoliate, apply body lotion and enjoy some lovely, relaxing music in the background. Don’t be shy with the candles – you can never have too many, as long as you don’t forget to blow them out when it’s time to go to bed. Don’t just light candles in the bathroom, but throughout the whole flat. Wander round afterwards in cosy dressing gowns – perhaps ones you’ve bought as a joint present for both of you to mark the occasion.

Cosy up in the dark

If you’re just in the mood for a cosy evening in the dark, a film is always a hit – and at least it gets you out of the house and away from the everyday TV sofa. To mark the occasion, it might be fun to watch that romantic tearjerker you’ve usually grown a bit tired of. For those of you who don’t feel up to staying up late on a weekday, plan your cinema trip for the coming weekend. Buy a gift voucher for SF Bio and write a little romantic note saying that Friday is the night when the two of you will watch a wonderful film together. Good things come to those who wait…