50 Romantic Things to Do for Valentines Day when You're Broke

Any one of these ideas- or any combination of them- can be an exciting way to spend Valentine's Day when you don't have the money to go out for a big night on the town. You might like them so much you might find yourself preferring them to a big, elaborate, expensive date night.

1. Cook dinner for your loved one.
2. Cook dinner together.
3. Cook a sexy dessert for your loved one... and feed it to him.
4. Dim the lights and dance together to soft music.
5. Go to a coffee shop and read poetry to each other.
6. Trudge out the old love letters you wrote to each-other and read them again.
7. Present your mate with a new love letter.
8. Go on an afternoon picnic in a pretty, scenic area.
9. Go on a midnight picnic on a roof top or near a lake, under the stars.
10. Go on a romantic picnic in your own living room in front of a roaring fireplace.
11. Cuddle up and read poetry together.
12. Cuddle up and read a good mystery or gothic horror story together, taking turns reading to each other.
13. Cuddle up and listen to an audio recording of a good book.
14. Cuddle up in bed and watch movies together.
15. Send a friend to deliver your loved on a small gift, like a flower or chocolate bar, at work.
16. Make a card and have it delivered.
17. Go to an art museum and look at the beautiful paintings.
18. Make a gift for your loved one, such as chocolate covered strawberries, a mixed CD or a coupon book.
19. Look for an inexpensive performance, such as chamber music concerts at a church or a small community theater cabaret night. Search your neighborhood for something small and intimate.
20. Tip a street musician to play something romantic for you. Enjoy a cup of wine while you listen.
21. Go for a walk and find a little private, dark place to pull your date in for a make-out session.
22. Take a bubble bath together by candlelight.
23. Give each other a massage with scented lotions.
24. Put on your fluffiest, most luxurious bedding and spend the night in bed together cuddled up doing whatever you want.
25. Watch a love story marathon- or whatever your mate would love best.
26. Cast a love spell on each other by lighting a candle and chanting how much you want each other in the dark.
27. Body paint each other then take candid photos (as tasteful as you like).
28. Look at your candid photos you might have taken another time and relive the event.
29. Do some "cultural studies" together. Borrow the Kama Sutra from the library then go home and do some "research."
30. Find someplace quiet and watch the sun set.
31. Feed each other finger foods over candlelight.
32. Find out what places in your city are notorious for being haunted and go for your own private little ghost tour, hand in hand.
33. Find the nearest drive in movie, go catch a flick and cuddle up in the back seat.
34. Browse stores for sexy lingerie.
35. Role play- agree to put on "characters" for the night by dressing/acting a little differently and meet up at a public place, but act like you don't know each other. Then flirt with each other and act like you've both just met.
36. Take a walk through a botanic garden, forest or beach- somewhere natural and beautiful.
37. Go for a bike ride.
38. Go sailing or rowing.
39. When you sit down to dinner with the kids, play "footsie" under the table and give each other secret sexy looks.
40. Send the kids to a single friends house for the night and luxuriate in the time alone together.
41. Get dressed up as if you were going out for a night on the town. Then undress each other.
42. Take a trip down memory lane- drive around town pointing out the place you had your first meeting, first date, first kiss- and any other firsts you care to enjoy remembering.
43. Play strip poker... or strip Monopoly... or strip chess... the game isn't important.
44. If you've had a long, wonderful relationship, look through the scrapbook at your past.
45. Watch your wedding video or DVD.
46. Renew your commitment or vows privately.
47. Put on a fashion show of sexy outfits.
48. Put on a private striptease... heavy on the tease.
49. Write romantic (or erotic) short stories for each other and read them to each other.
50. When your honey is probably not thinking about it, burst in, put your arms around her, look deeply into her eyes and tell her how you feel.