8 Memorable Sweetest Day Gifts for Your Sweetheart

I know you cherish your sweetheart otherwise you wouldn't have taken the time to read this article. I want to give you some ideas on what things you can do on Sweetest Day to help make that day memorable. For the true lovers out there any day can be Sweetest Day, but let's think about what all we can do to make our loved one feel not just sweet, but special

Serenade your sweetheart with their favorite songs...

If you don't know what your sweetheart's favorite songs are, then find a creative way to ask. Perhaps listen to the radio on the way somewhere and then talk about the song. Then you can slip in the question of what their favorite music is. Once you find out, take some time to learn the songs and be ready to sing them to your sweetheart at some point on Sweetest Day. If you're a musician, you may be able to play and sing the songs for your sweetheart. Now that's a talent!

Take your sweetheart for ice cream at an ice cream parlor...

This may seem somewhat historic, but I've done it before and it makes for great conversation and great memories. I didn't do it on Sweetest Day, but I have done it for a date. You need to go to an authentic ice cream parlor though. Not a coffee shop that serves ice cream, an actual ice cream parlor. Take some time to research your city (or a nearby city) and find out what options you have. If you're really pressed for options, then what I'd recommend is finding a grocer that sells Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Dazs or whatever your favorite premium brand of ice cream is, get two fancy glasses, and do one or two scoops of ice cream in each glass. In between each glass get a nice candle and have it lit when it's time for your date. Add the cherries on top, or chocolate, or sprinkles, or whatever topping you prefer.

Bake your sweetheart a couple of their favorite pastries...

If you don't have baking skills I'm sure your sweetheart would appreciate you buying them whatever their favorite baked goods are. It might be more fun to take the easier route, but I'm sure it's quicker taking the latter route, especially if you do the purchase prior to Sweetest Day. If you cannot find the sweets that your sweetheart likes, then what I'd recommend is that you find something close to what your sweetheart would like, or bake something new altogether and it might become their new favorite.

Create a scrapbook of your favorite memories of times spent together...

This is something you can actually do with your sweetheart. Take a day, or a weekend, and evaluate the memories you want to capture. Find pictures, letters, gifts, greeting cards, drawings, poems, whatever it is that you want to keep and gather all of it together. If you decide to do it digitally, then you can take it one step further and add video and audio if you have the capability to do so. It would be a nice touch to add an audio and video documentary at the beginning of a digital scrapbook so that you could see what you look like and you can describe what it is you are compiling. If you're married it would be something your children and grandchildren would love to see one day.

Write a poem using the letters of your sweetheart's name telling them why you love them...

For the non-writers, this will be very interesting. I think your sweetheart would get a kick out of the attempt alone, especially if they are into poetry. Gather all your creative juices and think of words starting with each letter of that person's name. For example: Alise would need words for A-L-I-S-E. You could say A is for amazing, L is for loving, I is for innovative, S is for sincere, E is for entertaining. This is just an idea. Then you just put words around it to make a full poem out of it. If you want to add music, perhaps a favorite song, go for it!

Commit to watching a tv show or movie of their choice...

This might be a gift of sacrifice for you. If you're not too fond of your sweetheart's television shows now might be a good time to let them know you care by committing to watching a show or movie with them... without complaining about it. Use this time to try and understand the show or movie and be sure to ask questions if you don't understand something since you probably don't follow it as closely as your sweetheart does. I've had this happen with my wife for a number of shows. One in particular I can think of is Walker, Texas Ranger. I started watching it and at first I didn't understand it, but over time I started watching it more and more and I could even recognize reruns when they came on. I don't mind watching it now and to some extent I like the show now. Don't tell my sweetheart that.

Go to an amusement park and spend the day together...

If this requires travel for you, maybe take the Friday and make a road trip out of it and returning on Sunday sometime. This is your chance to act like children with each other. Ride the carousels, scream on the roller coasters, and show your sweetheart you still got it by winning them a prize at one of the games. Get there when the park opens and leave when the park closes. Go on the water rides, stay for the shows, and make a day of it!

Make a date to go to the old spot...

You know where the "old spot" is. It may be the place you had your first date. It may be the place where you had most of your dates. It may be the place where you and your friends had the most fun. Whatever that place is, create a new memory at that place. Make that spot special all over again and while you're at it, make your sweetheart feel special all over again.