Valentine’s Day is coming up, and no doubt many of you are trying to make some plans! Whether you love or hate Valentine’s Day, it can be an expensive holiday, with cards, flowers, gifts and fancy dinners. I will admit that I don’t think we have ever gone out to eat on Valentine’s Day (we were both servers at one point, and remember how crazy that night can be!), and we don’t usually do lavish gifts either. For many of our early Valentine’s Days we simply could not afford to do anything, and now that we could afford it, it seems like a waste of money.

Here are some frugal Valentine’s Day, or just general date ideas! Many of these we have actually done ourselves. (more…)