Valentine's Day - Best Places To Buy For Your Loved One

Valentine's Day - Best Places To Buy For Your Loved One

Valentine's Day can be an expensive occasion for a guy who wants to show how much he loves his sweetheart, but it doesn't have to be! Read more . . . . .

Having a bouquet of roses delivered by a florist can cost $100.00 dollars or more. But there's another way that's more personal and much cheaper:

Bring the flowers yourself to your wife or girlfriend's office. I've never understood why anyone considers flowers delivered by a stranger to be a more romantic gesture than flowers delivered by your beloved.

I've found the best deals on flowers at supermarkets, the warehouse clubs, and nurseries, for whom February is a terrible time of the year. The warehouse clubs, oddly, are not as good a deal on Valentine's Day as the supermarkets and the nurseries.

By buying at a non-traditional outlet, you should be able to buy a beautiful bouquet of long-stemmed roses for $19.00 to $29.00. Sometimes even less! This is a tremendous savings of $70.00 or more from what a florist would charge you.

Chocolates also cost more before Valentine's day, but you can save a lot of money be waiting until Valentine's Day itself, even a couple of days before Valentine's Day, to buy. Stores get worried that they're going to get stuck with the merchandise, so they put their chocolates on clearance. It's one case where waiting until the last minute actually will save you money.

I give flowers to my wife, Cindy, all the time, so she doesn't really want them on Valentine's Day because she knows what a rip-off they are. Women say the most important thing is for their husband or sweetheart to do something thoughtful for them for Valentine's Day, and it doesn't have to be the standard stuff.

In fact, the more creative the idea, the more it's appreciated. Try making dinner, cleaning the house, or doing something else she doesn't like to do. If you really want to get her upset, don't do anything for her on Valentine's Day.

Here's another idea. Give your sweetheart roses the week before Valentine's Day and the week after. They're so much cheaper before and after the holiday that you can give her roses twice for less. Then on Feb. 14th, maybe you can give her chocolates.

For Valentine's Day Decorations, and decorations for any holiday except Christmas (when you have to wait until Jan. 10), you can get some incredible bargains the day after the holiday, because seasonal items are worth nothing to the retailer at that point. They just want to get rid of them, and clear their store shelves. This is were me and you win big time.

So if you're a good advance planner, you can buy your decorations for the next year at 75% off. That's $40.00 dollars worth of products for $10.00 or less, and that's quite a deal. This applies to Christmas decorations and wrapping paper, and decorations for Halloween, Easter, and St. Patrick's Day, among others.

Do you any special tips to add to this article? We would love to hear from you. Remember, spending a lot of money is not the purpose on Valentine's Day. It's the thought that counts. Sometimes a simple "I love You" will suffice just fine. Let your sweetheart know how much you care for her. This little move will take you a long, long way on Valentine's Day. Thank you for your time.