First of all, what is Valentine’s Day? If you think about it, it’s really just a made up holiday to celebrate your love for your significant other. C’mon that sounds ridiculous, you should love and appreciate your S.O every day! You don’t need to go out to some fancy restaurant and spend a whole paycheck on an average dinner. And as far as gifts…you can’t buy love so don’t waste your money on material things. Girls, just buy yourself some lingerie; it’s a gift for you as well as him. Guys, buy her some roses, “baes” love roses. Throw in a card or some chocolate if you are trying to win boyfriend of the year. Here’s a few ways to spend your Valentine’s Day without all the clichés.
Dinner: If you haven’t already made reservations don’t bother. By now, the only times left will be 3 in the afternoon or 9 at night. Valentine’s Day dinners are so overrated anyways! Go to the grocery store, buy some pizza crust (or make your own), sauce, cheese, and any toppings of your choice and have a cute little cooking date right at home. If you’re trying to get crazy, you can even buy heart shaped pizza crust.
Date: Thinking about going to see Fifty Shades of Grey with your guy? Yeah… you and every other girl in the United States. Ditch the movie scene, it’s going to be packed; you can see that movie next weekend. Instead do something fun! You can’t talk during movies anyways so that ruins the point of celebrating your relationship. Go bowling, or go carting, or indoor skydiving, literally anything to have a good time with your S.O.
Gifts: Like I said before, don’t waste your money on material things. If the only way you can show your S.O how much you care about them is showering them with presents then maybe you should consider the single life. A simple card with your words will mean so much more than anything you can buy. I know us college kids are on a tight budgets, so if you don’t want to spend $5 on a piece of paper with someone else’s words just make your own!
Instagram: Spare me (and the rest of your followers) the sappy, mushy, gushy Instagram post. You probably got the words from some quote website anyways. If that’s you, just send it straight to him and leave the rest of us out of it. There’s nothing wrong with a cute Instagram of you and your S.O, keeping the caption short and sweet of course, just don’t go all Dear John on me.
I hope now that you’ve read this you understand that Valentine’s Day doesn’t always have to be the cliché steak dinner, romantic movie and expensive gifts. Just spending the day with your S.O will show how much you truly care. (P.S girls, all chocolate goes on sale on February 15th, you’re welcome).