LOVE TIPS & IDEAS

Have a "fingers only" dinner, make it messy and feed each other!

Buy a lottery ticket. Give it to your partner with a little note attached: "I hit the jackpot when I married you!"

Draw a silly picture of the two of you. Frame it.

Have "your song" playing on the stereo when your partner returns home from work.

Hide a love note in his or her wallet or bag

On your yearly romantic checklist, make plans for Valentine's Day-well in advance!

Doesn't your partner deserve a trophy for being the "World's Best Lover"? Use your creativity and the romantic possibilities of personalised plaques, ribbons, certificates and banners are immense.

Pick flowers for your partner from the side of the road.

Write a classic, romantic, passionate, handwritten, heartfelt love letter. Most adults haven't written a love letter since high school!

Make a toast to one another every time you hold a wineglass. Make eye contact. Take turns making the toast. Whisper it.

Draw each other's caricature - try it even if you're no good at sketching!

Take A Few Dance Classes - Nothing brings two people together quite like dancing - join a few intro classes at a nearby studio and enjoy the salsa.

Make a giant greeting card out of a big cardboard box (such as the type used to pack a refrigerator).

Write nice messages on POST-ITS and stick them on the bathroom mirror before she or he wakes up

Give a foot massage

Following a bubble bath you've prepared for her, wrap her in a towel that you've warmed up in the dryer.

It's romantic, but commonplace, to eat dinner by candlelight. So here's a change of pace: Eat breakfast by candlelight.

Visit a karaoke bar and surprise your lover by getting up and singing "your song" to him/her.

Spread rose petals all over the bedroom.

Write a short note to your lover that's spread out over several postcards, then mail the cards one at a time. You'll build anticipation for the romantic conclusion on the final postcard. (Maybe deliver that last one in person.)

Get the whole "family of products" in the fragrance of her favorite perfume (bath powder, soaps, cremes, candles, etc.)

Guys: Surprise her by performing one of her chores for her. And not something easy like carrying the groceries, but something that requires some time and effort - like cooking all the meals over a weekend, or cleaning the entire house.

Give your lover a dozen roses-with a creative twist. Give eleven red roses and one white rose. Attach a note that reads: "In every bunch there's one who stands out-and you are that one."

Write "I Love You" on the bathroom mirror with a piece of soap.

Every once in a while, kiss her hand with a flourish. Note: The proper way to kiss a woman's hand is to lower your lips to her hand. You don't raise her hand to your lips.

Shower together.

Spend the entire day watching romantic movies.

Call your partner from work for no other reason than to say, "I love you."

Kidnap her! Blindfold her. Drive her around town until she's thoroughly lost. Then reveal your destination: Her favorite restaurant, or maybe a romantic inn.

Identify that one pivotal event that brought the two of you together. Celebrate that event every year.

Unplug the TV. Put a note on the screen saying, "Turn me on instead."

When out together in public, wink at your partner from across the room.

Don't just go out to a movie on Saturday, like always. Call your partner from work on Wednesday and formally ask for a date.

Ladies: Send him a letter sealed with a kiss. Use your reddest lipstick.

Write your partner a love letter or poem on one sheet of paper. Glue it to thin cardboard, cut it up into puzzle-shaped pieces, then mail all the pieces. Or, mail one puzzle piece per day!

Call a local radio station and request a special love song to be dedicated to your partner. Make sure he or she is listening!

Make a bucket list together - list down all the things you want to do before you die!

Surprise your partner with a big kiss on the neck.

Hold hands.

Want to jazz up the presentation of a special meal? Buy a little hunk of dry ice from a local ice house. Put it in a bowl of water and place it on your serving tray. You'll create wondrous, billowing white clouds!

Get your partner a wristwatch. Inscribe it with: "I always have time for you."

Place a little love note or poem under the driver's-side windshield wiper of his or her car.

Bring home one small, unexpected gift each week.

Make a list of the top 10 things you love about your partner. And display it prominently.

Practice even-day/odd-day romance: On even days it's your turn to be romantic, and on odd days it's your partner's turn.

Re-enact your first date.