Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! How can you make this Valentine’s Day awesome and memorable without having to spend a ton? Read on.
1. Pack some BBQ supplies and a bottle of wine (if you’re of age) and go camping! What’s more romantic than sitting by a fire and talking about sentimental times?
2. Find a new recipe. Have one person make dinner and the other make dessert or vice versa.
3. Tango dancing! At Ellington Hall in Santa Rosa, tango dancing is offered on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (V-Day falls on a Monday this year). Classes are $15 per session.
4. Go Ice Skating. Snoopy’s Ice Arena has special extended skating hours for Valentine’s Day, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Skates are $12 for adults. If you want to celebrate early, you can get an even better deal: Saturdays are $5, which includes admission and skates.
5. Age permitting, visit a winery. Many different wineries around the area have specials going on for Valentine’s Day. Robledo Family Winery in Sonoma has a wine tasting and chocolate pairing for just $5.
6. Pack a picnic, drive out to the ocean, Spring Lake, or an outdoor place that is special to you and your significant other.
7. Buy a heart-shaped cake mold and fill it with cookie dough. Follow instructions for the cookie recipe, then decorate your creation together.
8. Do a combination of some of these ideas: dance and dinner? A drive out to the ocean, then back home to cook dinner for two?
9. Okay, enough about couple’s ideas. If you are single right about now, you are probably rolling your eyes. Get a group of friends together and spend the night in. Rent romantic movies, indulge in chocolate, and do a “Secret Valentine.” Like “Secret Santa,” but for Valentine’s Day!
10. Don’t feel like staying in? Get a group of single friends together and go out! Pick a friend’s house where everyone can help each other get ready for a night on the town. Have one friend do makeup, one friend do hair, one responsible for taking the pictures, etc.
Whatever you decide to do for Valentine’s Day, remember: it’s the person you’re with, not how much you spend, that counts.
