10 Ways to Spread the Love...

 

1. Buy the coffee for the person behind you in line.

 

2. Use a dry erase marker to leave a handwritten love note on the mirror, or a sharpie to write a love note on a napkin to put in a lunchbox. 3. Hold hands and hug. Humans crave physical contact.

 

4. Volunteer/Donate/Give Back. Find a cause you love and give whole-heartedly.

 

5. Buy a bouquet of flowers (not roses!) and split them up and put them in random places around the house. Use various containers and get creative. Put a daisy in a water glass in the kitchen, a large carnation in a bathroom sink, a cluster of lillies in a bathtub, a tulip in a champagne glass in the dining room, a daffodil in a coffee cup, etc.

 

6. Grab a few children's valentine cards- Toy Story, Cars, Barbie- pick your favorite theme. Attach a heart candy with an appropriate message and sign "Your secret valentine". Leave them on co-worker's desks or on neighbor's doorsteps.

 

7. Give a gift that helps you celebrate each month. Sign up for a Flower Arrangement or Wine of the Month Club, or buy a subscription to a magazine that you can enjoy together when it arrives each month.

 

8. Get a large cardboard box and fill with the ingredients for your perfect Date Night In: the new DVD you've been dying to see or a favorite old movie, a warm blanket, a candle, popcorn or the menu of your favorite delivery place, hot cocoa or wine. This gift does not have to be for just spouses! Think about the recipient and vary ingredients appropriately.

9. Personalize something for your loved one. Just about everything can be personalized...hats, pens, stickers, t-shirts, socks, mugs, etc. 10. Make some homemade Valentine's cards with your kids and deliver to a local retirement center, hospital or shelter. Whatever way you choose to do it, I hope you use this month to get out and Spread the Love! xo