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Missed the February 14 mark? No worries, you can take advantage of the few days left in the week to spread your special Valentine’s cheer and make sure someone feels loved this season. Let us go and paint our world RED!
Remember, the objective is to make someone feel loved. It could be a family member, your child, your domestic helpers, your favourite artisan, that junior staff with great work ethics, and best of all, random strangers.
14. A nice treat for YOU! Yes, YOU! You deserve it. Take yourself out, buy yourself a gift, and do something special for yourself.
13. Chocolates are synonymous with Valentine’s celebrations. You can go safe with a nice box of chocolates, just make sure it’s packaged in red.
12. Get that themed Drinking Mug or coffee cup that helps you tell the story of your heart.
11. Branded Pillows with a personal love note. Never out of vogue.
10. Frame a summary of your love story with dates and milestones as a sweet reminder of how far you have come.
9. Personalised Gift box for that special someone in your life.
8. Sponsor a Valentine’s Cake for your Team in the office and have it delivered specially.
The list goes on and on. Here are 7 more below to inspire you:
Why not inspire some romance and stir up some love for a couple that deserves the much-needed timeout? You can even offer to drop them off.
Not for you and your spouse – No!
7. Surprise Dinner Ticket for 2
Yes! Want to get the little ones all excited with little, you cannot go wrong with some colour-themed balloons splashed around the house to give a sense of celebration. Turn your lunch or dinner time into a celebration and tell some great family love stories to make wonderful memories the children will cherish for a long time.
6. Surprise bouquet of balloons for children
Can’t afford a wad of cash, then pay a little extra for the same item you buy from that struggling roadside vendor, leave the change, or add a tip for that waiter or waitress at your favourite restaurant, and watch the smiles reel out.
With how much fuss is going on around us about cash. Some wad of much-needed cash will top the most appreciated show of love chart this season.
5. Good old Cash
Make personalised gift items by printing your own words or catchphrases on a nice water bottle, tote bag, T-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt, or face cap. Make sure your beneficiaries can relate to the words or phrases. This is guaranteed to keep them smiling and feeling loved each time they see or wear that branded item.
4. Customised Gifts
There are many great fundraising campaigns managed by credible organisations and individuals around us. Hurry to FundACause to donate to worthy social causes that are making a difference.
3. Donate to a Social Cause
Look closely, and you will find more ways to make someone feel loved.
You can gift someone electricity tokens, data and airtime, pay part or full school fees for a less privileged child, pay the transport fare of a junior colleague or cleaner, pay for someone’s lunch at the restaurant, or pay the bus fare for a random stranger sitting close to you.
The challenging economic environment will make this gesture a winner. How better can you show love than to ease the burden of countless daily or monthly utility bills?
2. Pay for a Service
The red rose remains a winner in all weather. Ssshhh…don’t tell anyone, I still have one I got about 10 years ago sitting pretty in a vase on my home workstation – a constant reminder that I’m loved!
Get your mum or lover a real one if you can afford it, or a lovely artificial one (they last longer).
I can almost hear you laugh. But guess what? You will be surprised how much difference this plant has made in the lives of people (particularly ladies).
1. Red Roses
Here are a few suggested ways to leave your own splash of red (love) around you without breaking the bank:
With this much red, there is enough love to go round.
It is another Valentine’s Day celebration with splashes of red just about everywhere you turn – red velvet cakes, red-coated chocolates, red gift packs, red roses, red ribbons, red decors, and a touch of red or white on outfits. It is all about celebrating and gifting love.
By Debbie Wale-Temowo
