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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s the perfect time for a date night. But what if you don’t have a ton of money? Check out my ultimate list of free date night ideas for over 100 great ideas. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of dining out on Valentine’s Day. There are too…
Looking for a fun way to incorporate Star Wars into Valentine’s Day? Try making these printable Darth Vader Valentines. Usually on Fridays I blog about our week in review. This week we haven’t been up to much other than making our Valentines. I figured I might as well share these will y’all! Last year we…
Looking for an inexpensive and easy Valentine’s date night idea? Dinner and a movie at home is the best way to go. Tom and I have gone this route for the last 9 years. Valentine’s Day is special to us because it’s our dating anniversary. Since we hate fighting crowds at restaurants on Valentine’s Day,…
Cook up a special Valentine’s Day recipe and make these heart-shaped waffles made with Funfetti cake batter. I did this for my family last year and can’t wait to make it again. It’s a fun tradition that I hope will stick for years to come. For these waffles I made the cake batter according to the…
I have something really cheesy to tell you: Valentine’s Day is so much more fun now that I get to share it with my kids. Sure, I like being sappy with Tom for Valentine’s Day, but this will be the 10th Valentine’s Day we’ve spent together. While the magic is still there, it doesn’t compare to…
Robert is obsessed with Star Wars right now. And I mean obsessed! He watches Lego Star Wars, reads a Star Wars book every night, and makes light sabers out of his Legos every day. He also demands that we listen to the John Williams Pandora station every waking minute. Oh, and we must hum the Star…
Valentine’s Day is this Saturday! Are you ready? Do you have big plans to go out or will you stay home? One thing I’ve learned since being in a committed relationship is that money can’t buy you happiness, even on Valentine’s Day. All of the things that cost a lot for this holiday are things I…
Decorating for holidays is one of my all time favorite things to do. Unfortunately, most of my holiday décor is in storage and I don’t have the energy to rummage through all the boxes just to find a couple Valentine’s Day decorations. I also don’t have the money to buy new décor. When we downsized…
I recently posted about my Valentine’s Day Centerpiece for a dinner party. Since then I have done a little more decorating with my Dollar Tree heart doilies. The best part about this is that Tom actually thought I cut out each of these doilies by hand! I should have let him keep thinking that I…
