St. Valentine's Eve - Be Frugal - Like Me - Nice

Rabidlamb

As there's no better name for today's date St.Valentine's Eve it is.
No listen up you soon to be divorced semi-retired Lothario's.
This is how you do Valentines my way, on the cheap.

Drop down to Tesco's today, not tomorrow, today & buy 2 bunches of the €7.99 lilies.
If you really care take time tonight to remove the price sticker & rearrange into one big bunch.
Also, pick up a card & wine.

Tomorrow arrange to be home 20 minutes late from work.
She'll think you're picking up flowers but you're not, your getting her favourite Thai/Indian/Chinese before the restaurants get bombed.
Once the kids are in bed produce the goods & she'll be sliding off her seat.

Nice.

o1s1n

Well done, you just bought your girlfriend funeral flowers.

smash

St. Valentine's Eve?

Man I hate fake days... That's even worse than St. Valentine's Day.

FatherLen

oh you old romantic you

hoodwinked

Ah now, i bought my husband a card and a gift.....a gift that cost €2.....but its a cool gift that i can't post right now but will edit this post tomorrow because he reads my posts....


its a really really cool present and he will love it, seriously!


As Promised,

so i bought him this book
Tremendous Tractors


Jeremy Clarkson recently called it "the male equivalent of 50 shades of grey" :pac:


here it is as read by Richard Hammond (apologies for the poor quality its not my video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVy3zxA51ps

omicron

You mean desperation day? ''When a 10 has the self esteem of a 4 and the depraved enthusiasm of a 2 . . .''

Where To

I spent fcuk all.

Gmol

If you go down to Lidl and buy about 4 bunches for about 12 quid you can do much better for cheaper, just saying if you're rollin that way

GLaDOS

Making my girlfriend a card, that's as much as I'll acknowledge the stupid day.

smash

hoodwinked wrote: »

Ah now, i bought my husband a card and a gift.....a gift that cost €2.....but its a cool gift that i can't post right now but will edit this post tomorrow because he reads my posts....


its a really really cool present and he will love it! seriously!

Scratch card?

Hoop66

http://max.moderntoss.com/images/113.jpg

If that doesn't get me ridden to within an inch of my life, I give up.

HTML5!

I'd fear for my life if I bought her anything because it was Valentine's day.

hoodwinked

smash wrote: »

Scratch card?

a winning scratchcard! :pac:



im joking its not a scratch card...

seamus

It's also crucial that post your entire penny-pinching plan online for your partner to discover. That kind of romantic gesture just can't be beat.

smash

hoodwinked wrote: »

a winning scratchcard! :pac:



im joking its not a scratch card...

single condom from a vending machine?

antodeco

smash wrote: »

St. Valentine's Eve?

Man I hate fake days... That's even worse than St. Valentine's Day.

Hey!! Dont take away St Patricks Day eve for me!

dr.bollocko

Slide off her seat?

Do you lube the seat tonight? Or tomorrow?

smash

antodeco wrote: »

Hey!! Dont take away St Patricks Day eve for me!

I wouldn't' take St Patricks Day eve away from anyone! That's a real day damnit!!!!!

HTML5!

smash wrote: »

I wouldn't' take St Patricks Day eve away from anyone! That's a real day damnit!!!!!

It's not quite up there with the eve of Christmast Eve though.

hoodwinked

smash wrote: »

single condom from a vending machine?

NO! please stop guessing.

you'll just have to wait till tomorrow like he will!

HTML5! wrote: »

It's not quite up there with the eve of Christmast Eve though.

Its called Christmas eve eve, not the eve of christmas eve thats just silly!

Where To

smash wrote: »

St. Valentine's Eve?

Man I hate fake days... That's even worse than St. Valentine's Day.

Every day is fake and made up when you think about it.

Rabidlamb

hoodwinked wrote: »

NO! please stop guessing.

you'll just have to wait till tomorrow like he will!

Pregnancy test, cool

smash

Where To wrote: »

Every day is fake and made up when you think about it.

Even bin day?

hoodwinked

Where To wrote: »

Every day is fake and made up when you think about it.

even.....Friday? :eek:

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Pregnancy test, cool

No! its something he'll enjoy and get a laugh off, not kill him!


and its so cheap cause i happened across it and needed an occasion to gift it to him, that and so he wont feel bad for getting me nothing!

phasers

would she not see the flowers? Unless you're keeping them in your car I guess...

also, top tip for ya: takeaways also do delivery. Although you probably don't want to pay the delivery charge.

HTML5!

hoodwinked wrote: »

Its called Christmas eve eve, not the eve of christmas eve thats just silly!

Yeah well...so's yours!

dr.bollocko

phasers wrote: »

would she not see the flowers? Unless you're keeping them in your car I guess...

also, top tip for ya: takeaways also do delivery. Although you probably don't want to pay the delivery charge.

Just save the boxes from your last take away, buy two frozen chicken currys from tescos, microwave em before she gets back and put them in the take away containers.

That'll save you another few quid.

Rabidlamb

phasers wrote: »

would she not see the flowers? Unless you're keeping them in your car I guess...

also, top tip for ya: takeaways also do delivery. Although you probably don't want to pay the delivery charge.

Flowers were got at lunchtime & are now in the boot, check.
It was €22 for the 12 red roses so I went mad & got them instead.

The Takeaways are probably bombed at from 8pm on so I pick a cuisine that microwaves well & pick it up early.
My plan is well honed.

vicwatson

Rabidlamb wrote: »

As there's no better name for today's date St.Valentine's Eve it is.
No listen up you soon to be divorced semi-retired Lothario's.
This is how you do Valentines my way, on the cheap.

Drop down to Tesco's today, not tomorrow, today & buy 2 bunches of the €7.99 lilies.
If you really care take time tonight to remove the price sticker & rearrange into one big bunch.
Also, pick up a card & wine.

Tomorrow arrange to be home 20 minutes late from work.
She'll think you're picking up flowers but you're not, your getting her favourite Thai/Indian/Chinese before the restaurants get bombed.
Once the kids are in bed produce the goods & she'll be sliding off her seat.

Nice.

2 x €7.99 Even worse €22.00 :eek: - you must be loaded, that or mental

What's wrong with these -

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25679.htm

or these -

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25676.htm

Rabidlamb

vicwatson wrote: »

2 x €7.99 Even worse €22.00 :eek: - you must be loaded, that or mental

What's wrong with these -

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25679.htm

or these -

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25676.htm

They look a bit like carnations, carnations will not result in a night of heaving passion for Rabidlamb.

Lucena

Rabidlamb wrote: »

They look a bit like carnations, carnations will not result in a night of heaving passion for Rabidlamb.

If it's heaving you're after, a couple of cheap bottles of red wine should do the trick. Maybe stick on some UB40 in the background for full effect!

anncoates

Just order something expensive from Amazon but immediately cancel it after printing out the order page. when it doesn't show up, show her the printout and arrange with your mate to take a call "to Amazon" and argue at the top of your voice within earshot of your mot.

HondaSami

I will be sitting home alone crying into my beer remembering all the valentine presents I used to get,can't even have chocolate cause im of it for lent.

somefeen

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Slide off her seat?

Do you lube the seat tonight? Or tomorrow?

I'm hoping she'll do that herself

meoklmrk91

Okay is it just me or are flowers the ****test gift ever? why would anyone want something that's going to die? it's like buying someone a sick puppy.

CuppaCocoa

hoodwinked wrote: »

Ah now, i bought my husband a card and a gift.....a gift that cost €2.....but its a cool gift that i can't post right now but will edit this post tomorrow because he reads my posts....


its a really really cool present and he will love it! seriously!

You got the furry handcuffs didn't you

CuppaCocoa

Here's frugal for ya - I sent my partner this card!

http://tescovaluecards.com/valentines-day-card/

smash

lilybarlean wrote: »

You got the furry handcuffs didn't you

Is it just me that cringes at that kind of stuff?

Dravokivich

She'll be getting a steak and a 6 pack of beer and she'll be happy with that!

meoklmrk91

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Okay is it just me or are flowers the ****test gift ever? why would anyone want something that's going to die? it's like buying someone a sick puppy.

Yeah, I don't like getting them

Like giving them well enough, not big into getting them

HondaSami

smash wrote: »

Is it just me that cringes at that kind of stuff?

No, real handcuffs are the best, depends on who is holding the key.

smash

bluewolf wrote: »

Yeah, I don't like getting them

Like giving them well enough, not big into getting them

If you get them, then you have free ones to give away though!

Stheno

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Okay is it just me or are flowers the ****test gift ever? why would anyone want something that's going to die? it's like buying someone a sick puppy.

I like buying flowers for the house every so often, I find they really cheer the place up, but don't like getting them as a gift, I tend to like very plain bunches of flowers not the fancy schmancy stuff at all.

Where To

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Okay is it just me or are flowers the ****test gift ever? why would anyone want something that's going to die? it's like buying someone a sick puppy.

A healthy puppy will die too though.

<insert Elton John>

tin79

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Slide off her seat?

Do you lube the seat tonight? Or tomorrow?

I think the idea is that she lubes it herself.

Or did I read that wrong

candy-gal1

Woooo! Happy Valentines eve so!
Was just thinking earlier that it should be called that, yeah im probably sad I know :D but its just a cute way to put it imho.

Got all my presents done and sorted before today, so thinking a bit of a chick flick/romantic movies marathon while looking forward to tomorrow
Cheesy as hell, but hey its just one worldwide extra slushy day tis nice to make the most of it

miamee

Dravokivich wrote: »

She'll be getting a steak and a 6 pack of beer and she'll be happy with that!

Read that as a "streak", thought it sounded like an original 'gift' :P

hoodwinked

lilybarlean wrote: »

You got the furry handcuffs didn't you

nope!

already have the real things. those furry ones couldn't hold a blow up doll they break so easily!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

My GF is a self employed florist.....which means I don't have to buy flowers....Yuss!

She only eats cadbury's chocolate, not the expensive stuff but is on some 30 days shred thing at the mo.....Yuss!

She doesn't drink wine....Yuss!

Dowloaded and printed the Tesco card for the craic....Yuss!

She's on the blob now too, so I don't need to put the ferrett in the hole....Yuss!


I LOVE, LOVE DAY!

handbagmad

Stealth Recce wrote: »

My GF is a self employed florist.....which means I don't have to buy flowers....Yuss!

She only eats cadbury's chocolate, not the expensive stuff but is on some 30 days shred thing at the mo.....Yuss!

She doesn't drink wine....Yuss!

Dowloaded and printed the Tesco card for the craic....Yuss!

She's on the blob now too, so I don't need to put the ferrett in the hole....Yuss!


I LOVE, LOVE DAY!

ya romantic bastard ya!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

handbagmad wrote: »

ya romantic bastard ya!

Why thank you!

And I wont Dutch Oven her 'cos it's a special day!