Comments on: Uncluttered Valentine’s Day gift ideas

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:06:33 +0000

Oh my gosh, I would adore having my mini van detailed! I might have to suggest that as a future gift to my hubby. I would do it for him but he is the only one who rides in his car and he is a neat freak so it’s always clean. My van? Yuck. Especially after the winter and I don’t want to spend time in the cold garage cleaning it out.

By: Marrena

Marrena — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:22:13 +0000

I stand corrected!

By: A_nonymouse

A_nonymouse — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:15:36 +0000

@Marrena, count me in the car detailing love camp, too. It’s what I got for my last birthday–best present ever! Well, at the time it was the best ever.

By: danielle

danielle — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:03:39 +0000

I’m also in the “I’d love to have my car detailed!” camp. Something I’d probably never want to pay for myself but would really enjoy if my boyfriend bought it for me. I’d also take a gift card for the car wash since that’s something I never seem to get around to, either.

Actually, maybe I’ll just ask for a new car for Valentine’s Day…seems like that would be easier!!

By: Dawn F

Dawn F — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:16:25 +0000

A shiny, clean, freshly-washed, great-smelling car would be a SUPER gift! Add a new travel mug to the cupholder and I would be delighted.

By: purpleBee

purpleBee — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:11:09 +0000

As Valentine’s Day falls in late Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere (the equivalent of early August for our Northern Hemisphere friends), my suggestions are

Surprise your partner with a lunchtime picnic with their favourite finger foods. Or a beach sunset picnic

Arrange a service for home exercise equipment they use

If they have a craft/hobby, buy them something to organise or transport it. Or if its something like embroidery or paper art, book a framer to frame a work of their choice – because you’re so proud and want to display it

And a cute one I heard on the radio, a gift voucher for 10,000,000 kisses

By: ceduke

ceduke — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:53:16 +0000

OMG I would LOVE it if hubby got my car detailed! He gets on my case about the cost every time I take it in myself, so I doubt he would. Maybe if I hint heavily…

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:09:50 +0000

@Marrena — I loved Dave’s suggestion for a car detailing!

By: Marrena

Marrena — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:06:44 +0000

This was clearly written by a man. Are there women out there who would be thrilled by car detailing as a Valentine’s Day present? Nothing wrong with the old standby of flowers. If a bouquet is bought and wrapped in nice paper, rather than a flower arrangement in a vase, the only non-compostable clutter is the rubber band.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:41:14 +0000

We go out to dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date every year for Valentine’s day. It’s also the same restaurant we went to when he asked me to marry him.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:15:16 +0000

I’ll take a box of chocolates. I promise that clutter will be gone in 10 minutes or less. :p

By: A_nonymouse

A_nonymouse — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:13:57 +0000

My husband loves warm choc chip cookies, but not the traditional Tollhouse type. For this Valentine’s I’m making him a big batch of his favorite type, scooping it out and freezing. Whenever he wants a cookie, all he has to do is plop however many he wants onto a mini cookie sheet and into the toaster oven. In 10 minutes he’ll have his warm cookies.

By: MayT

MayT — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:12:04 +0000

Simplest to digitize old films is use a service that does it. Much better quality and reasonable prices. I’ve use iMemories, but there are others out there.