Valentines at home💕❤️✨
One thing you should know is that you do not have to go out and spend a lot of money to have a romantic or fun evening with your partner. No need to spend a lot of money, entertaining on a budget is so easy and it’s time to be learned. The year I learned this was in 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic. I was in Italy and had to find a way to make our home a romantic space and so I did.
The first thing I did was look around my house to see what I had that connected with the theme. Candles, red, pink, hearts, table settings. Changing a simple space into one that resembled where we would typically so. The next thing I did was find recipes of our favorite food, food we would eat when we are spoiling ourselves.
Lighting ✨🕯️
One thing I would suggest you invest in is ( electric) lighting. You can buy them from Amazon or a local store, I’ve seen them in Target, this will jazz up the space. I suggest electric for a couple of reasons; First being you can repurpose them, second being they are safer that wax candles. Once you own them you can use them for different events, such as your next dinner or get together at home.
If you want to start to host, it is wise to purchase items that can be repurposed / used multiple times.
The meal 🥩🍷🍴
Food is so important! You could spend some money and hire a personal chef, those are always fun and exciting. But you could also tap into your inner chef and make a meal that is just as good but for half the price of a PC and or restaurant.
“ The mentality of not knowing how to cook needs to be changed to you are learning how to cook. ”
One of my favorite food bloggers is The Mood Foody . Her recipes are yummy and easy to do. A couple of years ago I followed her Surf and Turf recipe. Unfortunately the recipe for this particular meal is no longer on her site, but the mash potatoes are and so I will link that below. I adjusted the recipe so that it was for just 2 people.
Ingredients You’ll Need
(As seen on The Moody Foods website)
Please refer to website for full recipe and instructions
Potatoes
Butter
Minced Garlic
Heavy Cream
Milk
Salt, Pepper
Fresh Herbs
Below is a video of me preparing the meal. Just find a recipe you think you and your partner would like. The mentality of not knowing how to cook needs to be changed to you are learning how to cook.
Attire 👗👠👔
Optional, but I like to dress up when I do holiday meals at home, kind of how everyone dresses up for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Whenever I am surprising my partner I get all dolled up and watch his reaction. This particular year I wore a red dress. I also did my nails and an either beautification process. This is something I continue to do til this day. I think Its important to treat yourself.
Cute cold weather option.
Nails 💅🏾✅✨
More than a year ago I told myself I would make a conscious effort to do the things that made me feel good. That included getting my nails done on a regular and monthly massages.
Tapping into healthy feminine energy has been such a pleasure and something I didn’t know that I was not doing. Doesn’t take much and more does it cost a lot and not everyone can afford to spend money on such luxuries but I prefer to allocate money to this life style rather than going out to eat, cars, clubs and or other activities people do.
