Acts of Love

Each day we will be posting A THRIFTY & IN LOVE TIP from one of our readers. At the end of the month, one of you will win a $25.00  Gift Card. For all the details click here. Keep those Random Acts of Love  tips  and experiences coming!!! What are your ideas? What are your experiences at the 28 Days of Random Acts of Love – good or bad… (photos are always fun too)

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Sara (B)

Our anniversary was yesterday, and I had planned on surprising him after school, however our oldest daughter got sick and I decided I couldn’t leave her with a sitter. So, instead, I made a bunch of paper hearts (sick daughter helped) and bought a super cheep lipstick. Then we went to his school and decorated his car. I wrote some I love yous and Happy Anniversaries and drew some hearts with the lipstick, and my daughter and I taped the hearts all over the car. Then I made his favorite foods for dinner. I’d say it was a pretty good anniversary, considering we’ll have to wait to really “celebrate”

Annette

I’ve called him while he was at work and (something I have never done!) asked if he wanted to come home for a “quickie” he said sure ! Then called back and said “my Sergeant is coming too.”
WHAT !?! He thought I said cookie! Needless to say he already told his sergeant that I was making cookies and invited him over. Boy am I thankful I have those Betty Crocker cookie mix’s in the garage ! It was pretty funny, and I think I set a record changing and making cookies in under 3 minutes !

Anel

I don’t know if anyone else has shared this idea yet but something i did last year and my husband really liked was to get up really early on v-day and surprise him by writing all over his truck with those car markers, red and white. I wrote things like “best husband ever” or “sexy hubby on board” then in the back i put “Honk if you love your man”. His face when he went out on the driveway was priceless. He got to drive to church with the messages all over his truck and ladies kept honking and even one guy pulled up next to him and gave him a thumbs up. He said that was really sweet and that he enjoyed all the attention. I’m planning to do it again this year but while he’s at work so when he gets out of work he will be surprised

Each day we will be posting A THRIFTY & IN LOVE TIP from one of our readers. At the end of the month, one of you will win a $25.00  Gift Card. For all the details click here. Keep those Random Acts of Love  tips  and experiences coming!!! What are your ideas? What are your experiences at the 28 Days of Random Acts of Love – good or bad… (photos are always fun too)

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Annette

Last night I “Heart attacked” his truck with love notes. He gets up at 5am and leaves for work. I got a VERY cold kiss this morning

Karen

Get the smaller poster boards (11 x 14 I think). Make signs on them showing how proud you are of him, how much you love him, etc. Drive his route to work and post these on telephone poles, light poles, etc. He will see him the next day on his way to work. My husband and I have both done this for each other. I worked at an elementary school one year and the last “sign” was on a tree right outside the school with a bouquet of balloons. So cute!!! And everybody knew I had a great husband

ELAINE FAITH

My husband travels often,I leave him little notes and a chocolate kiss in his luggage where he will find them.

Monica S

My husband and I work opposite shifts, so I will leave him a random note when I go to bed so he sees it before he has to leave for work.

Emily

Ship the kiddos off to family or friends without him knowing and when he gets home, leave him a clue that leads him on a wild goose chase…in search of YOU!!! Once he finds you, use your imagination…

Each day we will be posting A THRIFTY & IN LOVE TIP from one of our readers. At the end of the month, one of you will win a $25.00  Gift Card. For all the details click here. Keep those Random Acts of Love  tips  and experiences coming!!! What are your ideas? What are your experiences at the 28 Days of Random Acts of Love – good or bad… (photos are always fun too)

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Amie

On Valentines Day – we like to go to his work and give his car a Heart Attack we cut up tons of hearts and put them all over his car.
Take a Jar – and write all the reasons you love him or fell in love with him. Sometimes we all need reminded.

Candy

Read “Love and Respect” Emerson Eggrichs and talk about it. I had been married to my husband and best friend for about 17 years and learned some things that have made a huge difference in our marriage. It can get better and better.

Ashley Cope

Today I let my husband go on a golfing outing with his brother. Golfing is his 2nd passion in life. His first is me, so I was happy to give him me time cuddles this morning, and golf the rest of the afternoon He came home so happy, and just seeing his happy face when he got home made me happy. Two happy people = a happy marriage. And yes, he lets me do things I want to do to.

Yori

I put little notes in his lunch cooler so at lunch time he gets a little reminder that I love him!!

Danielle

First, I always set out out my husbands work clothes for him before I go to bed at night, and fill up the coffee maker so all he has to do is hit the switch. Then every night after he gets home I try to think of 3 different things to compliment him on throughout the evening. At first it was hard to think of different things but then it starts to come very naturally.

Each day we will be posting A THRIFTY & IN LOVE TIP from one of our readers. At the end of the month, one of you will win a $25.00  Gift Card. For all the details click here. Keep those Random Acts of Love  tips  and experiences coming!!! What are your ideas? What are your experiences at the 28 Days of Random Acts of Love – good or bad… (photos are always fun too)

Please submit your comments on this post HERE, or to our email with the  word Thrifty & In Love  on the subject line.
Amy B.

I wake up at 4:30 am and make coffee and lunch for my husband (he takes his lunch to work)… I have put a little “love note” in his lunch every single day for the past 13 years.

Tracy Hensley

What my husband and I do is each month we both get to pick a weekend out and we get to pick what we want to do. For example one weekend I picked “baby mommy weekend” during Sunday and Monday (his off days) its his job to cook and take care of the dog (its our kid). Sometimes he treats me to dinner out, or a trip to the spa just another way to showing how much he appreciates me. Here is quick a few weekends we’ve done, “baby mommy or daddy weekend,” movie weekend, you cook weekend, or lazy weekend. This has seemed to really work for us. It shows each other how much we appreciate one another. We always seem to race to the calender to see who gets their weekend first.

KT

Beautiful advice. your advice > Dr. Phil . Last year I snuck a gift under my husband’s pillow and went to sleep (or atleast pretended to) 5 minutes before him. It was great when he came in and found the gift.  Will try these ideas for sure.

Holly

I have started to use thrifty ideas for date nights and we’ve never had so much fun! For example a groupon that I’m excited about is for two people to race at an indoor go kart place plus we get one appetizer to share and two fountain drinks – for $25! Sure beats the movies. I like to leave random notes like previous posters have said. It is something I used to do a lot and fell out of the habit. I like to leave them in his car or on his work clothes that I set out.

I also like to send him pictures or fun text messages. Sometimes it brightens his day Although it can be hard to think of new things to say or take pictures of. Last week I took a picture of our youngest at soccer tots and sent it to him. He can’t be there to take her but he can see pictures and hear about it.

Leslie

I purchased the His & Hers KY jelly this week for my sweetie. It was something he has wanted to try for a while but I’m a little too reserved (plus they are normally $20 each). I had a Rite Aid video reward coupon for the KY from last month and another one from this month. I also had two manufacturing coupons for $5 each. Rite Aid had them on sale – buy one get one half off. I used all of the above coupons plus the $4, $2, and two $1 video reward coupons off of any purchase from this month. I got two of them for around $5. A thifty deal and my husband was very happy that I thought of him and cared enough to buy it (and be seen buying it)

Each day we will be posting A THRIFTY & IN LOVE TIP from one of our readers. At the end of the month, one of you will win a $25.00  Gift Card. For all the details click here. Keep those Random Acts of Love  tips  and experiences coming!!! What are your ideas? What are your experiences at the 28 Days of Random Acts of Love – good or bad… (photos are always fun too)

Please submit your comments on this post HERE, or to our email with the  word Thrifty & In Love  on the subject line.

Brittany’s Tip,

Put sticky-notes on things he uses daily or will at least use within the month (a bottle of beer in the six-pack, on the back side of his shaving cream bottle, taped above the handles in the shower, above the driver’s side visor, inside the top of a covered trashcan he always ends up emptying, in his outdoor boots or attached to the dog’s leash since he’s the one that walks the dog, you get the idea). He may not find them right away, but he will eventually and it’s good to spread them out throughout the month.

Amy H.’s Tip,

My favorites are to leave a card in his car to find after work, take him a hot towel after a shower and breakfast in bed together.

Kelli’s Tip,

It is not important of what you do, but that you do something.

Terri J.’s Tip,

Sneak his cell phone when he isn’t looking and take a picture of yourself holding a sign that says “I love you” or some other similar message, and save it as the background for his phone. That way everytime he uses his phone, he gets a reminder.