How much do you spend on Valentine's Day?

[lorraineb]

Valentine's day is quickly approaching. How much do you usually spend on the day? I know that this day has changed as I have gotten older. Do you have a way to still celebrate it at a much smaller cost than you used to? What is your typical Valentine's Day like?

[disneysteve]

Valentine's day is quickly approaching. How much do you usually spend on the day?

$0.00

[bjl584]

I'm currently single, so $0.00.

[disneysteve]

I'm currently single, so $0.00.

I'm happily married. We just don't celebrate the holiday.

[rennigade]

Nada...same I spend every year. Although this year we'll be in PR for a couple days...didnt plan it that way but realized after the fact...so I guess we'll be going out to eat.

[TheMom]

I'm married. We spend $0.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

$0 and married 10 years. stopped before marriage.

[scfr]

I don't spend anything on my husband.

I do spend on my niece & nephew. I send each of them an inexpensive card ($1 max), a small gift to open (usually $1-2 each), and make contributions to their college funds. When I spend, I try to make it meaningful. I don't always succeed, but I'm pretty happy with my Valentine's Day custom.

My husband usually buys a box of chocolate when they go on clearance after Valentine's Day. He gives it me and then we share it.

[Petunia 100]

My birthday is Feb 13th, so I have never cared much about celebrating Valentine's Day. Besides, my preferred gifts don't require shopping. I'll take a foot rub over flowers and chocolates any day!

[NJDebbie]

Cero, zero, nothing, nada!

[lorraineb]

I'm laughing at all the responses. This confirms to me that the people here do not represent the average US person.

[HappySaver]

Also $0.00 here.

[tylerdurden]

We try to keep it low key, so usually around $20 for some chocolates or other candy for my wife. She generally cooks food for us at home since we don't enjoy waiting for a table at a restaurant. This year I am going without a gift since we are closing on a house on Valentine's day, and I'm claiming that as my gift to her.

[snafu]

We joined friends for Valentine Day's dinner at a really nice restaurant one year and it was such an awful experience we've always avoided eating out as celebration. It was crowded, hot, and noisy. Worse yet the food was not the quality we expected, sloppily plated, poorly served, and twice the regular price since it included one glass of horrid sparkly wine misrepresented as 'champagne.' We couldn't hear ourselves think let alone have a conversation. The 'entertainment' a violinist was so awful we thought they should pay the patrons for tolerating him.

I always make a special dinner February 14th but it's food that is in our usual grocery purchases, just some extra touches, careful presentation, nicer dessert, possibly liquor in coffee that's at hand. We'll watch a pirated DVD of one of the newer movies. I think our neighbour might join us for coffee, dessert and movie.

I'll buy DH his favourite red hot candies for a candy dish with sentimental value, expect to cost about $ 3. He'll likely buy me his favourite, quality, Belgian dark chocolate 'chunks' which he discovered in the bins at one of the big grocery chains several years ago. He usually thinks up an unusual container...last year it was a new, badly needed fry pan [$ 9.] with chocolate held in place via plastic wrap held secure with an elastic.

[hamchan]

We're going out for Ethiopian food. I do not expect them to be packed. It usually runs us about 25$ total. I bought my daughter a miniature bird cage, a Toblerone bar, conversation hearts, and a card. Total before tax was $7.50. I also bought my husband a card. Haven't picked up anything else yet, but I plan to. Probably chocolate. He likes See's. We don't do big expensive gifts, but I wouldn't want to get nothing at all.