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Valentine 2000

© Michele KayD

So it's Valentine's week and you still don't know how to make it special this year? It's not only the annual push to make your honey glow with admiration, but this year, you also have to contend with the fact that it's the "Millennium Valentine's Day!" How are you ever going to create a perfect day or night that your mate will always recall? Instead of getting a pricey, showy gift or concocting a last minute elaborate night on the town, why not just keep it simple. You need not go for broke to wow your sweetheart, and you don't need any high-tech gimmicks to mark this important holiday. While it may seem like the Y2K hype is bound to force every single event of this year into colossal proportions, the best way to ensure it will be truly memorable for your partner, is still to keep it tender and simple. Rely on classic romance to pull you through safe and sound. There just may be enough loving left over to help you breathe of sigh of bliss this Valentine's Day, rather than mere relief that the pressure surrounding the day will be over. This February 14th, the year may read 2000, but the best way to make it count, remains the basics from the heart.

For a gift any girl will adore and treasure, consider buying a simple, classic heart pendant. It could be a locket style, with an opening door and a mini picture of you or a child inside. It could be engraved inexpensively with something as touching yet momentous as the date and a few romantic words expressing your eternal love. Have it gift wrapped in a pretty red velvet heart- shaped (of course) box and place it inside a shiny red bag filled with her favortie candies (try Hershey's Kisses, Hugs, Luv Pops, conversation candy hearts, and cinnamon-flavored red-hots!) Add a sentimental card either hand crafted or carefully chosen from the Hallmark shop, and you are in for some serious smooches!

Never underestimate the power and message of a dozen roses or even a single rose adorned with baby's breath and a love poem. Remember, long-stemmed are the most elegant, and color counts. Red expresses love, pink is ideal for fondness, yellow signifies peace, and purple or friendship white.

For your guy, consider gifting him with a precious love letter, straight from your heart, and an invitation to dinner out and dessert in! Take him to a romantic, candle-lit restaurant for a nice dinner for two, and be sure to tantalize him throughout the meal about what awaits at home afterward.