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Ah, Valentine's day amore is in the air. A few years ago ING
direct did a survey asking which words come to mind if you went on a blind date
was someone described as "frugal".
More than a quarter of the people polled shows the word stingy. 15% picked boring
and - to my utter shock - a mere 3.7 percent said being frugal was sexy.
Stay Cheap!
Hey i'm Jeff Yeager, the ultimate cheapskate and host of The Cheap Life. What??
being frugal isn't sexy?
Nobody told me!
How is this not sexy?
My wife and I have been married for almost thirty years, or as Denise says
almost three good years not all at once mind you.
The truth is were a match made in cheapskate heaven.
When we were first dating one of the most romantic nights we had was making
homemade
ice cream together.
For just the cost of a bag of groceries, we spent the entire evening sitting on
the back porch at sunset taking terns of the crank and getting to know each other. The
more churned the more we laughed.
Yep! There are plenty of romantic ways to say amore for lesse.
For example, LJ: We would love it if you'd like this video!
Jeff: Well instead of expensive lobster tail's and steak's in a restaurant.
Try making this mock serf and turf at home!
Just use cod or another
meaty whitefish especially season ground beef wrapped in bacon.
Click here to get my recipe. You know it's okay to serve a romantic meal
with inexpensive champagne to but go the extra mile and re-label the bottle with
a customized lovey-dovey label. Bon appa-cheap!
Take a bike ride or hand-in-hand stroll with your honey dumpling in the local park.
I promise both your heart and your heartthrob will enjoy it more.
It's time for a Cheapskate Shout out!
Our director extraordinaire Chris,
loves surprising his hunny with romantic adventures like hot air balloon rides or
painting class. He scours the web for great deals all year long so he can wooo
in delight without breaking the bank.
Romantic gifts don't need to cost a lot either.
even find some nice things at the dollar store like these nifty, but thrifty gifts.
And, even this silk rose.
Hey speaking of roses, instead of buying an overpriced bouquet of cut roses give her a gift
certificate for a rose bush to plant in the garden in the spring time.
It'll cost about the same but it will provide a
lifetime of lovin' blooms.
You'll get major brownie points if you offer and remember to help
plant in the spring. Some of the most memorable gifts are simple ones you make
yourself like this wooden pin I carved for Denise the first valentine's day we
were married. I'd secretly saved a piece of wood from our christmas tree the
December before. I used it to make her this pin.
She still kisses me every time she wears it.
And if your really on a tight budget go the fashionably late
route and celebrate valentine's day with your sweetie pie on the fiftenth or
sixteenth.
Chocolates will be mark down to half-price there won't be any waiting
line at your favorite resturant and florists will almost pay you to take the rosaes
of their hands.
I'm Jeff Yeager
Stay Cheap!
and stay sexy!
I know there are plenty of cash-conscious casanovas and budget conscious babes
out there.
Share your best ideas for cheap dates in the comments section below for a chance to
win a fifty dollar gift card!
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