15 Great Girlfriend Getaway Ideas in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country

1-Get away: Temecula Valley midweek
Less-busy weekdays mean potential conversations with Temecula Valley Southern California winery family-members, women's jackets winemakers; more attention in Old Town Temecula, Promenade Temecula. Most Temecula hotels/motels/resorts offer special (better-than-weekend) rates Sunday-through-Thursday; see VisitTemecula.org for special offers.

2-Discover: Temecula Valley Southern California's De Portola Wine Trail
Taste award-winning premium-wines at boutique-wineries (Cougar, Danza del Sol, Gershon Bachus, Keyways, Leoness, Oak Mountain, Robert Renzoni). Most: family-owned, open-daily. Make reservations: local, wine-country tour-and-transportation companies. Visit again in spring for "Big Red Fest."

3-Explore: Old Town Temecula Tasting Trail
Palate-pleasing establishments abound; experience Temecula Olive Oil, Old Town Spice Merchants, Old Town Root Beer, Old Town Sweet Shop. Visit again in spring for "Taste of Temecula Valley."

4-Indulge: Temecula Valley spa treatments
With signature, vine-based massage-and-body rituals, GrapeSeed Spa means vintage relaxation. Spa Pechanga is for rejuvenating (hot-stone massages; nourishing wraps). Murrieta Day Spa is a pampering escape (manicures, pedicures). Inquire about seasonal specials (rose-facials, peppermint foot-massages).

5-Shop: Promenade Temecula
One-hundred-seventy Promenade Temecula specialty-shops include sought-after Macy's, H&M, Lemonchello, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Apple. Dine: Lazy Dog Café, P.F. Chang's, Yard House. Block-buster movies: Edwards 15 Cinemas.

6-Experience: Pechanga excitement
Pechanga Resort & Casino (Western U.S.'s largest) features poker-tournaments (54-tables), 130 table-games, 3,800 Las Vegas-style slot machines; top-name concerts (Ringo Starr, Dierks Bentley); 9 award-winning restaurants.

7-Take flight: Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country hot air balloon
Float serenely at sunrise with Grape Escape, California Dreamin', D&D Ballooning, Magical Adventures; majestic vineyard, rolling-hill views.

8-Shop: Old Town Temecula
Pedestrian-friendly, Old Town Temecula includes 60+ specialty stores. Women love The Farmer's Wife; charming, Temecula Lavender Company's products; Old California Lavender's lotions, oils. Browse Granny's Attic for collectibles, antiques, vintage-clothing. Dine alfresco: Front Street, Palumbo's, Soro's, Sweet Lumpy's. Dessert: Robin's Nest. Return for Bluegrass Festival, Street Painting, Hot Summer Nights, Quilt Show, Winterfest events.

9- Horse-drawn carriage or 1914 cable car tour: Temecula Valley So Cal Wine Country
A Temecula Carriage Company or Temecula Valley Cable Car wine-country ride, wine tasting, and picnic is sublime.

10-Savor: Temecula Valley So Cal "off-the-beaten-path" award-winning wines
Local tour-and-transportation companies help make for relaxed tours of off-the-beaten-path wineries. Most: family-owned, open-daily. Calle Contento Road has Briar Rose, Falkner, Lumiere. Others on roads-less-traveled: Doffo, Foot Path, Palumbo, new Lorimar Winery.

11-Hike and picnic: Santa Rosa Plateau
Get sandwiches/picnic goodies to-go (Campini's, E.A.T. Marketplace, Temecula Valley Cheese Company) then head to 9,000-acre Ecological Reserve (sunrise-to-sunset, daily). Inquire at Visitors Center (Tuesday-Sunday): seasonal-happenings. Most hiking-trails: easy-to-moderate. Wheelchair-accessible: interpretive-nature trail, vernal-pool trail. Small songbirds winter-over in oak-woodlands. With good rain, miraculous vernal-pools linger.

12-Explore: historic Old Town Temecula
At Temecula Valley Visitors Center, pick-up Old-Town-map self-guided tour that includes circa 1890 Burnham Store now The MERC (entertainment/art venue); 1914 First National Temecula Bank, now The Bank Mexican Restaurant. Explore They Passed This Way monument; Temecula Valley Museum exhibits; Mission Revival-style Civic Center; Luise?o-basket artistry-inspired fountain.

13-Golf: Temecula Valley vacation-worthy courses
Celebrate-the-game at Arthur Hills-designed Journey at Pechanga (Golfweek, GOLF Magazine top-course); par 4, Hole 6 has largest California elevation drop (175-feet). Dick Rossen/Ted Robinson, Sr.-designed Temecula Creek Inn has Golf Digest's "Places to Play" 4-star rating. Ron Fream-designed RedHawk is Golf Today's 7th-best, California public-course. Ted Robinson-designed/P. Dye-updated Legends is rebounding to its Southern-California's-best-golfing-experience glory. Robert Trent Jones, Sr.-designed Golf Club at Rancho California is on "Best Public Courses" lists; Ted Robinson Sr.-redesigned Pala Mesa is Golf Digest highly-rated.

14-Shop: Lake Elsinore Outlets
Shop 50+ discounted/factory stores like Bath & Body Works, GAP, Guess, OshKosh, SKEECHERS, Vans.

15-Make it: A Temecula Valley Celebration
Temecula Valley Southern California is ideal to celebrate birthdays, bachelorette parties, special occasions – and "the more, the merrier." Most Temecula hotels offer special-midweek (better-than-weekend) group-rates Sunday-through-Thursday with 10 guestrooms-or-more; contact Visit Temecula sales, 951/491-6085.

***Information is believed accurate but may be subject to change.

The Temecula Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau, the region's official tourism marketing organization and resource for visitors is online at VisitTemecula.org; "Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country" on Facebook; and @Visit_Temecula on Twitter. Open 7-days, Temecula Valley Visitors Center is in Old Town Temecula, Third Street/Mercedes, next to Temecula Civic Center. For information/assistance, call 888/363-2852, 951/491-6085.

Champion CW22 Men’s Double Dry Performance T-Shirt - 15% Discount - No Minimum

Champion CW22 Men's 4 oz. Double Dry Performance T-Shirt, regularly priced at $16.66 is now on sale for $14.16 with no minimum from 9/03/12 thru 9/10 at Crooked Brook.

The CW22 is 100% polyester jersey interlock with Double Dry? finish to wick moisture away from the body and helps controls moisture build-up. This t-shirt is tagless with a self-fabric collar and neck tape, along with a reflective "C" logo on left sleeve and Champion? script logo at center back neck.

Polyester performance t-shirts help improve physical performance by supporting the body's natural temperature regulating mechanism. Unlike cotton t-shirts that trap moisture and become heavy and clingy, polyester performance t-shirts pull perspiration away from skin and transport it to the surface of the shirt, where it evaporates rapidly. They work great in hot weather, but they're also a great choice in cooler temperatures, since they won't become damp and chilly like cotton shirts can.

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
Colors: White, Black, Dark Green, Navy, Royal Blue, Scarlet, Stone Gray
About T-Shirts

The t-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century, through cutting the one-piece "union suit" underwear into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. By the Great Depression, the t-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores, as well as other times when modesty called for a torso covering but conditions called for lightweight fabrics.

T-shirts, with and without buttons, were adopted by miners and stevedores during the late 19th century as a convenient covering for hot environments.

T-shirts, as a slip-on garment without buttons, originally became popular in the United States when they were issued by the U.S. Navy during or following the Spanish American War. These were a crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton undershirt to be worn under a uniform. It became common for sailors and Marines in work parties, the early submarines, and tropical climates to remove their uniform "jacket", wearing (and soiling) only the undershirt.

Named the t-shirt due to the shape of the garment's outline, it soon became popular as a bottom layer of clothing for workers in various industries, including agriculture. The t-shirt was easily fitted, easily cleaned, were made in various colors and patterns and inexpensive, and for this reason it became the shirt of choice for young boys.

Basic t-shirts are staples in the promotional products industry and it is important that vendors understand their client's budget and needs right from the start. A vendor's presentation should always include at least three levels of basic T-shirts so customers can see and feel the differences. 50/50 T-shirts are a great value; their low price and durability from the blend of cotton and polyester make them a customer favorite. However, 100% cotton t-shirts offer the softness and comfort many customers want for their promotional pieces. When looking for a substantial and ultra soft t-shirt, 100% ringspun cotton t-shir women's jackets ts are the way to go.

Although the most popular method of printing t-shirts is screen printing, Crooked Brook t-shirts are printed using Direct To Garment Printing (DTG) which is the process of using inkjet printers to print an image directly onto t-shirts without the use of screens like with screen printing, which requires a lot of setup e.g., creating screens for each color. In addition, DTG printing uses eco-friendly, water soluble ink, unlike some screen printing methods that layer Plastisol (a suspension of PVC particles in a plasticizer) on top of the t-shirt. The only requirement for DTG printing is for the image to be high resolution, resulting in photograph quality printing with no setup fee or minimums for custom t-shirts.

About Crooked Brook

Crooked Brook is a unit of the atelier division of an art studio that offers full service apparel design, pattern making, sample making, private-label small lot production, direct-to garment printing and embroidery. Since 1989, they've built a strong reputation of providing top-notch apparel designs, patterns, fit and production samples for many brand name catalogs and retailers, as well as wardrobe and costumes for movies, television and theater.

All Crooked Brook branded garments and accessories are proudly made to order in the U.S.A.

In addition, Crooked Brook offers:

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Custom and made to order apparel and accessories for men, women and children, including but not limited to: suits, shirts, Hawaiian shirts, pants, vests, dresses, skirts, gowns, jeans, boxer shorts, martial arts and yoga outfits.

Sewing buttons and fabric by the yard: Ripstop, Organic Cotton Twill, Gabardine, Seersucker, Denim and Supima? Gabardine.

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Embroidery
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With a design studio in New York City, (the fashion and gastronomic capital of the world) and a production facility in Utica, New York, they've garnered international brand name recognition as the maker of the "World's Highest Quality Chef Jackets?".

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Loudmouth Launches The Ultimate Tailgate Pant

Get your game pants on! Loudmouth Golf, the leader in bold and bright apparel, is excited to announce their new line of collegiate tailgate pants. Available in Loudmouth's iconic patterns, the collegiate line is perfect for students, alumni, faculty and superfans who are loud and proud of their schools. Currently there are eighteen schools available including The University of Alabama, University of Arkansas, University of Mississippi, University of Kentucky, and University of Tennessee.

"At Loudmouth, we want all sororities and fraternities to look their best and alumni to be the talk of the tailgate," says Loudmouth Golf CEO, Larry Jackson. "Our pants give a whole new mean women's coats ing to school pride … and besides, chicks dig'em," adds Jackson.

Loudmouth's college line, which is licensed by The Collegiate Licensing Company on behalf of its partner institutions, is offered for men and women and is available in the made-to-order section of the Loudmouth website. Made-to-order is Loudmouth's revolutionary, flexible way for customers to design pants to their exact specifications. This includes selecting custom lengths, style options and licensed embroidery. Men's pants are available up to 60" waist and 40" inseam. Ladies skorts and shorts are available in a variety of inseams.

Additional schools for Loudmouth's college line include: Georgetown University, Louisiana State University, Morehead State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Purdue University, San Jose State University, Texas Tech, The University of Kansas, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Nebraska, University of Memphis. Loudmouth is continuously adding schools.

Loudmouth clothing is made in 97% cotton and 3% spandex.
Fans can order at http://www.LoudmouthGolf.com

Customers Kick Up Their Heels In Burlesque Costumes At Yandy.com this Halloween

Customers are brushing up on their cancan and kicking up their heels for sexy burlesque costumes from Yandy.com this 2012 Halloween. Yandy.com, online retailer of sexy Halloween costumes, offers shoppers thousands of costume options, burlesque costumes being one of the highest searched for the site.

With 35 different burlesque inspired costumes to peruse in a variety of price ranges, Yandy shoppers will not want for variety. Traditionally, burlesque costumes appeal to fashion jackets online Halloween shoppers because of the intricate details like feather plume hats, beaded fringe and risqué silhouettes. Some of the most popular choices include the Deluxe Burlesque Beauty Costume which features a pink and black corset top, layered ruffle skirt with a short in front and long in back silhouette, hat and gloves and the Burlesque Show Girl Costume which includes a black corset with purple sequin detail, an attached black and purple feather skirt, beaded fringe, booty shorts, feather head piece and neckpiece, to name a few.

With so many intricate embellishments, Yandy's burlesque costumes will only look expensive. Yandy's burlesque costumes start as low as $32.95 and range up to $163.95 for more deluxe styles.

Yandy has also seen in several instances where women will collaborate with their friends and go as a cancan line. Just one of many creative group costumes ideas available at Yandy.com.

At Yandy.com, customers not only have so many options when shopping for sexy burlesque costumes to choose from but they also receive additional incentives for shopping like free, flat rate shipping on orders over $70 as well as a free panty with every order.

About Yandy.com
E-commerce is on the rise and Yandy.com is one of the largest online retailers of lingerie, sexy Halloween costumes, swimwear and clothing on the web. Founded in 2003, Yandy boasts more than 6,500 products always in stock at easily affordable prices. Yandy ensures that every customer will receive a safe, secure and private online shopping experience and is backed by COMODO online security and Google Checkout. Yandy is dedicated to customer service and only sells what is in stock which allows for quick, same day shipping. Offering the highest quality products at the most affordable prices in the market, Yandy has become a leader in e-commerce. Yandy works closely with all of the manufacturers they distribute for and hand select all of the items on the Web site to ensure customers have the largest and most diverse collection to choose from. In addition, the customer service team at Yandy is unrivaled. With attentive and helpful operators, should a question or problem arise, the customer service team at Yandy is always willing and able to assist. At Yandy, every customer can Be Sexy.

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Author Tom Mathews Explores Poverty and Hardship in Old India

In India, "devadasi" is the religious tradition of marrying young women to deities, so they can serve the gods as temple dancers. With his newly published novel, Devadasi, "A Nun's Story", Tom Matthews reveals the startling truth of the impoverishment that plagues struggling families in India, and how many daughters have no other choice but to dedicate their lives to the gods in order to spare their families from the burden of financially supporting them.

The story begins with Rosemarie, an average Indian girl who goes to school and studies diligently. She enjoys talking with her friend Gladys and aspires to study at the university to become a doctor. Her father Antony works as a manual laborer, while her mother Anna is a simple housewife, they are both devout Catholics who love Rosemarie and do everything they can to support her. She is introduced to a handsome young man named Ouseph, Gladys' cousin, and they take a liking to each other. They continue on seeing each other when, one evening, while they are alone by the river, Ouseph take women's jackets s it too far and ends up violating Rosemarie.

Rosemarie discovers that she is pregnant with Ouseph's child. Her family is shocked but they console her and, as the father, Antony, confronts the man responsible, however Ouseph's wealthy father manages to keep him from being held accountable. Unable to do anything, Antony goes back home to his family, and works even harder to support his daughter and her unborn child. When the baby is delivered, there is another mouth to feed, and another child to clothe and shelter, but together the family tries to make ends meet. Rosemarie sees the difficulties her parents have to endure, as well as the fates of the other impoverished families around her, and realizes that only God can solve their problems. Silently, she contemplates a choice that will change their lives forever. To save her family, she must give up her hopes, her dreams, and all the things most important to her.

Devadasi, "A Nun's Story" is a touching work that will resonate with readers of every stripe, as the story of Rosemarie and her family represents the story of countless daughters and families in the Third World. Though set in colonial India, the realities of Mathews' novel still apply today as the gulf between rich and poor continues to widen, and as those on the bottom rung of society struggle just to survive each passing day.

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About the Author
Tom Mathews was born in a middle-class family in the heartland of the tropical Kerala State in India. He wrote and published articles in prominent magazines in Kerala, and wrote in professional journals following his immigration to the USA. His first novel in English, Ganga Puthri: Aparna's Story, was widely acclaimed by the Indian community in the USA, and Devadasi, "A Nun's Story" is his second novel in English.

Devadasi, "A Nun's Story" * by Tom Mathews
Publication Date: September 5, 2012
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Generate Traffic To Your Site The Effective Way - Part 1

If you are new to internet marketing, or a newbie, you may find the hardest part about the whole process is not about finding the right niche market (there are countless), it's not about creating a website (many sites sell you ready made websites, sort of plug and play) and it's not about how to write a killer sales page. It's about the heart of any business: traffic generation. How do you promote your product? Where do your prospective buyers find you?

Traffic is a lingo which means getting streams of visitors to visit your site. Without buyers, a business cannot exist. It's as simple as that. Actually, there are many ways to go about it. Some require capital and some are free. Some are straight forward and some require a bit of creativity. See if any of these will help you with marketing your products.

1. Using affiliates to promote your products
If you have a product in the 'real world' and need to promote it in a big way, what would you need? A good team of hungry sales people, of course! The more the better as you can expand faster and wider globally. This is true even in the virtual world. How do get sales people to sell your products online?

They term is called 'affiliate marketing'. Affiliates are sales people who promote your products via their own website or other legitimate ways to receive a commission set by you, the seller or publisher. If you check out Clickbank, you can scan through their marketplace to see the various topics and products that are listed. Clickbank, however, specializes in ebooks, or non tangible products. Many of the publishers make money through their affiliate program, not direct sales.

You can promote your ebook here as a publisher and offer your affiliate 50-75% commission for every sale they make. No one has to worry about inventory and overhead costs. It's an ebook, downloadable in a matter of minutes! Buyers love ebooks and they are the hottest products on the internet today. Other sites you can check out is PayDotCom and Commission Junction. These are high traffic sites and your products will be seen much faster than if you were to offer affiliate programs in your own website. But that's not a bad idea too!

2. Distributing articles
There are thousands of article directories on the internet and for successful marketing, article written is gold and must be in the top 3 ways to promote your products. Your articles should be between 400-800 words and should not be seen as blatantly promoting a product. Directories love articles that are not promotional and are factual. Make sure th women's jackets at they are rich in relevant keywords (at
least 3-5% of the total word count) as this will help improve your ranking in the search engines.

If you are not able to write your own articles, you can purchase PLRs and change about 30% of the content to avoid being accused of duplication and being banned by the directories. If you prefer original articles, you can hire a ghost writer to write them for you for a fee. Writing and submitting articles one by one is tedious and time consuming. One of the best ways to get your articles published in hundreds of directories is to go through an article directory submitter such as Articlemarketer, which will do the submission for you.

3. Create an ebook
You may be wondering how creating an ebook can generate traffic to your site. A well written ebook can presell a product and lead readers to a targeted site just adding links in the content. The secret is to present the link as a reference rather than trying to convince the reader to 'click here and buy now".

These potential customers are already assessing the writer as an 'expert' in the field of the topic of this book and any links included which reads as a value added information will generate more trust than doubt in the reader's mind. How do you promote the ebook? Give it out as a free gift in your advertisements, blogs, forums or articles. Everyone loves free gifts and won't hesitate to click to get it! Giving out free gifts is one of the fastest ways to make money online for the newbies.

4. Pay Per Click (PPC)
If you want one of the fastest way to generate traffic to your site, this is it. However, you will need to take a little time in selecting high probability keywords to optimize the search engines. Creating a niche market means exhausting every possible keyword or keyword phrases that a prospective buyer will type on the search engines. There is also a lot of trial and error to find which advertisement title and description works and which doesn't. The most popular PPC search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN Live and Ask.

Before you even attempt PPC, be aware that the cost can run from hundreds to thousands of dollars in a matter of months, If your keywords are too general, you will get a lot of clicks but very little sales because including words like "toys" when your products are specifically action figure toys will not bring your target market to your site and it will cost you a lot of money at the end of the month. So select your keywords carefully!

The internet is constantly evolving. New technology that emerges creates new ways to market products online. What is hot last month will be old news next month. The important thing to remember is that making money online needs to be kept simple. Websites have to be non-confusing, easy to read and free of distractions. Your sales page need not be long winded filled with your grandmother's stories. Keep it straight to the point, don't sugar coat facts to the point that it looks unrealistic to the reader, such as "Easy Ways For Newbies To Make $100,000 in 30 Days". It's not believable and you would have lost a prospective buyer within seconds. Persevere, test & retest different methods of marketing and don't give up. Many have made profitable gains on the internet and so can you

50 Ways to Say I Love You

A giggly game of Trivial Pursuit and a tall margarita. After nine years of marriage, that is how my husband and I last expressed our love for one another.

It is important to say I Love You with both passion and frequency. And we can say it not only with our words but with our actions, with our facial expressions and body language, even with our thoughts. Lasting intimacy comes from an everyday appreciation and a reverence for the daily moments we spend in the company of one another.

Here are 50 simple ways you can demonstrate the depth of your love. (I have used the words he and she interchangeably here. The following ideas are not gender specific.)

1. Write down fifty favorite memories of your life spent together so far. Invite your partner to add to the list, as well as to share special ideas for the future.

2. Leave a message on her voicemail with a silly, romantic poem. (Roses are red, violets are blue . . .)

3. Make a CD featuring the songs that have been important in you women's coats r relationship. Slip it into the CD player of her car.

4. Bring homemade cookies or brownies to his office with a simple love note.

5. Spoon.

6. Surprise her with some bath salts and her favorite magazine. Then take the kids out of the house for the evening so she can enjoy some time alone.

7. Stash a love note in his shoe.

8. Spend some time talking about all the goals you have been able to accomplish during your time as a couple. Reflecting on the things that you have been able to do with the strength of the other, including the challenges, can really help you to remember and to celebrate the depth of your relationship and how you have supported one another through it all.

9. Serve her breakfast in bed.

10. Give him some time one Saturday to do something he enjoys but rarely takes the time for.

11. Buy her luxurious new silk pajamas that will make her feel treasured and cherished each time she puts them on.

12. Create a special sign (such as a specific hand gesture) that means I Love You, just between the two of you.

13. Listen without interrupting.

14. Give her a few minutes of time alone when she first gets home from work. Sometimes, we each need a bit of time to process the transition from work life to family life.

15. Watch a sporting event together.

16. Place a single daisy on her windshield.

17. Kiss.

18. Surprise him by purchasing his favorite DVD or the latest CD of his favorite vocal artist.

19. Talk lovingly about your partner to others, and avoid criticizing your mate to your friends or family. Even if your words never make it back to your partner, the tension and negative energy will eventually wedge its way between you.

20. Talk a walk together.

21. Rub his back.

22. Dance to your favorite song.

23. Re-create your first date.

24. Light candles at dinnertime.

25. Write a love note and slip it under his pillow.

26. Send a romantic text message.

27. Send flowers, just because.

28. Keep a scrapbook of your love, from first meeting through courtship, through marriage. Write a few journal entries about how your love for one another has evolved as you have grown together, and the new kinds of energy each new phase of your relationship has created.

29. Take him out to lunch.

30. Make her coffee so it is ready when she gets up.

31. Jot down 20 things you love about him and slip it under his dinner plate.

32. Cook her favorite breakfast.

33. Choose a book you both will enjoy, and read it aloud together.

34. Rent a romantic movie.

35. Slip a Hershey Kiss and a Hershey Hug into her coat pocket.

36. Write about the feelings you felt when you first met your mate. Write about the first time you knew you were in love.

37. Celebrate special days in your relationship with unique traditions and rituals.

38. Have you been holding a grudge against your partner? Today, forgive it and move on. Witness how much power the act of forgiveness injects into your relationship.

39. Rub her feet.

40. Find creative places to write I Love You: in whipped cream on a slice of pie, carved into the side of an apple, in the steam on the bathroom mirror.

41. Bring flowers to her in the middle of the day.

42. Spend a few minutes together in bed each morning.

43. Call his mother and father and thank them for creating such a wonderful son.

44. Do a chore that is typically reserved for him.

45. Tell her she looks amazing.

46. Write her a love letter and mail it.

47. If she has had a rough day at work, bring home her favorite take out and a bottle of wine.

48. Create a marquis on your screensaver that declares your love.

49. Choose your favorite photo of the two of you as a couple and frame two copies: one for each of you to take to work.

50. Play a board game or a game of cards. (Margaritas optional.)