Gabriel's
My husband's birthday is on a Tuesday and even though we will have a get-together at our house the Saturday before, I still would to like to make him feel special on the day of his birthday. The problem is we both work and won't be home until after 5:30pm-6pm and we have a 3 year old so we are limited on time. What are some creative ways to make him feel special?
Thanks in advance for all of your ideas!
Answer
Since you are both getting home at dinner time, your options are limited.
At Home: You come home at lunch and set the table for dinner and put up a few balloons and streamers. On the way home from work, you pick up a carry out order of fried chicken & side dishes.
Going Out: Ask him to meet you at a place 1 mile away from a Hooters restaurant. Between leaving work and meeting him, change into some tight jeans and a camisole top that really makes your boobs pop out. Then take him to Hooters. He will go nuts between looking at the hot waitresses and then looking at his hot wife sitting across from him. Make sure you act cool about him looking at the waitresses. You know how much guys like to look. So as part of his birthday gift, let him look all he wants. Just smile to yourself because most husbands feel guilty about looking at other women. You're secure enough to let him look. And you know he will be comparing their bodies to your body in a good way. Yes, in a GOOD way. Enjoy the attention.
Oh yeah. Shell out the cash to get a babysitter for the child until 9pm (even if it is a relative).
Since you are both getting home at dinner time, your options are limited.
At Home: You come home at lunch and set the table for dinner and put up a few balloons and streamers. On the way home from work, you pick up a carry out order of fried chicken & side dishes.
Going Out: Ask him to meet you at a place 1 mile away from a Hooters restaurant. Between leaving work and meeting him, change into some tight jeans and a camisole top that really makes your boobs pop out. Then take him to Hooters. He will go nuts between looking at the hot waitresses and then looking at his hot wife sitting across from him. Make sure you act cool about him looking at the waitresses. You know how much guys like to look. So as part of his birthday gift, let him look all he wants. Just smile to yourself because most husbands feel guilty about looking at other women. You're secure enough to let him look. And you know he will be comparing their bodies to your body in a good way. Yes, in a GOOD way. Enjoy the attention.
Oh yeah. Shell out the cash to get a babysitter for the child until 9pm (even if it is a relative).
What to do-- Oh What to do...?
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So, we originally planned to get married on 08-08-2008. Great day huh! Well, he wants my parents to pay for this great big formal wedding and I don't think its necessary. We don't ahve the money (I have a toddler that I raise on my own) and he doesn't have much of a savings. (I know I know)
My parents are willing to give around 3,000. Here is our breakdown right now
My Dress 350
Alterations 50
Flowers for Bouquets, centerpieces, church: 600
Bridesmaisd gifts 50
Photographer 600
Cake 300
RECEPTION 20.00/person (limited to 100 people)
Invitations 300
and NO honeymoon
But I really want a honeymoon. So I came up with the idea that we elope and go on a honeymoon and come back and have an informal party. My parents are willing to pay for the trip and have my grandparents and his parents pay for the dinner at the party. It wld cost about 2500.00 total. None of the frou frou just whats important, Me Him our closets friends and family.
THis idea also helps include more people
Because we could afford to feed more than 100. Its a lot cheaper to have a BBQ or Pig Roast than it is to have a sit down dinner at a hotel.
oh, and he agreed to do most of this except the date. Which is the point in all of this. He still wants to August and Is aid Honey, its going to be TOO HOT to have an outdoor party in August. So, I said June and he said No, simply becuase he doesnt like june.
I need help coming up with some ideas! On how to please us both. He wants a lot of people to help us celebrate and he wants a wedding. I want a honeymoon and romance.
:-) Thanks ahead
Answer
Try this compromise:
cheap wedding reception venue, like a private club or organization's party room, could get it for free if a member, or really reduced price. It will be air conditioned, you could have an August wedding.
Nice but inexpensive food, pick one dish like mosstoccoli and salad and bread sticks. Or go appetizers, or small sandwiches. Or even several cold salads[it will be August] and a selection of crackers. Roll in a keg or two, and have something for the nondrinkers. Way less than $20/person.
Do your own centerpieces, try the dollar stores and craft stores for idea and bargains.
Get a cake from the grocery instead of the bakery. Or do cupcakes, even cheaper, and stylish now. Use paper table coverings, they sell rolls of paper cheap.
Then do a three day honeymoon to a romantic spot not far away. There are lots of great scenic spots in my area, with romantic rooms, for not a lot, the highest in the area is $300 a night, for a themed room [like a jungle room] in a hotel, but there are some cabins [think ski resort] near for around a hundred.
I know you would like the romance, but I am afraid someday you might regret not having a wedding and reception.
Gee, a groom that wants a wedding, a rare find, I do not know him or you, but I would take him up on that idea!
Find a cheaper invitations, nowdays the green ecology tree hugger people would love that you did not use the old formal invites with multiple layers of paper..
Consider dumping the photographer for your own pictures, or find someone in the family that does photography.
There is a huge difference in flower prices in our community, the florist a mile from my house would do a nice 12" high arrangement suitable for a birthday for $40, you could not touch a few carnations in a cheap vase for that at another across town. Shop around, and downsize a little, but even I would not skimp on the bouquets for the bridal party, or corsages for honored guests.
Congrats, hope you both get what you want.
Try this compromise:
cheap wedding reception venue, like a private club or organization's party room, could get it for free if a member, or really reduced price. It will be air conditioned, you could have an August wedding.
Nice but inexpensive food, pick one dish like mosstoccoli and salad and bread sticks. Or go appetizers, or small sandwiches. Or even several cold salads[it will be August] and a selection of crackers. Roll in a keg or two, and have something for the nondrinkers. Way less than $20/person.
Do your own centerpieces, try the dollar stores and craft stores for idea and bargains.
Get a cake from the grocery instead of the bakery. Or do cupcakes, even cheaper, and stylish now. Use paper table coverings, they sell rolls of paper cheap.
Then do a three day honeymoon to a romantic spot not far away. There are lots of great scenic spots in my area, with romantic rooms, for not a lot, the highest in the area is $300 a night, for a themed room [like a jungle room] in a hotel, but there are some cabins [think ski resort] near for around a hundred.
I know you would like the romance, but I am afraid someday you might regret not having a wedding and reception.
Gee, a groom that wants a wedding, a rare find, I do not know him or you, but I would take him up on that idea!
Find a cheaper invitations, nowdays the green ecology tree hugger people would love that you did not use the old formal invites with multiple layers of paper..
Consider dumping the photographer for your own pictures, or find someone in the family that does photography.
There is a huge difference in flower prices in our community, the florist a mile from my house would do a nice 12" high arrangement suitable for a birthday for $40, you could not touch a few carnations in a cheap vase for that at another across town. Shop around, and downsize a little, but even I would not skimp on the bouquets for the bridal party, or corsages for honored guests.
Congrats, hope you both get what you want.
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