{"id":1643,"date":"2010-02-10T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T09:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:42:20","slug":"v-day-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/v-day-d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"V-Day, D-Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So lovebirds&#8230;Valentines Day is almost upon us and undoubtably you will be pondering on what to give your loved on on this the &#8220;most romantic day of the year&#8221;.\u00a0 According to Wikipedia the U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas.\u00a0 The association also estimates that, men spend on average twice as much money as women.\u00a0 I know there are plenty of men out there that read this blog too so hopefully I can provide some inspired ideas for loverly gifts for her!!\u00a0 Get yer wallets out gents!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Lovers:<\/strong><br \/>\nShow her your romantic nature with the gift of Romance evocative photos by Chris Craymer.\u00a0 \u00a331.50 from Waterstones.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1644      alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2010\/02\/romance_book.jpg\" alt=\"Romance by Chris Craymer\" width=\"220\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Say it with Flowers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tried and tested a bouquet of flowers will rarely be greeted with anything but glee by the lady in your life.\u00a0 Flowers.ie have a great selection of <a title=\"Red Roses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowers.ie\/product.asp?s=wekiyq193837&amp;strParents=&amp;CAT_ID=&amp;P_ID=427\">Red Roses<\/a>.\u00a0 I particularly like the &#8220;6 Stolen Kisses&#8221; and at \u20ac35 is a reasonable price for a gorgeous gift.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Red Roses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowers.ie\/product.asp?s=wekiyq193837&amp;strParents=&amp;CAT_ID=&amp;P_ID=427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1645       alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2010\/02\/red_roses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luxury Lingerie:<\/strong><br \/>\nHowever gorgeous, lingerie will be wasted if its the wrong size &#8211; so check her bra and get it right fellas!\u00a0 Red is the colour requested by 95% of men, followed by pink or burgandy according to top retailer, which advises men to go for &#8220;pretty feminine and sexy&#8221; rather than practical!\u00a0 Get down to the lingerie dept. of your nearest department store and don&#8217;t be afraid to ask for help and advice from the sales people, you won&#8217;t be the first man to shop for undies for your partner so get over your blushes and go for it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scent for a Woman:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Rose The One&#8221; the latest from Dolce and Gabbana is rosy, flirty and feminine.\u00a0 Available from all good department stores and will set you back about \u20ac45.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2010\/02\/dg_rose-the-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1646     alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2010\/02\/dg_rose-the-one.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So lovebirds&#8230;Valentines Day is almost upon us and undoubtably you will be pondering on what to give your loved on on this the &#8220;most romantic day of the year&#8221;.\u00a0 According to Wikipedia the U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas.\u00a0 The association also estimates that, men spend on average twice as much money as women.\u00a0 I know there are [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85045,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/85045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}