I am a shopaholic and I love to buy gifts for others, and spend a large amount of time and effort to get the best gift for the person I am buying for. I do feel that valentine's specific gifts are rather in personal and overpriced and so with that in mind and a recession on these are my top tips on great gifts for my man specifically. Hopefully you may find one to suit your man too!
1) Being of a certain age we have grown up with the Diehard films and whilst some may think Bruce Willis is a little past it the latest Diehard is a must see and in our house going to the cinema normally involves two small children so this is a real treat and best of all I have saved our club card vouchers and my mother-in-law will babysit so a free evening out.

2) Vouchers are a great gift but personal vouchers are even more special I will make twelve special vouchers redeemable one a month and include things such as I will get up and walk the dog, funnily enough he redeems this when really cold and wet!!

3) I cannot go wrong with cooking his favourite meal a three course meal at home with favourite bottle of wine and no children is a great gift and one that is really appreciated.

4) I have in the past made photo books or just framed a special picture and these are a inexpensive way of giving a personal gift. In boots they have a photo machine and you can print a collage for 80p a truly thrifty gift that looks great!

5) Pampering and indulging are a great way of showing somebody you really care for them and easy and as cheap or as expensive as you wish to make them, a lovely bubble bath, glass of favourite wine, I buy my man his favourite wine and some Roquefort cheese a simple gift but one that is an indulgence and he appreciates, when I am sad he buys me a bar of fruit and nut and that in my eyes is romantic and caring! As they say it's the little things that count!!

6) Although we are not flush and when we do have spare cash the children need something! Occasionally we treat ourselves in the commercial way! To do this I save my Dooyoo points and then we go wild!

7) In my day a mixed tape of our songs was the greatest gift so I downloaded a special playlist on his I pod as a surprise which was received with nostalgia and laughter

8) I often make a treat basket containing favourite sweets, chocolate, cheese anything that the recipient likes as a little treat.

I think gifts should be thought about and given with the heart and if you do this very unlikely to get it wrong with that in mind I am off to make my Valentines card and just remember it's about showing your love and that doesn't need to mean a lot of money.