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Impress Her in Under 20 Minutes - For Less Than $20
By Katharine Leis
In the news, there’s always some love-crazed celebrity flying his sweetheart off to Paris or Aspen and plunking down millions of dollars on bobbles to adorn her fingers. Well, let’s say you are NOT one of those 50 rich-beyond-belief guys, but you’d still like to give your girlfriend the same amount of appreciation.

Impossible? Not in the least. It just requires a bit of thought and effort.

Women want to feel like they are their special. You’ve no doubt been subject to a dirty glare after pronouncing a stranger on TV as “hot” while in your girlfriend’s presence. It could be Pamela Anderson or Rebecca Romijn, but the most likely immediate response out of your girlfriend will be something negative about the woman. Believe it or not, it’s just as easy to make your girlfriend feel special as it is to make her feel, well, unspecial.

Here are three cheap and quick ways to let her know you care:

Flowers, please.

In every grocery store in this country, you’ll see bunches of mixed bouquets with price tags ranging from $2.99 to $9.99. On most every corner of every busy intersection, you’ll find one of these grocery stores. It will take you probably 10 minutes to run in and get a $7.99 bouquet to surprise your girlfriend with.

Roses are more expensive, but they also die more quickly (best bets are mixed bouquets with lots of color). A lot of guys wait until they do something bad before buying flowers, which is a huge mistake.

Think of it: If you buy her something as an apology, every time she looks at it she will think of what it was that got you into trouble in the first place. Flowers or cards -- for no reason -- require so little effort and have great reactions. If you don’t believe me, pick up a bouquet today and see what happens…

And Boy, My Arms Are Tired.

When your girl goes out of town, more than likely you’ll be dropping her off and picking her up at the airport. Airports, delays, connecting flights, and all the rest are exhausting. Then getting that huge bag off the flying carousel is no picnic either. Instead of circling round and round the airport starting from 10 minutes after she’s landed, arrive five minutes early.

Park your car (many airports offer the first 20 minutes free to encourage people to park and not keep circling) and go to the meeting area. If you’re feeling really creative, write yourself a sign with something goofy on it like “Princess Rachael.” Just make sure her name is Rachael before you do that…

When you see her, take her carry-on bag, give a hug and kiss and carry the bag to the baggage claim. Be the gentleman and get her bag when it comes off the carousel. The difference between making her do these things and you doing them is seriously around 20 minutes tops and $0, but it is a tiny bit of effort at a great time, and you’ll no doubt be hero of the day for doing it.

Soap It Up.

Say she cooks dinner, it is an unwritten rule that if you want to impress her, you’ll do the dishes. More than likely, if you just offer, she’ll say “No, it’s ok,” but that’s when you insist. You may even end up doing them together…which can be fun.

If, when dinner’s done, you go watch TV and leave her to clean up after cooking, you’re also going to subconsciously discourage her from cooking again. If you’re not a rich man, going out to dinner instead of cooking at home can add up quickly. It might be in your better interest to encourage her to cook.

Also, if she’s always cooking and buying the groceries to do so, you might want to occasionally drop by the grocery store that she shops at and get her a $20 gift card. While $20 more than covers the ingredients for a home-cooked dinner, it usually is barely enough to cover lunch at a restaurant that doesn’t have a drive-through. You’ll look like the considerate nice guy and save money, too.

You don’t like doing dishes? Well, guess what? Nobody actually likes doing dishes, but they only take a few minutes to do and aren’t exactly painful.

With a little bit of thought and for less than a couple hours’ wages, you can go from Mr. Average to Prince Charming. You don’t need to be rich, or suave or even do anything wild and outrageous. A tiny amount of consideration and well-placed effort can go a long way.
I tried to upload the picture a couple of times, finally...picture and article by i-katharine.com a busy writer,movie actor, movie producer, photographer,and, with her bodyguard keeper of my florida estate..etc