[Baz]

Hey Ron,

My 2 cents.......

IMHO what will make this special for her is to see that you went out of your way to create something special and unique.

This has nothing to do with spending money.

It does have to do with you spending time, energy, and using your heart.

Let's start with a visual. Flowers are a must....but not something boring like Roses. Give her mums or daisies. Unless she has told you in the past her fav. is roses or (insert XXX here) - then get her those. Otherwise stick to mixed color traditional flowers like daisies and mums.

Next is something for the taste buds. A home cooked meal by you. No matter what level your culinary skill set is at - this is something that would make a huge impression. Keep it simple - a delicious salad (include mandarin orange slices, pine nuts, or sliced Kiwi please), a tasty entree (panko fish, etc.), plus veggies (steamed broc. and/or calif. & carrots), and a baked potato. Of course you'll have to have desert...maybe Tiramisu or Cannoli.

Make sure you have plenty of candles and nice dinner music (Pink Floyd works very well - keep the volume down!).

You also have to make sure you look good yourself - get a dress type but loose fitting casual shirt that makes you look sexy....and maybe some jeans. Leave the shirt tail out and have a glass of wine in your hand and one for her when she arrives.

Let's see what else......oh the card.......you gotta find one that is very sentimental. Not a funny one. Find one that goes into a lot of very heart felt and sincere verbage explaining how she's the only one for you and you are so very lucky to have found here and you want to grow old with her, etc etc. You'll know it when you find it. Make sure you get this right - spend some time - don't screw it up - huge importance factor.

Couple more thoughts.....inside the card include a gift cert. to a local spa. Also at some point in the night try to include some slow dancing with her. Take it easy and let her do the talking - even if there's no talking. Go with the flow but make sure she knows you love her in the way you hold her.

Lastly - some place by the water to take a walk after dinner would be nice. Here we have the beach. Maybe you have one too - if not maybe a lake or some kind of waterway. Find a place to sit down and hold hands or just lean against each other so you can spend some quiet time just chillin'

OK - that's all I have for now - just some suggestions - you know her better than I so some of this might be appropriate or none of it but the important thing is to be creative and thoughtful and surround her senses with things that you have created just for her and just for the special evening.