Since the start of the new year, every one of us has had our timelines bombarded with one constant anthem: Valentine. It’s like we can’t even breathe with the packages here and there. The worst part is that all the packages look the same; it’s all perfume, rose, cupcakes and loads of boxes which a lot of us can’t afford. I’m sure like myself, some of you just want to see the ₦2000 package, so in the ingenuity of my brilliant self, I’ve come up with 5 perfect ideas for your 2k budget.
Dinner
When you’re running on a 2k budget, the cheapest thing you can spend on is food. If you need to create a dinner date with your soulmate, cook it at home and tell them the romance is in the action of love, but if your kitchen is as filled with black smoke as mine, you’d have to settle for roadside plate of jollof and fried meat.
Jewelry box
Trust me, with this amount of money you’d be able to walk into any open market stall and begin your shopping spree. The mallams beside the road always have a lot of bracelets, red-stone studded rings (definitely looks like ruby to me) and MK wristwatches in their exquisite display of blings. Extra points if you can clinch a gucci necklace. It’s the thought that counts, always.
Wine
I want to believe grape wine (the one produced in this country at least) would do the job just fine too. Wine is wine. If you can attach a thoughtful note to the wine and stay on your best behaviour for a long time, your partner probably won’t remember it was Veleta you bought them when 50k packages were all over the place.
Cards
If it’s too expensive at the supermarket in your street, write it by yourself, my dear. You can’t exactly go wrong with words, (hopefully you’ve not been a detty liar for too long) and promises help to make people feel better; at least there’s something to look forward to when you exit this your broke-to-pieces phase.
Flowers
There’s a level of broke you would be on that even 2k is a struggle but you know you have to renew your love commitment. Here’s where you bring this in:
Cut a nice flower by the road, keep it behind you and when you meet up, twirl your girl around and put it in her hair. Now you’d render her speechless for like two seconds, but the next five seconds determines everything. There’s a chance that she’d hiss out loud and crush the petals, or maybe the gods will be on your side and it’s going to end well.
