Mark Your "New" Beginnings By Making Memories
As you and your partner begin exploring your romantic sides and
you are both providing new and creative ways in which to express
your love for one another, you may find that you want to do what
you can to hold on to as many of these memories as possible.
Consider starting a 'memory' chest or box with your spouse where
you can place all of the important and considerate items that
will remind you how romantic your experiences have been.
If you and your spouse have started to enjoy spending nights out
on the town together, you can begin by saving what you collect
while you are out and about. Keep all of your theater ticket
stubs, movie theater stubs, concert ticket stubs and even
restaurant receipts if you choose. If you eat somewhere that
offers matchbooks or something comparable, you might want to
begin picking one up and putting it in a special box when you
arrive at home. For a more organized version of this, those who
love scrapbooking can create a scrapbook around these items or
you can simply place them in photo albums so that you and your
spouse can go back to see all that you have experienced together.
Some couples love to go on vacation together and romance can
play a huge role in most of them. Tropical or mild vacation
destinations are quite popular and can provide a number of
romantic items that can return home at little or no cost. You
can collect shells or fill a small bottle of sand marked with
the beach it came from to keep at home. I know one family that
collected seashells and surrounded the base of their swimming
pool with them! For couples that prefer to take both tropical
and wintry vacations, the colder climates provide similarly
beautiful trinkets for couples to collect like pinecones and
even melted snow!
If you and your spouse enjoy wine and/or champagne, start saving
the labels and corks from the bottles. You can save them in
plastic bags marked with the occasion and any other notable
information from when the beverage was used. For couples who
enjoy road trips, keep maps from all of the journeys you've
taken together or keep a large map on the wall at home so that
you can mark where you've been with pushpins.
Make your own special memories just by staying at home.
Challenge each other romantically by trying to agree on the most
romantic kiss that has even been in a movie. Buy that movie and
try to recreate that kiss with each other! Place the movie in
your memory box and revisit it frequently. If you can't agree on
just one kiss, name the top five and repeat the aforementioned
steps with all five! Next, try and agree on the most romantic
song ever made. Buy the CD (or download the single and burn it)
and dance with each other to that song. Place the song in your
memory box and again, dance to it frequently.