For many years I was not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. Even after nearly 23 years of marriage (after 7 years of dating) and 19 years of motherhood, I still remember the years of feeling alone and lonely on this holiday meant to help me feel more loved.

I remember one year, in my very early 20s, my best friend at the time sent a bouquet of flowers to me at work with a card signed by her husband (he received a balloon bouquet with a card signed by me). She meant it as a sweet gesture (and a joke of course), but I can still remember feeling sad that I didn’t have a husband or even a boyfriend in my life that year to send those flowers to me. 

It was soon after that experience when I decided I could either hate the holiday, ignore it completely, or do something kind to show myself a little love. I chose to do the latter.

For many years before I finally married in my early 30s, I treated myself to something on Valentine’s Day. One year, I had a complete day at the spa, just me. It was glorious. A massage, facial, healthy lunch. My whole body felt the love that year. While I’ve never sent flowers to myself, over the years I have bought a box of chocolates (Godiva – the good kind!), a nice purse, a new Bible, and one year, an entire set of art supplies. I felt loved every time.

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas to Show a Little Love to Yourself

So if you find yourself in a situation where you’re dreading Valentine’s Day this, might I suggest take care of buying a gift to show yourself a little love. You don’t have to be single. There have been many years this day has been ignored in my marriage, so I’ve continued treating myself on occasion. Chances are you deserve it, single or married, so go ahead friend . . . treat yourself.

Here are a few ideas for gifts that will make you feel special. 

Simply Earth Essential Oils Recipe Box 

Do you love essential oils but don’t know how to go about building a collection of oils that will genuinely make a different in your health? Or maybe you don’t know what to do with them once you’ve bought them?  With Simply Earth, you can enjoy making incredible handmade products by slowly building your collection of essential oils.  Each month they send you a new box that contains 4 bottles of essential oils, 6 recipes cards, and the items you need to make the recipes, including the labels.

For example, in the box for February 2020, you’ll receive 15 ml bottles of Frankincence, Fir Needle and a blend called Veins (made with Cypress, Juniper Berry, and Lemon), as well as a 5 ml bottle of Coffee (yep, coffee!) essential oil. Along with the oil, comes 6 recipes (Veins Sugar Scrub, Espresso Diffuser Blend, Clay & Rose Face Mask, Rose Hydrosol Bath, Skin Healing Body Butter, Alert Roll-on) with recipe cards and labels + a bottle of Rose Hydrosol and a packet of French Green Clay powder. With your first shipment you also receive what they refer to as the Big Bonus Box for free. This box contains other supplies such as carrier oils, virgin coconut oil, beeswax, dropper bottles, and roll-on bottles. It’s a $40 value by itself. But together with the items in the box, the Big bonus box and common pantry items, you’ll have all you need to make those 6 recipes.

The coolest part? If you want to try a box (with no long term commitment) you can use the code MARCYFREE at the link above and they will give you a $40 gift card with your first box to use on your next one. So basically the next one is FREE!

They frequently run out of the monthly boxes fairly early in the month, but placing an order ahead of time guarantees yours. If they do run out, they replace it with a lovely starter box that is very similar (but with different oils and recipes).