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Christmas isn’t the only time for gifts.

Buying a little something “just because” can keep the spark in your relationship, especially if there’s a sparkle in your present. With special catalogs, magazines, and weblogs devoted to great gift giving for women, you have no more excuses for giving her boring boxes of chocolate. Indulge her passions for art, clothing, jewelry, and anything else you know will make her smile.

Girly gift ideas from Maggie and the MightyGoods team: http://www.MightyGoods.com

Be more thoughtful in bed.

If your idea in romance is a quick shag between Monday Night Football and bedtime, don’t be surprised if your gal has a headache more often than not. Make an effort on a regular basis to satisfy your bride. That means putting everything else out of your mind – stress from work, worries about money – and focusing exclusively on her for a little while each week.

Get more ideas from the “RoMANtic’s Guide”

Make time for date night.

Remember to treat your bride to fun in your own town at least once every week. You don’t have to get too elaborate. Just send the kids to a sitter and enjoy a few solid hours of dinner, dancing, or anything else you and your wife love to do together. It doesn’t count if you don’t leave the house, or if it’s an event that only one of you finds fun. That means no football games or Xbox tournaments unless she’s a bigger gamer than you are. Get date night inspiration from Joy and Kevin Decker in their book, “Romantic Antics”.

Elope all over again.

Use online travel discounters to track cheap airfares to your favorite romantic destinations. You can even let websites like Crane Travel suggest new destinations based on your budget. For the truly adventurous, let a deep discounter like Site59 roll the dice and send you on a surprise getaway.

Let your love blossom.

Instead of scrambling for the florist at obvious times of the year, send your bride some unexpected bunches of exotic and unusual flowers at least once every month. Some local florists can set you up discreetly for their “bloom of the month” clubs, so you can set your surprises on autopilot. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to treat your bride to fresh, long-lasting flowers, either. Order the freshest flowers directly from growers that will overnight them direct to your love.

Fresh flowers, direct from growers: http://www.ProFlowers.com.

You may have managed to win the girl of your dreams, but your new bride needs lots of attention after your big day, too. Use these tips to make the romance in your relationship last longer than your wedding cake.

Words can be worth more than actions. Too many new brides complain that their husbands stop wooing them right after they say “I do.” Break that cycle by investing in some private stationery that you use just for her. Get something luxurious and romantic, since she’ll want to save your notes forever. If you have trouble figuring out what to say, consult some of her favorite poets or simply remind her of a specific reason you’re so in love with her. Notes don’t need occasions, either. In fact, if you drop notes in unexpected places at random intervals, they’ll teach her to anticipate even bigger surprises. Elegant personal stationery from Crane & Co.: http://www.crane.com.

Get expert help and love letter examples: http://www.GreatLoveLetters.com.

1. Harrison Ford has been in 8 of the Top 50 Grossing Movies Ever, totaling 2.03 billion dollars.

2. ‘New car smell’ is caused by phtylates, a plastic softener used in car upholstery

3. 60% of all babies are named after a relative.

4. The world’s smallest country is Vatican City, which is 17 square miles.

5. A guy’s life expectancy is estimated at 74. In 1900, it was 46.

6. 9% of American households had TVs in 1950. Today it is above 98%.

7. The sailfish is the fastest animal in water, which can travel at speeds up to 68 mph.

8. In 1921 there were 30,456 banks in the United States. In 1999, there were 8,675.

9. The United States has more prisoners than any other country with over 1.6 million. Russia is second with just over 1 million.

10. The hottest day ever was in Libya, recorded at 136 degrees Fahrenheit.

11. In 1998, South Carolinians scored lowest on the math SAT, averaging a score or 470.

12. An American will produce over 1,600 pounds of waste a year.

13. Chop suey was invented in 1896.

14. A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds. A gallon of gasoline weighs 5.8 pounds.

15. Women blink twice as much as men.

16. Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 U.S. states.

17. Selling chewing gum in Singapore is illegal.

18. Roughly 2.3 Million Americans are on vacation every week.

19. Gabriel the Archangel is the patron saint of television.

20. St. Fiacre is the patron saint of cab drivers

21. Czechs drink more beer than any other nation, roughly 358 bottles of beer a year.

22. The highest toll paid for the Panama Canal was $141,344. It was for the cruise ship The Crown Princess.

23. Sugar Free Mr. Pibb has the highest amount of caffeine out of all sodas, even more than Mountain Dew.

24. Woodrow Wilson appeared on the $100,000 bill, which hasn’t been printed since 1934.

25. James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton were all left-handed.

26. J.F. Brondel invented the toilet in 1738.

27. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most home runs by a first baseman (493).

28. The U.S. National Debt is currently $5,651,474,173,566.

29. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most grand slams in a career with 23.

30. An average person will spend 600 hours having sex between ages 20-70.

31. Joan Benoit won the first Olympic marathon for women.

32. The celibacy requirement for priesthood was adopted in 1215.

33. Americans spent more than $18 billion on lottery tickets in 1990.

34. A doromaniac has a compulsion to give gifts.

35. A sneeze can travel up to 60 miles an hour.

36. Babies are born with 300 bones. An adult has 206.

37. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.

38. Potophobia is the fear of alcohol.

39. The uterus expands to 500 times its normal size during pregnancy.

40. The cornea is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply.

41. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

42. An average guy’s skin weighs about 6 pounds.

43. Roughly 6,600 guys get married every day.

44. According to U.S. News and World Report, Rutgers is the most diverse university in the U.S.

45. The cattle population in Texas is 16 million.

46. Miami, Florida installed the first ATM specifically for rollerbladers.

47. In 1996, 51% of Americans ages 12 and over have had an alcoholic drink

48. The average guy (20 yrs. old +) weighs 180 pounds. The average woman weighs 152 pounds.

49. A guy’s heart will beat roughly 100,000 times in a day.

50. The minimum age for marriage for Italian girls was raised to 12 in 1892