Every color has a meaning and therefore every color flower has a special meaning too.

Did you know a white flower represents beauty and that a yellow flower represents friendship?

If this Valentine’s Day you decide to send your special sweetie flowers, tell him or her how you feel by by purchasing flowers that say so. (It might not hurt to write it in a card too.)

Is it love? Then red flowers are a must. Are you still flirting? Try pink. Wanna jump her bones? Show desire with peach or coral.

Certain types of flowers have special meanings to. Here’s a list of unique blooms that will make your love-uh feel special too.

Aster – delicateness

Carnation – fascination

Daffodil – respect

Daisy – loyalty

Lilly – heavenly

Orchid – charm

Primrose – I can’t live without you

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We said it once, but we’ll say it again. There are six gift ideas that your girlfriend, wife, friend, or the girl-that-you-are-dating-but-it’s-not-that-serious want for a gift. Be it Valentine’s Day, Christmas, birthday or whatever, she wants these six things.

1. Comfortable and cute undies and camisoles.

2. Every woman wants a designer handbag. Like a Michael Kors Delancey from eBags where you’ll get $20 off when you spend over $100.

3. A Metallic Spritz Wallet to match.

4. A movie you can watch together.

5. The Clarisonic Skin Care System.

6.  Simple and classic jewelry like a super cute Sterling Silver Charm Necklace.

The Wii is a great date idea and here’s why.

1. The Nintendo Wii comes with games that women like just as much as men. This is true—not just a marketing gimmick. You can play yoga, you can dance, you can pretend to be a rock star, and so much more.

2. You get to get up off your tush and actually do something instead of just staring at the screen for minutes at a time without blinking.

3. Most games come with a variety of different activities (sort of a game within a game, if you will) so you can spend hours playing without getting bored.

4. Studies show that your sex life improves when you exercise individually and when you exercise together. Play a little Wii Tennis or Wii Boxing and tell him to watch out.

5. If it’s one of your first few dates, then you can easily turn it into a drinking game to loosen things up. Can we say “loser goes to the kitchen for the next round of beers?”

6. The Nintendo Wii works for double dates too. Pair up and play doubles tennis or team Mario Cart for lots of date fun.

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I’m refusing to go into any store this holiday season. Not because I’m suffering greatly from the perils of a downward economy, but because I love online shopping and reading other blogs about holiday gift ideas.

It’s just too fun.

And yesterday I found a blog that might have discovered this year’s #1 gift idea: Tiki Head Tissue.

Who wouldn’t want one of these?

I’m ever so greatful to Rhi in Pink for posting her list of holiday gift ideas and for having discovered the Tiki Head. She gets a compliment for having such a good sense of humor and for allowing me to buy my dad a gift that he’ll really put to good use.

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Every day through New Year’s I’m participating in my very own Compliment Challenge. Check back every day to see who or what gets that compliment.

I’m proud of the Dating Tales list of Best Holiday Gifts for Your Girlfriend, but another blogger may have out done me on her list of gift ideas.

Mocha Momma is holding the most clever contest by asking her readers to comment on their greatest gift ever. What a wonderful way to collect holiday gift ideas! That deserves a compliment.

I suggest you go on over and check it out. Not just to get holiday gift ideas, but to sign up to enter a beautiful dress like this one:

Check back with Dating Tales every day through the year for more compliments. Sign up for the Dating Tales RSS feed and you won’t miss a thing.

1. Comfortable and cute underwear and camisoles. While sexy is nice, that’s more of a gift you than for her. She likes comfortable panties and bras that aren’t too restrictive, yet make her look good.

American Apparel Style 6311 Sheer Jersey Spaghetti Tank in 12 Colors

2. Repeat after me: Every woman wants a designer handbag. Maybe a Michael Kors Delancey bag? Buy now and you’ll get $20 off when you spend over $100 at eBags.com

3. If she already has a handbag, then she’d love a wallet. Maybe a Metallic Spritz Wallet to match her new Michael Kors?

4. A movie you can watch together. Dating Tales has a whole list of movies that guys love, but that doesn’t mean women don’t love them too. Nothing says I love you like some cuddle time on the couch.

5. I love my Clarisonic and I’m guessing if any woman is into healthy and beauty products, then she will too. Give her the Clarisonic Skin Care System. It’s the latest rage.

6. Simple and classic jewelry. Don’t try to impress her with your innovative taste. Buy a simple silver chain or hoop earrings that are a staple to every girl’s jewelry box. Amazon is a great place to shop. Search for jewelry and then sort by popularity. Remember, simple is better. Like this super cute Sterling Silver Charm Necklace.

Oh, holiday gift shopping can be such a drag. Some guys already have everything or they’re just plain difficult to please. To remedy your dilemma, here are ten gifts guy will enjoy–especially coming from you.

1. Paintball Gun! What’s more fun that shooting each other?

2. Shirley of Hollywood and Fantasy Lingerie Stocking Stuffers Collection. Have him open these before the rest of the family arrives.

3. A DVD you’ll know he love. Pick one or more from the Dating Tales list of the Top 16 Movies All Guys Like.

4. Any kind of sports gear for his car, like this Pittsburgh Steelers Window Film.

5. One or more gadgets he’ll go crazy over. We got 10 of them, count em’, on our list of Gifts for Your Gadget-Loving Guy.

There’s something about little electronics that get really get a guy going. They love to play with these things to make em’ work, then take them apart and break em’, and then make them work again. It’s weird and cute all at the same time.

This year, please your gadget-loving guy with one of these holiday gifts.

1. A hand held GPS Unit. Maybe you’ll never have to ask for directions again.

2. If he uses a computer at all, he’s going to want a really big SD card (an 8 or 16 gigabyte SD card) and a jump disk. These are inexpensive. One of the best selling on Amazon is the Transcend 16GB SDHC CARD (SD 2.0 SPD CLASS 6) with Compact Card Reader

3. For his childish side, get him a Radio Remote Control Helicopter. He’ll play with it for as long as you let him, I promise.

4. Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder. You can use the camera together even, or not.

5. Fitness watch and heart rate monitor. He’ll never run late at the gym again!

6. ‘Fold-and-Go’ Portable Speaker System for MP3, iPod. It’s like a traveling party.

7. Blu-ray Disc Player. You can watch any one of the movies on the Dating Tales list of every movies guys like list. Nothing makes a better date night than a DVD you both like.

8. Advanced Universal Remote Control. Get him a remote so you’ll finally be able to run his sound system, DVD, TV combo properly.

9. Coleman Survival Kit. Bug bites be gone!

10. Believe it or not, cell phones can be cheaper when you buy them online. Buy him a phone compatible with his plan on Amazon. The big one right now is the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Smartphone.

Don’t know what to get your new guy for the Holidays and don’t want to spend too much money either? You can always default to a movie that you know he’ll like. Guys are predictable like that.

Comedies

1. National Lampoon’s Animal House
2. Caddyshack
3. Old School
4. Wedding Crashers
5. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
6. Office Space
7. Tommy Boy

Action and Adventure

8. Any James Bond Movie
9. The Godfather
10. Apocalypse Now
11. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
12. The Crow
13. Easy Rider

War Movies

14. Full Metal Jacket
15. Saving Private Ryan
16. Platoon

Don’t forget the popcorn.

I struggle with gift giving, but when it comes to buying holiday gifts for someone I’ve just started dating, I’m helpless. I think the first step is to feel the other person out. Find out if he is big into holidays by asking generic questions about holiday plans and family traditions. Depending on how excited he responds you might be able to figure out how serious he is about trading gifts.

The next step is to eliminate the thought of anything romantic or long term. Two tickets to a concert next spring might be a little over the top since that would require him to be dating you four months from now. Don’t freak him out. Keep it realistic.

Here are a few ideas for those of you out there gift shopping for your new man that won’t scare him or break your budget.

The Swaba Solar Jar

JBuds Hi-Fi Noise-Reducing Ear Buds

Victorinox Swiss Army Champion Plus

Chappelle’s Show – Season 1

Rage Against the Machine

Wilson F1625 NCAA Supreme Game Football (Official Size)

Marilyn Monroe Sweet Dreams Accent “Pillow”