Your Valentine's Day gift guide

St. Valentine’s Day is a week away and she’s dropping hints, but are you listening, or have you already decided on the sequined nipple tassels from Ann Summers, a bargain you say at €15.50?

Expectations can be high, and, when unfulfilled, may put a dampener on the romantic aspirations of the giver, so get it right and it may turn out to be a happy Valentine for all concerned.

If you’re in the funds and you can stretch to an expensive piece of jewellery she’d love, then flash the credit card right now, but for the cash stretched couple, the thoughtful organisation of an evening alone in front of the fire, with a bottle of Prosecco and a favourite film, can be more romantic than dinner together amongst dozens of other couples.