Planning the Perfect Romantic Picnic (Affordably!)

For Valentine's Day this year, Mr. Man and I wanted to do something cheap but still get out of the house. I decided we should do a picnic and quickly pulled together this little meal while he was at work. Read on for my list of contents and food!

Food:

-French loaf (a MUST)

-Trader Joe's goat cheese medallions

-Trader Joe's olive tapenade (this is literally a staple food for us)

-strawberries and grapes mix

-mini sandwiches (an assortment of PB&J, PB& honey, and Turkey/pesto/mozz/cucumber)

-snickerdoodle cookies (which I put little hearts,notes, and drawings of our faces on with icing)

-San Pellegrino

-2 bottles of red wine 

From the Dollar Tree:

-wicker basket

-two small wine glasses (in case we broke them, I didn't want to bring our nice ones)

-green & white french kitchen towels

-white heart balloon

From home:

-bread cutting knife

-small cheese knife

-forks (or toothpicks for fruit)

-mason jar with candles as a lantern (our picnic was at night)

-lighter

-wine bottle opener

-cutting board (we used this instead of plates and as a surface to set wine glasses and cut the bread)

-napkins

-blanket to sit on (and we also brought an extra because it was chilly!)

-flowers!