Use your imagination to turn a date into a memorable occasion.

Dates needn't be limited to roses & chocolates and holding hands at the movies. That's the traditional eighties version and quite outmoded today. Today's style is all about individual expression calling for sassy, innovative and even mindblowingly crazy stuff. The techno-funk nineties gifted us the raves and the punks. You can go even further and date in more zany ways. 

For adventurous fun-lovers, it's up, up and away to a hot-air balloon ride together. Propel yourself to new dreams and fantasies. You could also zap your date by writing into a children's show with a cute message for her. That will give you something to talk about for days to come and you could end up being the talk of town to boot! If you are your own person and do value your privacy you could get all smarmy and smoochy, by just tuning into MTV and lip-sync with your honey to your favorite tunes. You might never know where it could end up, simply cosying or something more lusty.

If you are definitely the uncompromising, individualistic person, try being innovative by celebrating Friday the 13th - sharing shameful superstitions. You could discover lots about your partner. For a really zany do, go for a hair cut together and gawk into the looking glass at the wonderful transformation you manage to achieve. Some glasnost. Could be quite a turn on particularly if both of you get each other's initials inscribed into your locks!

Dating style is all about individual expression calling for sassy, innovative and even mindblowingly crazy stuff.

If you are an outdoorsy, physical (!) person, give your date a real turn. Simply pack your loved one on a Victoria (horse-drawn buggy) and explore the forgotten nooks crannies of your city. You never know how the close intimacy affects her. Could be quite a turn on. Continuing the theme, grab your camera and go to the zoo for a great afternoon. A cuddly kitten, no we are not talking about her, could lead to great shows of affection and warmth. Alternately visit a pet shop with him and buy him a puppy - there's yet not man born who will not melt at the prospect of getting a dog of his own.

And if it's something sedate you are looking for, couch potato yourselves and watch a soap opera together and have a nice good laugh at the splendid nonsense. Do provide yourself with some suggestive love foods and you could land up feeding each other more than tit-bits.

Optionally, capture your sweetheart for the afternoon. Spread out the dhurries and plump up the cushions and settle down to a no-holds barred session of Ludo or Monopoly. You'll get searing insights on your partner's interior motives.

For that absolutely marvelous feeling of course there is nothing better than taking your date to a high revolving restaurant or one with a roof top view of the city replete with dancing lights twinkling all about you. As the red candles melt in their engraved silver holders, it's you guys who'd be sizzling. Learn to waltz together or kick-dance, flamenco or salsa, try all the colours of sensuality from Cherrie to carmine and top off the night with a warm luxurious feeling underneath as you sip your brandy cocktail.

For the homing pigeons there's nothing that can't be done on a low budget. Spotlight on accessories. Does that sound strange? Surely not to collectors of trivia. Go berserk at the local flea market flitting from shop to shop wrenching out low budget but really unusual collectibles for you or the home. Try being functional in the most captivating way. Tip yourselves into the world of enchantment.

For those who do believe in the abundance of life, and all its blessings, here's something humanitarian to do that will tickle your charity bone. Donate blood together and smile. Make someone's day with a stop by at Mother Teresa's Home for the Underprivileged and brighten someone's day.