1. Get Beautiful Together - Whereas a trip to the beauty salon used to signal 'me time', these days it's all about 'we time'. The rise of pampering a deux means that you can hold hands while being massaged. But be warned: keep certain treatments- that monthly moustache wax, for example - on a strictly solo basis.

2. Do Your Clothes Shopping Online - All hail the genius of online boutiques. You don't have to listen to the whining and exclamations of 'how Much?!' that ensue when you go shopping together, but you still get your fashion fix - gift wrapped and delivered to your door. One million web users daily can't be wrong.

3. Hire a Cleaner - The flames of passion were never ignited while bickering over the washing-up, so pay someone else to do your dirty work. We don't advice the 'let's vamp up our love life by doing the housework naked' approach, either. It's too 1990s romcom, not to mention fraught with health and safety issues.

4. Buy Him The Brand New Nintendo Wii - Nintendo Wii consoles sold out in 12 hours last Christmas and it's still the hottest games-console-cum-babysitter to keep your man out of mischief. After all, £180 is a small price to pay to keep him busy, while you party with the girls, guilt-free. Plus, you may want to have a little go yourself with the cool remote-controller. But beware he doesn't get too obsessed - no one wants a small plastic machine as a love rival.

5. Take Your Love To New Extremes - because there's nothing quite like a petrifying, near-death experience to remind you how much you love each other. Try an old favorite such as tandem bungee jumping or ski-diving. Or plump for the Dinner in the Sky experience: organize a romantic dinner on a platform, suspended from a crane, 50m above the ground.

6. Splash Out On a Modern Sony Flatscreen TV - It may engulf your living room, and costs a staggering £3,000-plus, but he'll be so transfixed by its high-definition screen and the bragging potential of owning the biggest television on the market, that he won't even notice he's being made to watch Dirty Dancing with you for the 34th time..

7. Tap Into Text Power - Yes, it's cheesy, but text up the temperature with flirtatious messages throughout the day. Avoid too much text lingo, though. Go for a saucy poem, or make the most of his top-of-the-range handset's widescreen color display with a sexy picture message.

8. Acquire Some Comfy Sci-Fi Stilettos - It doesn't get any sexier than killer designer heels. Taller, thinner and walking with a cute wiggle- what's not to like? Well, you complaining about blisters might lessen the vixen effect. Seek out US design company Cole Haan's glam heels with cushioned Nike Air sole technology to reduce pressure on the balls of your feet. Result!

9. Have a (Non-Gay) Male Best Friend - His duties are: flirting with you, noticing your new haircut, being free when you need a plus-one.

10. Regain the Remote - Well, it's nice for him to feel in control of something, but nab it back for Ugly Betty.