and everyone knows that's expensive sometimes.

They're saying it's gonna be expensive 'cause it's Saturday.

I don't know what difference that makes, but anyway,

before the show we asked the audience if they had any tips

on how to celebrate Valentine's Day without breaking the bank.

And here are some responses that we got

from some of you in the audience.

Thank you, Mimi.

Um...

Mintam Ginniutyun--Gooyun.

Mintam? Hi.

-Hi. - Hi, tell me your name.

I'm sorry.

Oh, my God.

Hi, Ellen!

Hi. Tell me, how do you--

how do you pronounce your name?

Mintam Nguyen.

Right. Okay.

So, Mintam says-- this is her idea of saving money

on Valentine's Day. The ice cream at IKEA is $1,

or you can get a kid's meal, and the ice cream comes free.

[laughter]

I mean, nothing says romance like IKEA.

I mean, that's a great idea.

Whoo! - Yep.

And if the date's going well,

the bedroom section's right there.

You get to show your flurgen to your yerken.

Smart. - I'll show you my flurgen

if you show me your yerken, you know what I mean?

All right, let's move to Mike Pettite.

Mike, where are you, Mike Pettite?

Hi, Mike.

Mike, this--this is interesting.

You say, offer to take your significant other

to a concert way in the future,

and give them an iTunes card so they can download the music,

then later say you couldn't line up any tickets.

[laughter]

The best of both worlds.

You get credit on the day, and they forget.

Wow.

Yeah. No, they don't forget, Mike.

Why don't you just get 'em a used iTunes card, as well?

Are you here with somebody?

I am here with my two daughters and my wife.

Okay. So, how's that for a husband

right there?

Is he more romantic than that?

I hope.

No, not at all.

And Courtnee...Pevahouse--Pevyhouse?

Hi. Hi, Courtnee?

With two Es by the way, in case you thought it was a Y.

It's not. It's two Es.

Courtnee, how do you say your last name?

- Peavyhouse. - That's right.

All right, you wrote, "My boyfriend works

"in a funeral home, and my fear is he'll bring me

"leftover flowers from someone's funeral.

"I'm crossing my fingers that doesn't happen.

"If you work at a funeral home,

there's a trick for saving money."

Has he done that before?

No, but today's my birthday,

so I'm scared when I come back

I'm gonna get double leftover funeral flowers.

Two different flowers.

Yeah. Oh.

Well, let's hope that doesn't happen.

I live near Oprah, and I yanked something out of her yard,

and I want to... give...give that...

Courtnee is up there.

Yay.

That's right out of Oprah's yard.

Oh.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Put that in some dirt when you can.

Thank you. - Freshly yanked out.

Marissa Jessup, where are you?

Hi, Marissa.

Okay, this was-- this I think is creative.

It says walk around naked, and your spouse won't notice

you forgot to get a gift.

[laughter]

I tried that once, and it worked for a while,

and then the restaurant said, "You're gonna have to leave."

[laughter and applause]

I had to...

Have you done that?

Maybe.

My mother-in-law's watching, so...

Are you married?

Yeah. - All right, well...

she knows that you've seen each other naked.

I don't think you have to worry about your mother-in-law

like, "Oh."

Jashell Melendez.

Jashell? Is that right?

Yeah. - Oh, good, I got one right.

Jashell, you wrote, "Get tickets to the Ellen show.

They're free."

Yeah!

[applause]

Wait a minute.

These are free, these tickets?

I'm gonna have to change that.

But you brought up a good point, Jashell.

The best Valentine's Day gifts are free.