SEND HELP: Nothing says 'I love you' like a bag of trash John Lorson It might say something about our relationship that when I suggested to my wife we “go for a romantic walk in the park” to celebrate Earth Day, she immediately asked if I’d already packed the rubber gloves and garbage bags. She knows me pretty well. Thus began one of the cheapest dates in a long and storied history of notoriously frugal outings. This wasn’t our first clean-up and it won’t be our last, but each one ends up leaving us with a special memory of some sort. Nothing says I love you like muddy boots, thorn-torn blue jeans and a couple sacks full of litter.