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A cheeky boyfriend who promised his girlfriend a spa weekend took her on a tour of nine Spar shops instead.

Sue Pakey, 44, imagined a weekend of pampering when David Burrows told her they were going to a spa for Valentine's.

She was shocked to discover he had a slightly less relaxing weekend in store for her after she turned up at a Spar shop in Birmingham.

Mr Burrows, 37, was still blissfully unaware that she had been tricked when she arrived at the first shop, assuming her boyfriend was just popping in for some snacks.

It was not until they pulled up outside a second Spar that Miss Pakey's suspicions were aroused.

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She told The Sun: "I thought, ‘What is going on — we are not going on a Spar tour are we?’”

It slowly dawned on her that she had been deceived when Mr Burrows kept stopping at different Spar shops in the area.

Her boyfriend insisted on taking selfies outside each branch, with pictures showing a grumpy Miss Pakey sulking in the background.

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She told The Sun she had been looking forward to a sauna and a massage at the spa.

Speaking about the prank, Mr Burrows said: "She wasn’t very impressed. If you say you are going on a spa weekend everyone thinks s-p-a.

"But I thought it would be funny to go on a Spar weekend. I did buy her something in each one, I’m not a total monster."

He explained how the pair cruised around for two hours stopping in at Spars around Birmingham.

While Miss Pakey, 44, did eventually see the funny side of her partner's practical joke, she has vowed to have her revenge.

Mr Burrows made up for his behaviour by taking his girlfriend out for a Valentine's meal and pledging to take her on a real spa weekend in the future.