My wife and I have never been super at dating. We go out a lot, but more often it's with friends. Recently we decided that we needed to go out on at LEAST 2 ONE-ON-ONE dates per month, more like 3 if I can help it. We quickly realized how expensive dating can be even without hiring a babysitter (thank heavens for that 12-year old). So we had to come up with some creative ways of improving our relationship.
Here are a few examples of our dates-of-late:
Ice Cream at Cold Stone: It's away from the house and doesn't cost any more than $10.
Matinee movie: Cheaper than evening movie.
Restaurants where a tip is not required, like Bajio or Chik-Fil-A (and they both have great coupons to save you bundles).
Something we did today was really cool. We called our favorite Mexican restaurant and ordered takeout. It cost $21.50 for a HUGE amount of food, PLUS chips and salsa. We didn't have to pay for drinks at $2.50 each OR give a tip to anyone. Then we brought the food home and ate in our little dining room in the basement while we sent the children upstairs to play. Even with the kids goofing off upstairs, it was quieter than the restaurant and we had one-on-one time for 45 minutes and didn't worry about kids or the baby. I also got to drink a can of Pepsi Max, which NO restaurant keeps in stock. DEE-lish.
Honestly, I love dating my wife in this creative way because neither of us have any guilt about spending so DARN much money and it makes things fun.
What sort of creative dates to you prefer?
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Sometimes Lee and I go to the furniture store or a home improvement store and get ideas for improving our home and figure out ways to do it cheaper. Also for christmas, Lee's mom usually spends $100 on each of us, so we told her to just get us 8 gift cards to various restaraunts, that way we are sure to have the money to go out to eat. Also it is a lot cheaper to get a meal and share it. Since we always have leftovers. I think gift cards are the greatest invention.
This isn't really creative but we rent a new release from redbox once a week because it is super cheap and that evening is ours to spend together. No house cleaning or anything...it's our night to be together and not worry about our hectic lives. This might not be so easy once we have more kids but for now it works.
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