Frugal Date Night Ideas
Date night doesn’t have to be expensive or even at night! By the time you get a sitter or run kids to activities, finish dinner, or even get home from work, evenings can dwindle and date costs can soar. So, it isn’t really about the typical dinner and a movie. The point is the ultimate connection and time together. Here are some easy, cheap, and not-just-at-night ideas for great dates with your spouse.
The important thing is to intentionally carve out time to spend with each other without outside demands weighing on you. During certain seasons in life, this may mean that your dates may be as simple as huddling in your bedroom for an hour before bedtime or an hour before the alarm goes off in the morning. It might mean a movie on the coach after the kids have been put together early, or it may mean sending the kids to grandmas while you get an overnight to yourselves. Things can be as elaborate or as inexpensive and simple as you need, but the key is the quality time, intentionally carved out for you to be together.
Consider things like:
- Breakfast in bed
- Taking a drive and talking
- Taking a walk for ice-cream
- Walking through the mall and window shopping
- Putting on music and just holding each other on the couch
- Riding bikes
- Playing a board game
- Watching a sunset and eating take-out
- Going out for just dessert, or appetizers, or coffee
- Reading to each other
- Writing a story together
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