7 Ideas for Frugal Date Night

Whether you are looking for a date night with your spouse or wondering what to do on a first date, you can spend less and still impress. Here are 7 different ideas for frugal dates that fun and sometimes even free. 1. Instead of the fancy dinner at a fine restaurant, opt for happy hour at your local fun and inexpensive restaurant. There is bound to be a festive atmosphere, and you can enjoy drinks and appetizers for less than half the cost of that fancy dinner. 2. Check out evening museum programs. Many local museums offer free or reduced … Continue reading →

New Cheap Date Ideas

Dating is expensive no matter how well you plan it. It seems we are always busy trying to impress the other person, with the great places we can take them, and the nice gifts we give. However, whether your date is in the daytime or the night time, there are lots of ways to have a cheap date, and still have a lot of fun and spend lots of quality time together as a couple. No matter if you are in the mood for a romantic date, an educational date, a group date or an energy boosting date, there are … Continue reading →

It’s Date Night!

Date night gives couples something to look forward to, a chance to spend some time together and enjoy each other’s company without being weighed down by the demands of life. It’s a great way to reconnect and to simply have fun. If you’re trying to be careful with money, or if you just don’t have very much money at the moment, planning a great date night can be a challenge. Get creative and try some of these tips for inspiration. Rent a Great Movie Is there a movie that the two of you watched together in the past? Maybe you … Continue reading →

Date Night on a Budget

Keeping the romance alive is all about making quality time together a priority, which can be tough on a limited budget or with young children. You can enjoy special time together that does not involve a huge childcare and restaurant tab. Take one or two of the following eleven tips to keep the fires of your romance burning without busting your budget. 1.Trade off childcare duties with another couple. For example, one Saturday night each month the other couple cares for your kids and you do the same for their kids on another Saturday. This is a great way to … Continue reading →

Babysitting Co-op

One great way to save money, and still allow you and your spouse some time together is to form a babysitting co-op. The way this would work is that you find several families with children, and then you rotate through babysitting each other’s children so that the other couples can go out, and not worry about Paying for a babysitter. For a co-op to work successfully, you should set up some ground rules. 1) You should agree on a time that you drop off and pick up children. It can be hard on the family who is babysitting to have … Continue reading →

The $10 Mall Date

Need an idea for an exciting and fun date? Try this…it’s a blast. It will give you night full of memories without costing a lot. The info listed below can be cut and pasted into a word document to be printed. Then, stick both pages into an envelope along with a ten dollar bill. Take the envelope with you to a mall, open it and read the instructions together. Note: I made this date for my husband and I, so part of the challenges involve a little kissing. If you use this idea for a more casual relationship, then you’ll … Continue reading →

A Cheap (and FUN) Date Idea

Sometimes it’s fun to do something on your night out that’s a little less ordinary. One of the funnest dates my husband and I enjoyed was a joke night. It involved three simple ingredients: jokes, pints of ice cream, and a special location. Here are some steps to having your own: 1. Find some jokes online or at the library. To prepare for the night, I looked online for some websites that offered jokes that were easy to print off. To find them, I did a simple search for “jokes.” I printed several pages from various websites. Another option for … Continue reading →

“Tightwad Valentines”

These ideas for cheap (and thoughtful) homemade valentines come from Amy Dacyczyn’s The Complete Tightwad Gazette. If you still are trying to think of something thoughtful for your special someone, you don’t have to spend a lot of money. Just be creative! See if one of these ideas will inspire you:  If there is snow in your area, stomp out a special valentine in the yard.  Pick a bouquet of wild flowers or blossoms and put in a vase for your Valentine’s Day dinner. Where I live, trees are blooming and a few blossoming sticks in a vase … Continue reading →

Woo for a Buck or Two: Cheap and Romantic Valentine’s Day Ideas

I think a lot of women are like me when it comes to Valentine’s Day or other special events. I’m definitely not averse to giving and receiving gifts, but what I really want from my sweetheart is a gesture that shows some thought, planning, and creativity. Really, I want to know that my husband has put some thought into our special day. Instead of spending lots of money on a fancy gift, a big bouquet of flowers, or an expensive night out, I’d rather he was a little more creative. Take some time in planning what to do for your … Continue reading →

Top 100 Creative Date Ideas–Part II

26. Go to a farm where you can pick your own fresh fruit. Take what you picked back home to make it into a pie or other dessert. 27. Write a script for a short movie, play, or musical. Videotape your production and watch your performance together. 28. Go to a performance at your local bookstore. Borders and Barnes and Noble both have small musical groups performing periodically—and it’s free. 29. Attend the local high school’s musical. 30. Chalk attack someone’s house. Use sidewalk chalk to write funny messages and draw silly pictures on the driveway and walkways. 31. Browse … Continue reading →