Date Day/ Night Ideas!

1. Restaurant at home. Find recipes from some of your favorite recipes online, create a menu and have a lovely meal at home!
2. Cook a meal together. Find a recipe you've never tried and make it together. Be sure to include some dessert
3. Visit a bakery. Go to a local bakery and pick out a treat for each other.  
4. Breakin' records. Read through the Guinness Book of World Records together, and find something the two of you could potentially achieve as a couple and then do it together as a cheap date.
5. Take a hike. This website will show you places near you to hike!
6. Movie night In. Pick out a movie from you collection or go to Redbox and rent a movie.  Make you own popcorn, pick out some candy from the dollar store and have a good night!
7. Exercise together. Attend an exercise class at a local gym, take a walk or jog together or do something active!
8. Restaurant hop. Go to a different restaurant for each course of the meal. Make three stops for an appetizer, main course and dessert. Take turns picking where to go!  Add a stop for just drinks too!
9. Take some lessons. Try taking a lesson for a couples dance, pottery or a cooking class!
10. Try a new restaurant. We usually end up eating out at the same places. Pick somewhere neither of you have been and try it out! Who knows, it might be a new favorite!
11. Theme night. Pick a theme for the night and center everything around it. For example, Mexican night. You could eat Mexican food and go salsa dancing!
12.  Make indoor s'mores and read campfire stories. If you don't have a gas stove, you could light candles to cook your marshmallows over
13. Take a drive. Get out of the house and take a drive. Take a look at nature or local scenery! For example, changing leaves in the fall, flowers blooming in the spring, etc
14. Flowers.  Go to the Botanical Gardens
15. Visit the zoo. If you don't live near a zoo, go somewhere to see your local wildlife.
16. State Park. Pick a state park within an hour of your area and spend the day there. Hike, have a picnic or even just take in the scenery
17. Take a free factory tour. You would be surprised what factories are around you! We toured a beer factory and had free samples at the end!
18. Volunteer. Sign up to volunteer at a soup kitchen, retirement home or somewhere that could use a helping hand!
19. Marathon. Okay maybe not that ready for a marathon, but maybe a 5k.  Find a 5k in your area and run that together or even walk it
20. Have a coupon date. Only eat or do activities you have coupons for
21. Go on a bike ride (if weather permits). If you don't have a bike, check the classifieds for a great deal! You could even pack a lunch!
22. Treasure hunting. Head to the ATM and get out $10-$20. Drive around to some local yard sales and see what you end up with! There are tons on the weekends!
23. Go to a local sporting event. Luckily, sports are going on year around! Grab some snacks and head out to the ball game!
24. Make ice cream sundaes. Head to the store and buy some vanilla ice cream and your favorite toppings. Relax and enjoy your tasty treat!  
25. Have a "crazy dinner." Each person gets $5 (or whatever amount you decide) to spend on any food item at the grocery store for dinner. Come home and prepare your meal! You might end up with some random food!
26. Check out a local museum. They usually don't cost much, if anything, to get in!
27. Go to a park (if weather permits). Swing on the swings, play frisbee, or feed the ducks!
28. Have a picnic. If the weather doesn't permit, lay out a blanket on the floor and eat in the living room!
29. Be a tourist in your own city. Find what tourist attractions are in your city and spend the night acting like tourists, which includes taking cheesy pictures!
30. Make your own fondue. Use a fondue pot (or crock pot) and dip fresh fruit, cake, cookies, marshmallows, and pretzels in melted chocolate. Try this delicious recipe!
31. Camping. Find a state park and take a 3 day camping trip
32. Bake. Bake something together, like cookies or a cake.  Anything.  I have some recipes located in my kitchen blog
33. Cloud Gazing. Go to a local park, lay a blanket down and hopefully you've got clouds passing by.  See what you can see.  Tell you SO (significate other) what you see and ask what they see.  This could get interesting!
34. Surprise night out.  Take turns planning a date night.  Don't disclose to the other what the plans are and just take them out.