Seeking Ideas: How to Date When Money is Tight
A romantic date doesn't have to be expensive.
Over the last few weeks dating on a budget has come up a few times on the RatedGRomance Twitter feed. Here are some of the ideas from my Twitter Friends:
@allisonroesberr: Hubby and I grabbed the camera, found a high spot and spent one hr taking pics of a beautiful sunset. Cost=nothing.
@guitarpink22: Play the guitar? Own horses? Live near a beach? Know anyone that owns a restaurant that would give free food?
@babsmcginlay: we cook together, talk and enjoy being with each other, tidy up and snuggle on the sofa. It’s the best!
@NurtureIntimacy: If you both can handle it, a bike ride with a romantic destination.
@raoin: If must see a flick out, go to discount theatre & bring; own candy, then cook a dinner at home. Way cheaper & more; personal.
@upstatemind: A picnic… privacy next to a waterfall/spring
@IcemanYVR: Go for a walk on the Sea wall and finish with a nice Latte or Gelato. Gives you a chance to really connect and talk.
@ZETAZEN: Play the Wii, play cards, play dominoes, rent movies, cook dinner together, bowling, go to the park to talk/walk.
@elenaadams: I love picnics. How about a zoo or aquarium visit with a picnic lunch afterwards? Not free, but cheaper than dinner.
Do you have any ideas you can share? Please leave a comment. Let’s help keep romance alive.
I think the two that most stand out in my mind were
The picnic:
Make sandwich “lunch for two” take some Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Cider and disposable champagne or wine glasses, pick some flowers – out of your yard or take a drive out of town and find some wild flowers and make a bouquet, take some music: boom box or headphones for two and an mp3 player, blanket. Pick up your date at work for lunch, drive to the park, spread the blanket and have a romantic lunch for two! Cost is probably under $7.00 the memory will last forever!
The dinner out:
Drape off with a curtain the area around your dining table. Use push pins in the ceiling and use a sheer light fabric. Set the table complete with long stem candles, and get those fresh picked flowers YOU pick yourself. Cook a nice dinner – recipe’s online if you’re challenged! Get wine or Martinelli’s and nice glasses, chill in a bucket. If you don’t have a bucket, line a plastic pail with tin foil, and then line and add ice and chill wine or Martinelli’s. Light candles when they pull in the driveway. Seat them at the table, pour wine – have bread on the table…Chat, and serve dinner you prepared to your date. The effect is a romantic evening at a restaurant – the cost is whatever you spent to prepare it and your time. Trust me, the time and effort speak volumes!