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81 Frugal Date Ideas!

Published: Jan 16, 2013 · This post may contain affiliate links

81 Frugal Date Ideas!

81 Frugal Date Ideas

81 Frugal Date Ideas!

This Sunday John and I are celebrating our 7th anniversary since our first date! I can not believe it has already been seven years. The past seven years have literally flown by in a blink of an eye. I was thinking back on what it was like when we first started dating compared to being married.

When we were dating we......

-Held hands walking through Target

-Sat next to each other at dinner instead of across the table

-I got butterflies in my stomach when I saw John's name on my phone

Now that we are married.....

- We power through Target and divide and conquer our list

-We sit across from each other at dinner and normally have a to-do list we are working on

- I now smile each time I see John's name on the phone and feel a sense of contentment and love

I really want to focus on making sure we are not taking each other for granted this year and bring back the feeling of giddiness you get when you are dating. I decided to come up with a list of frugal date nights that we can enjoy throughout the year. We started doing mystery dates a few months ago and they have been fantastic. I wanted to add to these dates and find ways that we can spend time together and not have it cost a ton of money.

1. Movie night at home complete with popcorn and cuddling together

2. Tour a local park

3. Putt-Putt Golf

4. Free museum days

5. Scavenger Hunt through town

6. Picnic

7. Wine Tasting

8. Relax at a coffee shop and listen to live music

9. Outdoor class (REI, Parks and Rec and other city parks offer them)

10. Cooking Class

11. Bird Watching

12. Visit a public pool

13. Use a Restaurant.com gift card to save.

14. Historic tour of the city

15. Breakfast in bed

16. Movie Marathon/TV Series Marathon

17. Dance party at home

18. Stargazing

19. Local farmers market

20. Bookstore, travel dream date

21. Visit a playground

22. Local comedy club

23. Poker night at home

24. Sledding

25. Poetry reading

26. Tour a local brewery

27. Fly a kite

28. BBQ in the snow

29. Visit a local festival

30. Bowling

31. Watch a sunset

32. $10 at the local arcade

33. Smores by a fire

34. Water gunfight

35. Karaoke Bar

36. Play tourist in your own town

37. Progressive fast food meal, an appetizer at one restaurant, entree at another restaurant, dessert at another restaurant

38. Iron Chef Competition

39. Test drive a dream car

40. Outdoor concert at a park

41. Geocaching

42. Cheap dollar theater night

43. Yard sale treasure hunt

44. Coupon Date, everything you do must have a coupon for it

45. 80's movie night

46. Spa night at home

47. Watch and entire TV series in your PJ's

48. Cult movie night...Rocky Horror Picture Show

49. Frisbee

50. Driving Range

51. Find a movie filmed in your town and visit the sites from the movie

52. Dollar Store challenge. Each person gets $10 to pick out a specific portion of dinner.

So I planned on stopping at 52 frugal date ideas......but there are just way to many fun ideas so I had to throw in a few more

53. Boardgame night, challenge each other at your favorite games growing up

54. Go to a local high school football game

55. Go on a hike in a State Park (I highly suggest Riverside State Park -Spokane)

56. Play tennis

57. Visit the Drive-In Theater

58. Visit the batting cages

59. Go roller skating

60. Grab a football and play keep away

61. Go camping in the back yard

62. Get a milkshake and fries at a local diner

63. Visit a shooting range

64. Daily Deals Date (everything you do must come from a daily deal site like Groupon, Amazon Local or Living Social)

65. First Friday Art walks

66. Horse and Carriage ride

67. Theme night

68. Snowball fight

69. Build a snowman

70. Ice skating

71. Play hide and seek

72. Make homemade pizzas

73. Go on a bike ride

74. Play Laser Tag

75. Around the world dinner

76. Build a fort in the living room

77. Paper Airplane competition

78. Do Mad Libs together

79. Go on a mud run

80. Visit a corn maze

81. Take a dance class

I love these romantic staycation ideas!

What are your favorite frugal dates?

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Comments

  1. Matt D.

    November 03, 2014 at 6:02 pm

    I think that's kinda nice, after your marriage that is, if you can feel love and contentment after all those years. Also, a boat trip could be nice for a date. Don't you think?

    Reply
  2. Jessica

    February 23, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Great ideas Tammilee! Thanks for reminding me that you don't have to live in a big city to enjoy a date night. I love a reason to get all fancy and dressed up but I can be equally as excited carving out a night to be intentional about spending time with my Love. Thanks for these suggestions- I'm going to plan a few for next month!

    Reply
    • Tammilee

      February 23, 2014 at 2:46 pm

      Jessica, I am so glad you enjoyed the suggestions! Happy Date night!

      Reply
  3. The Dating Divas

    July 31, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Just wanted you to know that you were featured in our ULTIMATE Date Idea Round-up today! http://www.thedatingdivas.com/romantic-rendezvous/101-date-idea-round-ups-the-ultimate-date-night-list/ Thanks for sharing your date ideas! XOXO, The Dating Divas

    Reply
    • Tammilee

      July 31, 2013 at 11:20 am

      Thank you! This looks like a fantastic list!

      Reply
  4. Liz

    January 21, 2013 at 8:15 am

    Your ideas rock! I love, love, love the cooking class idea! SO doing it!

    Reply
    • Tammilee

      January 21, 2013 at 10:35 am

      We did a group date cooking class a few months ago with some friends and it was so much fun. We made an entire Italian meal from salad to dessert together.

      Reply
  5. Freda Mans

    January 17, 2013 at 8:50 am

    Happy anniversary to you both. Wishing you many more years together.

    Reply
    • Tammilee

      January 17, 2013 at 9:03 am

      Thank you!!

      Reply
  6. Meghan Finley

    January 17, 2013 at 12:00 am

    I was sad to see the Garland left out! Such a missed opportunity

    Reply

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