The Date Backburner

Anyone who has a life, knows that life can get a tadddd busy.

With new jobs, work training, 14 credits of school each, chores to do at home, and homework to keep up with we tend to let other things reside on the backburner...

Such as dates.

No, not the nasty ace fruit.

Date nights. With a significant other? You know the ones I'm talking about.

I know some people are like:

"We've been married X amount of days/months/years and we still go on weekly dates!"

PROPS TO YOU.

Seriously! How do you fit it into your skedge?!

By the time it hits Friday night, we both are like welp. 

Let's just watch a movie on netflix and crash.

I've expressed my deepest concerns to Ryan, anddddd we are going to make a concerted effort to do a date night/day once a week. Something to look forward to during the loooong week!

And I'm not one to spend a bunch of money on dates, so I put together a 'lil list off of the top of my head of cheap/fun/thoughtful dates.

Ideas:

-Saturday morning, grab some hot chocolate and go hit up garage sales

-Salsa dancing

-Country dancing

-Swing dancing {they offer free lessons at byu on certain nights}

-Rock climbing

-Go window shopping up in Salt Lake City and/or Park City

-Jump On It {a place with a bunch of trampolines and foam pits}

-Try hole-in-the wall restaurants in our area

-A picnic at the park, play on the swing set

-Fancy Fondue date night with other couples
-Local sports games

-Play tennis together, I'll teach him how to swing and not fling the ball up in the air

-Hit up thrift stores in the area

-Ryan teaches me how to throw a football, properly that is

-Make tin foil dinners and cook them over a bonfire (and make smores!)

-Make a fort in our front room and watch a romantic movie

-Make Valentine grams for friends/family
-Mini golf/arcades
-Laser tag group date
-Bumper cars! Check out when we did that HERE.

-Dress up mega nice and go out to eat at a fast food restaurant

-Cheesecake factory for a delicious slice

-Walk around the Museum of Art on campus

-Nickelcade

-Take a walk to McDonalds and get diet cokes

-Plan group dates with friends to play Super Smash Brothers & Mario Kart Tournaments

-Roller skating
-Local high school/college plays or dance performances

-Ice skating

-Go to Lowes/Home Depot and pick out what you want in your future/fantasy home

-Check out the lunch deals at Sushi places

-Ross! 

-Natural hot springs

As you can see in the list above I already crossed out the Nickelcade date.

Where you pay for admission ($2.25 each) and for bags of nickels to use on the machines.

We went last friday and it only cost around $5-6 for the both of us! 

Granted there are tons of annoying high school kids there, but it's still mega fun & cheap.

And yes. 

I AM one of those people who, when writing a To-Do list, purposely writes stuff I've already done just to have the satisfaction of crossing it off. Cheap therapy I tell ya.

Above, Ryan is winning the Jackpot on a arcade machine and is also playing Fruit Ninja on a huge touch screen. Isn't that mega awesome!? 

Anywho, I am thinking of making a page of date ideas on the blog.

Any ideas? Feedback? I thought it could be fun :)

<3 Bri