Because marriage should be fun and affordable.
First things
first. I'm getting married!!! In 197 days (and totally counting), I will be the
proud Mrs. Brennon Schow, for the rest of all time and eternity. Umm....How do
I put this? Yeah. I'm stoked.
However, like
the majority of newlyweds and college students (and most certainly newly-wedded
college students) we just don't have a lot of money. I know this is nearly
200 days in the future we're talking about, but even then, we just won't have a
lot of money. And even if we did, we shouldn't/wouldn't want to spend it all on
just having fun and being in love. Because that just seems wasteful. (And I'm a
member of Recyclebank. I make pledges. So I really can't be wasteful.)
But everybody
knows that quality time with the ones you love is not only fun, but a vital part
of staying sane and happy! So I got to searching. Google search: Free Date
Ideas. Google search: Dates Under $1. Google search: Dates Under $5. And still,
I ended up with a total of like...32 Inexpensive Date Ideas that sounded
relatively fun. (Well, no. Some of them sounded really, really stellar, which
is why I added them to my own list. But overall it was a pretty mediocre list.)
And then I
remembered...I have a blog devoted to lists! I made that blog because the lists
I find on the internet are usually less-than-satisfactory! And that is
when I made it my personal duty to create...(drumroll please)...
THE ULTIMATE LIST OF FREE DATE IDEAS
It's a
long list. And I'm pretty proud of it. Some ideas are general and some are more
specific. I like the more general ones because they leave room to make it your
own. Also, I think it's important to note that some of these things won't be up
your ally. I tried to list things that my fiance and I...
*Don't
already do on a regular basis
*Love to do
but don't usually get time for
*Need to do
but we put them off
Because
those, I think, are the kinds of things that make the best dates! In other
words, try and
*Stray from
your usual
*Make it
special/meaningful to the two of you
*Get things
done that you need to do, but make it fun!
SO. If
anything on this list sounds boring, impossible/improbable, or like something
that you do every day anyway, don't discount it as a terrible idea! Replace it
with something that you and your significant other will love. Once you start
getting creative, you'll realize how many possibilities there are!
PLEASE: If
you come up with your own ideas or do something on this list, tell me about it
in the comments or send in pictures/videos! I would love to see how people are
taking this list and making it their own!
JSYK. We
aren't going to start pulling ideas from our jar until we get married, so so
far this list is just a list. But I wanted to post it right now because, well,
people might want it right now! But once I have actually done one of these, it
will be in this pink color, which means
that it is a link. If you click on the ones in pink you will be taken to a
blogpost where you will find pictures/videos/reports of mine and my husband's
date night for whichever idea you clicked on. Those links won't start existing
for another 200+ days though. Sorry. :)
Alright, I
think that's finally it. ....Enjoy!
