I love challenges, lists, and being cheap so this post from Simply Modern Mom is right up my alley. Tiffany challenges her readers to take 52 dates — one per week — while keeping the costs low.
Inspired by the challenge, I commit to have 52 date nights this year with my husband. Here are our criteria:
- Every Friday night from 6 -10 p.m. is our date night. Or Saturday.
- It will be a mix of babysitter dates and at-home dates.
- We rotate being in charge of date nights regularly (Alec is panicking at this one).
- Can’t do the same thing twice in one month.
- No children allowed.
- Must create a date-like atmosphere. No frumpy clothes or pajamas. Make it a special event. Mind the details. But most of all, keep it simple.
- Double-dates and group-dates are okay but no more than one of four nights per month.
So, what have we been up to so far? Glad you asked.
Fri 1/8: Alec’s holiday party and nobody asked if I was pregnant. Yay!
Sat 1/16: double date to Temescal’s Burma Superstar
Sat 1/23: upscale take-out from Gather and watched an Oscar movie.
Fri 1/29: to SF Sketchfest to enjoy a night of comedy.
Based on my criteria, we are one date behind. Gah!
All date night ideas are welcome. Hope you’ll join me in this challenge.
Yay! I’m so glad that you’re joining in on Project 52: Date Nights! Sounds like you had some fun dates. Can’t wait to read more about your dates. We do a link up on Simply Modern Mom every Tuesday for you to keep track of your dates and share ideas with others who are also doing this project. Hope you’ll link up tomorrow.
Tiffany {Simply Modern Mom}
Thank you so much for telling me about this project. I love it! I got my husband to agree to it and we start next Saturday. I think most of our dates are going to be at home, but it should be fun to come up with date ideas. I love your idea of going to a comedy club. I’ll have to look into that one.
This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Date night idea: Aren’t appetizers often the best thing on the menu? Make it a date. Pick a restaurant with great appetizers and order a few to share with some bread and drinks. Skip the main course. Then share a dessert. A night made in heaven!
I’m all for challenges, lists and being cheap too! No wonder I love this blog.
I like Laurie’s suggestion about the appetizers, drinks and dessert. We have an amazing tapas restaurant in Sacramento called Tapa the World– perfect cozy little date night joint.
We just relocated to a new state, so we don’t have anyone we feel safe with watching our 4 year old. How do we have a date night with no kids allowed?? We need this time desperately!
Mel, click through to Tiffany’s original post. She suggests keeping a spending limit of $30 and doing mostly at-home dates. Each Tuesday, her readers participate in sharing their great ideas. You can totally do it!
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Thanks for the idea! This should be fun. Can’t wait to get started.
Mel- Maybe wait until the kids go to bed? I have a 6 month old who I do not like to leave with other people so we do our date nights after 8 when she goes to bed. It’s not the perfect solution but it works for us.