#cheap dates

Aquarium Dates

Museum Dates

Trips to the Bookstore ( + pick out a book for each other )

Observatory Dates

Flower Picking (in a park or a actual flower picking place)

Baking Cookies

Cocoa and Cuddles (for rainy days)

Berry Picking

Thrift Store. Funniest item under $5 wins/picks dinner.

Whether you have little ones or you have both been working all day, whatever your situation, sometimes it's hard to find time to go out.  Why not have a Date Night at home?  A Date Night Idea Jar, personalized and designed by you, can help you have regular times together at home. 

You can use popsicle sticks or strips of paper to write down your ideas as they come to you and then your jar is full when you are able to snag a few moments together.

Here's a list to help get you started...

Create a Date Night Jar of some ideas that you both would like to do together

Netflix Binge one of your favorite series

Binge watch your favorite Food cooking show

Have a Fondue Date Night

Have a “Chopped” at Home competition

Pinterest together

Watch your wedding video or look at wedding photos together

Play board game

Cook a late night dinner together

Rent a Red Box Movie

Write a Prayer List and pray together

Make smoothies or milkshakes

Share 5 goals over a late night snack

Do a puzzle together

Play a card game

Have a chip & dip night - add conversation

Give each other a foot or back rub

Share recent fun memory of the 2 of you

Tackle a fun project together

Write a Gratitude List together

Have an ice cream sundae night

Play a video game together

Grab Take Out – Eat by candlelight

Share where you want to be in 5 or 10 years

Read something together

Write a bucket list together

Picnic by the fire place

… and remember to keep adding your own ideas to this list…

Love is in the air, and so is the desire to celebrate without blowing your college budget. For broke college students Cupid’s arrow might seem more like an account draining dart, but fear not! The Catalyst rounded up a couple of cheap crafts and quirky date spots around town to make your Valentine’s Day memorable without emptying your wallet. From DIY delights to hidden gems waiting to be…

Rounding up my favorite ways to spread holiday cheer this season!

Now that’s officially December, I’m super excited to get into the holiday spirit. To be honest, I decorated a lot earlier this year than I normally do. I must admit, it is true what they say about decorating earlier bringing joy. I love lighting my favorite winter candle (Marshmallow Fireside from BBW), turning on my Christmas tree and other light-up decorations ,and cozying up on the couch.