Cheap Activities

Dating can be expensive.  You’re trying to impress each other, so you get all pretty (or handsome) and want to do fancy things.  However, I think, that at the core of an AWESOME date is just having a good time and having the opportunity to enjoy your dates company.  Some fun cheap date ideas are actually super romantic, and a romantic date is awesome, right?  Even after you are in a steady (or married) relationship, going on dates is still important.  But again, fun cheap date ideas that don’t break the bank are equally important.

When my (now) husband and I were first dating, we had several favorite fun cheap date ideas.  We still use several of our first fun cheap date ideas now.  It is nice to have a date night (or day) that doesn’t have the added stress of spending a ton of money.  It allows the whole date experience to be a lot more enjoyable.

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When I first started living by a strict budget, I wondered if that meant “fun” things were never going to be on the table again.  Luckily, that is not the case!  Ok course, living by a strict budget does mean thinking more about things before spending money.  You should build some funds into your budget for “fun” things otherwise you likely won’t have a reasonable budget.  And if your budget fails it will be hard to try to stick to it and make it work.

To avoid a failing budget make sure you have a good budget tracking system in place.  I use these super awesome budget tracking worksheets to keep my household on track!)  

So, if you are looking for a little fun, you may need to find some cheap things to do.  Just because we are talking about cheap things to do, that doesn’t mean they won’t be fun.  They may, however, take a little more thinking or creativity at first….

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