1. Fill your sweeties car with red balloons and surprise them with a pin to pop them with. Bonus points for sticking a love note, quote, or message in each one.
2. Visit your local car dealer and take a test drive together.
3. Go to a youth baseball, football, or basketball game together and root for both teams.
4. Get out your camera and take pictures of the city together. Ask strangers to take pictures of the two of you together. Upload your photos and share them with your friends.
5. Dress up formally and have dinner at a fast food restaurant.
6. Visit your local dollar store with a $5 bill each and come up with creative gifts for each other.
7. Find the best, worst, ugliest, most romantic piece of art at a local gallery.
8. Take a drive to nowhere, get lost, and explore a new way home.
9. Go garage sale shopping. Have a price limit – $10 can get you quite a bit at a yard sale.
10. Get bent out of shape together. Sign up for a free yoga class at a local gym or studio.
11. Check out your local colleges for guest lectures from visiting professors.
12. Visit your local farmers market and sample all the fresh offerings. Choose a new vegetable or fruit and create a dish together.
13. Go bowling and don’t keep score.
14. Visit your airport and watch the planes take off and land. Wave at the pilots and passengers
15. Buy a pint of your favorite ice cream and toppings. Make sundae’s for each other on Saturday night.
16. People watch at the mall and make up funny, silly, or outlandish stories about the people you see.
17. Have a film festival with your sweetie. Pick a theme such as best musical, worst horror movie, or
guy movies.
18. Find out where the closest zoo is and visit the animals.
19. Instead of a romantic dinner, schedule a romantic breakfast for two.
20. Visit your parks and rec department or library for a workshop, class, or lecture.
21. Head to a used book store and explore for hidden treasures.
Use these ideas to keep your marriage healthy, loving, and fun on a budget.
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