Date Night

Dinner, the movies, games with friends, bbq up the canyon... been there, done that!

To keep your marriage alive and fresh, they recommend that you "date" your spouse on a weekly basis.  Sometimes this isn't as easy as it sounds.  There's the problem of doing something NEW (not something done a million times before), getting a baby sitter, finding something to do, AGREEING on something to do, carving out the time in your schedules, then comes the big one COST...

Babysitting- $15-25 

Sit down restaurant- $20-50

Cost of admission to SOMEWHERE- $15-20

Scary total- $50-70

You're looking at one *PRICEY* evening! 

Here are just a couple ideas to have a great night, and NOT brake the bank!

1. Babysitting-
Find another couple to do a babysitting trade. It's really simple.  They watch your little one(s) the 1st weekend of the month, and you babysit theirs the 3rd weekend.  That way baby sitting is FREE, you have a week break in the middle where you can include your kids, or pay a sitter. And everyone is getting something in return! Or I have met couples who agree to watch someones kids every Friday, and the other couple does every Saturday. Then you have a sitter each weekend. You are just sacrificing 1 of the nights. 
2. Restaurants- 
Lets be honest, sometimes we just WANT to sit down at a nice restaurant and enjoy dinner. Quite a few restaurants are offering LESS EXPENSIVE menu items to entice people to come in without breaking the bank. There is also the option of looking ONLINE (Try this website too) before hand to see what coupons are being offered at your favorite places. Just google " name of your favorite restaurant, coupon"!  This next tip is my favorite though... Find a restaurant (also works with entertainment venues) that you LOVE, and become a "fan" of it on FACEBOOK, that way, when they are having promotions you are notified. It's GREAT. 
3.Entertainment-
Utah County offers a lot of fun places to go, that are actually quite cheap!  In Orem at Parkway Crossing Condo's there is Wise Guys Comedy  The admission is $10 a person, BUT if you get on their website they have 2 for 1 coupons.  We really like to go to the COMEDY HYPNOSIS shows.  They are clean, and funny.  There is also Comedy Sportz. You can go on to their website and sign up your email address to get coupons by email. Their show is $8 if you call for a reservation and pay then.

So let's add up the new cost...
Babysitting- FREE
Ruby River Steakhouse- 2 Orders of the "Ruby your way Menu" 9.99 a meal + water, and 20% tip = $24,( ask for a manager, tell them how much you loved the food and see if they have a "free dessert or appetizer" coupon for next time!)
Wise Guys Comedy Hypnosis, or Comedian-  $10 (use the coupon silly!)

New total- $34


All I'm saying is, Date Night is nessasary, and there are a lot of ways to go about doing it that are cheap and fun.