Cheap Date Night Ideas

I'm constantly trying to think of new date night ideas for myself and Man Friend. For one, we're both in quite the financial pinch and cannot always do the dinner and movie that we would ideally like to do. For another, frankly, I get bored doing the same thing over and over. I find that often times we get in a rut of watching tv at home. I get bored and crabby (especially in winter when cabin fever takes over) and that leads to tiffs, and lack of conversation. When you're zoning out in front of the tv, you don't communicate at all. And isn't that why you want to spend time with your significant other, to enjoy their conversation and company? I've come up with a list of fun and low-cost date night ideas, for any couples out there who ever get themselves into a rut. Some are specific to the Green Bay area, and others are more generic.

• Make a meal together
• Have a movie, pizza, wine night in. Bonus: picking a movie together that neither of you have seen before.
• Go for a long walk. Even better, if you have a nature trail to go on
• Have a game night
• Volunteer together. Note: Man Friend and I volunteered together and it was one of the best times we spent together. Not only did we do something to give back to the community, but Man Friend wanted to do something new with me that I really enjoyed.
• Spend a day at the Wildlife Sanctuary. 
• Go to an Amusement Park. Bay Beach, for Green Bay-ers
• Go to a zoo. NEW zoo for Green Bay, or if you're looking for a bit of a road trip, make your way up to the DeYoung family zoo in Michigan.
• Walk through the Garden of Lights around Christmas in Green Bay



Our Christmas cookies from this year

• Decorate Christmas cookies 
• Carve pumpkins for Halloween
• Color Easter eggs
• See re-enactments at Heritage Hill in Green Bay
• Go to a museum. Green Bay's Neville has a lot of temporary exhibits, so you can choose something you're interested in.
• Lay outside and star-gaze. Leave the cell phones inside!
• Have a picnic lunch or dinner at a park
• Go sledding
• Go to a movie in the park showing.
• Looking for some intimacy? Take a hot bath with candles lit. Massages after never hurt.
• Watch a Packers practice in Green Bay in the weeks leading up to pre-season
• Find a free or low-admission concert. Small festivals are good for this. Fourth of July Downtown, Bay Fest, county fairs or Celebrate DePere are good options in Green Bay. 
• Go out for ice cream. Bonus: walking or biking there.