Guest Post: Date Ideas with Jessica from Blueheart II

Hey friends, it's Jessica again from blueheart and I'm here to share some more date ideas with you. Sometimes we tend to get stuck in the same routine, doing the same things for date nights over and over again. That's when it comes time to get creative and show your significant other just how much you care, and how important they are to you. It's time to think outside the box.

Last time I visited Mattie's blog, I gave some ideas for different takes on the traditional movie night. This time I have complied a list of some inexpensive dates, that just focus on spending time together.





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01. Build a fort in your living room and watch a movie, the fort building will definitely be the funnest part, you will have to get creative and work together.

02. Work a puzzle together. You can even spend the morning browsing yard sales for one that you love, which can be a lot of fun.

03. Decorate a cake together. You can get really creative and make fun shapes like a heart, or even a cheeseburger (which your guy will love).

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04. Visit the library in the home decor section, flip through the books looking at pictures and find ideas for your dream home.

05. Write out your love story together.

06. Decorate t-shirts together, you can use an older one and some fabric paint and get creative. Write your favorite love quote out, make a list of reasons you love each other, or try to draw the other person.

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07. Visit a museum together, sometimes they even have nights when you can get in for free.

08.Take your laptop and drive out into the country and have your own 'drive-in' movie on a picnic blanket, or a truck bed if you can. (make sure the laptop battery is fully charged!)

09. Start a small garden in your backyard.

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10. Give them a gift, a huge box, full of things you would need for a date; spaghetti and other dinner ingredients, a coupon book for things like one free back rub, a movie, a blanket to cuddle with, and whatever else you can think of.

11. Buy a paint by numbers set, they are very inexpensive and can be found at most all craft stores and in toy sections.

12. Pretend you have no more electricity, light some candles and come up with fun games to play or things to talk about.

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What's your favorite way to spend time with your loved one?

Guest Post: Date Ideas with Jessica from Blueheart

Hi, I'm Jessica from Blueheart and I'm visiting Mattie's blog for the day. We are going to be doing a series of fun posts on each other's blogs and for the month of February we are posting about date night ideas. The point is to give you some inspiration for Valentine's Day, but don't forget that its important to celebrate your relationship throughout the year, it doesn't have to wait for a special day. It could even be every day.

Sometimes Ryan and I go through these stages where we just have like a mental block, and completely lack creative ideas for dates. With Valentine's coming up, I've been trying to think of a cute idea for a date night and I ended up making quite a long list (I know, he's a lucky guy, what can I say). The dates actually have nothing to do with Valentine's day, so you could easily make mental note of these and use them all year long.

I started thinking about movie nights, first of all. Usually that consists of staying in and watching a rental, or going out to eat dinner and then going to the theater (um, hello, that gets expensive after a while!). So I came up with some different ideas that are basically 'redefining' what I think of as a 'movie night' and definitely won't break your wallet.



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one. be the stars in your own romantic comedy
Instead of sitting on the couch and watching a movie, get out your video camera and write, produce, and star in your own movie. You can always just record yourselves talking about why you love each other, describing each other, or answering fun questions about the other one. Or if you and your lover are really creative, come up with your own story line and create your own scenes to put together and make your own short film! These videos will not only be something fun for the date night, but will be a keepsake memory for you to watch (and laugh at, or cry) years down the road.

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two. watch a cheesy movie.
This one is definitely one of mine and Ryan's favorites. We love finding scary movies (on tv or rentals) that are so 'cheesy' that it's impossible to find them scary. It's so much fun to watch them together and laugh at how bad some of the acting or special effects are (and it's good for me because I usually can't sleep after watching 'real' horror movies). They are usually older movies, so sometimes they are harder to find but it's definitely worth it. The latest one we watch was something like 'Malibu Shark Attack' and it actually is from 2009, but it just didn't turn out that good, although it's great for this purpose, and for laughing at. We've also watched 'the Poltergeist' and then some movie about aliens that look like humans, but I can't remember the name of it.

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three. have a memory movie night.
Dig through all your old boxes and bring out the old videos from when the two of you were kids growing up, or even movies from when you first started dating if you have been together long enough. It's really fun to take a trip down memory lane and you will be able to share stories and memories with each other about your lives. Did I mention that this movie night can cost relatively nothing? Unless of course, you have to search to find a VHS player, which is somewhat difficult these days! But it will definitely make for an unforgettable night, and it's a great way for the two of you to become closer.

Do you have any 'redefined' takes on movie nights? Or have you ever done any of these I mentioned?