Date Night

Linking up with Allie and Kay today for Wedded Bliss Wednesdays!

How often do you and your husband have a date night?

Okay, I know ya'll are going to be jealous, but try not to be. ;P I'd say on average we go out on a date about once a week or more. Rarely ever do we have fancy, dress-up, eat at a restaurant that costs more than $20 for the two of us type of dates, though. We might walk through a cemetery, go swing dancing downtown, play mini golf, explore a random antique store, or play Dance Dance Revolution and our other favorite games at an arcade. I also consider going to the mall and walking around looking at all the pretty things a date, though, so maybe if your expectations aren't that high, you get more dates.

That time I hit the jackpot on a date.

What did you do on your first date?

This is a hard question, because there's a debate about when our first actual date occurred, since we chose courting over dating. I think we usually say that  our first actual date, defined as: Angel planned an outing and took me, and just me, somewhere and paid for it all himself, was to a Japanese Botanical Garden where he took countless pictures of me. We'd already been engaged about two months at that point, and had been in a long distance relationship the whole time. He was, and is still, very fond of taking large quantities of pictures of me. The quality of such pictures may leave much to be desired...but I love my paparazzi husband.

What is your favorite kind of date night?

 I'm not picky, so I think just about anything with Angel is fun. We even enjoy doing our grocery shopping together! I think the evenings when we go swing dancing together are especially fun, though.

How do you do date night on a budget?

As I said. Walking through a cemetery is free. Arcade games usually cost .50 or a quarter. Drinks from Sonic are $1 and change during Happy Hour. We get excited when we find a BOGO coupon for a steakhouse in the newspaper--but that's more of an expensive date for us. When the weather's good, we like to ride bikes down the nearby streets, and when the weather's bad, we'll get a movie from the library to watch from underneath the piles of blankets on the couch.

What is the best kind of date your husband could surprise you with?!

hmmmm....I'd actually be pretty excited if Angel planned and executed any kind of surprise date for me. I love planning, so in our family, it's usually me saying, "Hey, let's go to a corn maze next Monday because we both have the day off." I'm also more of the one who always wants to be going places and discovering new things, while Angel's content to stay home more often. He enjoys our outings too, it's just that it's more likely he would stay home and watch the news if it weren't for my excited face when I tell him about a new plan that just occurred to me. 

I'd be pretty excited if Angel just told me the kind of clothes I should wear and what time to be ready and surprised me with a date! (Hint hint: Angel, don't forget it's your turn to plan our anniversary date. And it's December 4th, NOT December 5th)

Really, how did he mix up our anniversary date for the day after it in our recent conversation?