• Drive in movies
• Shopping: mall, antique shops, farmer's market, ect
• Pick out outfits for each other
• Picnic
• Chalk
• Fair
• Zoo
• Go to a fruit orchrid: come home and bake a pie
• Caroling
• Outdoors/Sports: Roller skating, ice skate, putt putt golf, shooting, paintball, skiing, horse back riding, bike riding, swimming, hiking, camping, boating, workout, run, dancing, lazer tag http://www.lazerfxlazertag.com/Cary%20Raliegh.html
• Museums
• Art galleries
• Take pictures/ photo shoots
• Wash a dirty car
• Paint/draw- BYOB Painting class
• Look at old photo albums
• Plant a garden
• Watch a sunset/ sunrise
• Sleep under the stars/ star gazing
• Bonfire and smores
• Kites
• Concerts (Try a random one...?)
• plays and other performances
• Parties
• Sports games
• Go to the pool
• Check in to a random non sketch motel, hotel, or breakfast in bed inn for a night/weekend
• Find a hobby to do together
• Throw a surprise party
• Scavenger hunt
• Geocaching
• Shooting/ hunting
• Road trip
• Give each other spa night/ take baths together
• Play fort or camp in the back yard
• Clubbing/dancing/lounges/bars
• write love letters and hide them

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• Sketch out a blueprint of your dream house
• Make of list of must-haves in your dream home (laundry chute, three car garage, spiral staircase, etc.)
• Paint each other’s portrait
• Deliver cupcakes, cookies, etc to friends, family, or nursing home
• Plan our 5 year anniversary vacation
• Make a map of places you have been and want to go. Make a list or places and sites to see.
• Teach Vincent about photography and have him teach me something he likes
• Attend a festival
• Go see a local band
• Spa night!
• Cookie bake-off!
• Build out bucket list (as a couple and as individuals)
• Make a work of art for the house
• Walk the River Walk
• Visit the State Museum (First Sunday of every month $1 admission. 1-5pm)
• Paint your own coffee cup at a pottery place
• Go to a Flea Market
• Go bowling
• Make a time capsule
• Go to Carowinds (outside budget but that’s ok!)
• Go to a bar to watch a game
• Volunteer at the local shelter (homeless or animal! Everyone needs to help)
• Have a water balloon fight with friends
• Play board games
• See a movie at the dollar theatre
• Go to a wine tasting
• Make a very specific list of things you love about each other (i.e. I love when Vincent is talking to someone across the room and doesn’t know I am watching him. I think he is so gosh darn sexy!)
• Grab the pups and go on a picnic
• Go to a Goodwill or Thrift store and pick out one crazy item for the other person. $10 budget.
• Get up early and go eat brunch somewhere nice
• Historic walking tour
• Watch stand-up comedy all night
• Make a list of potential baby names (for way in the future! It will be fun to see how much we change our minds).
• Take our moms out for dinner (okay, I know this is over budget and includes others in our date night but I think it’s a great idea)
• Make a 5, 10, 15 year “basic” plan (I say basic because life doesn’t always go as planned but it could be fun to dream it out!)
• Take the dogs for a long walk
• Make a gift for someone else. Just because.
• Try a new work out!
• Rearrange a room. Just for a change.
• Play video games all night – Vincent will love this one! Especially with the new MLB game coming out.
• Go to a bar (during happy hour to save money!) and flirt mercilessly with your man! It’s sure to spark something ;)
• Make a mix CD of songs that remind you of your time together. Not going to lie, one of the songs will be Eye of the Tiger because Vincent and I watched all the Rocky movies in the first few months of dating. Every time I hear it I smile.
• Go for a long drive to nowhere.
• Watch each other’s favorite movies from childhood. Vincent loves Angels in the Outfield and I have never seen it!
• Mute the tv and guess what they are saying.