Who Says Date Nights Have to Be Extravagant?

Last week on the morning show, the guys asked listeners how they keep their marriages strong...how they stay connected. My answer to the question was consistent date nights.

Ryan and I make an effort to go on a date of some sort every single week. They're not always on the same day. Sometimes they're out of town...sometimes they're in town...sometimes they're at home. But we are adamant about carving time out of every week to step away from responsibility and enjoy time together.

So if you think date nights are just for those who have a lot of money...check out our fun from this past weekend.

After work on Friday night, we hopped in the car and headed to one of Ryan's favorite places on earth:

Actually, on the way there, we made a quick stop to rent a movie, because we got a freebie coupon in the mail.

 THEN onto B-Dubs.

We sorta forgot it was a game night, so it was rather packed in there - with enthusiastic sports fans, but we didn't care, because...we were hungry!!

I had my first REAL hamburger since surgery. Oh my word. It's all I needed.

And Ryan?? Well he loves wings.

We had a great dinner, even if we had to speak rather loudly to one another over all the enthusiastic sports fans. And best of all? Gift cards = free dinner, baby!!

After that....it was time to do some window shopping! First stop? My happy place:

Hobby Lobby, baby!!!

I actually did use up a gift card getting myself the cutest little garden flag. It's for Easter. It's stinkin' cute.

And after that - it was just dreaming and goofing off:

{Penelope impersonation}

After that - we ventured forth to a couple other stores looking for an Easter dress for me. {If you've been reading here a while, you know Easter dresses are my one IMPOSSIBLE task each year. I have to start early. Amazingly enough? Found it!!}

And I waited while Ryan tried on clothes. Some, in the dressing room. Some...in middle of the store. Girls can't get away with that.

By the time we were done with all that, it was time to do the grocery shopping, but we couldn't do that without some fuel:

After that...we could handle grocery shopping. Which some in our company confuse with karaoke:

So between coupons and gift cards, it was a pretty affordable date night - and as you can see - no shortage of fun!!