Alphabetical Dates

Throughout 2017, we had a goal of making our way through the alphabet for themed dates! I can't take credit for the idea. I found a post about it on Pinterest (which you can see here - complete with a whole list of ideas, if you're looking for a multitude of options). But this is our list of alphabetical dates, which proved to be SO MUCH FUN!!!

* Letter A  - Adoption party, Appetizer dinner, shopping at stores that start with A
* Letter B - BBQ dinner and Borrowed Board games
* Letter C  - Coffee shop Crawl (visiting 3 coffee shops in town over 3 days)
* Letter D - Downtown Dinner Double Date
* Letter E  - Early bird date - breakfast with Eggs and Espresso
* Letter F  - Fantastic and Failure all at once. Fellowship, Free Food and a Fun Flick!
* Letter G  - Gaither Vocal Band Concert (planned entirely by Ryan as a surprise for me!)
* Letter H - Happy Birthday Date with Hamburgers and a trip to Highland Park!
* Letter I  - Walk through IWU's campus, Ice cream over shortcake at Ivanhoe's
* Letter J  - Java from Starbucks, Jammies at home, and some rounds of Jenga
* Letter K - Kabobs for dinner, a Kid's birthday party, car Karaoke, and Kissing!
* Letter L - Lobster and Langostino pizza, Lemonade, and Chocolate Chip Lava Cookie
* Letter M - Modified Date of Mexican food at Mi Familia and Meeting up with friends!
* Letter N - New Experiences: Lisa's Pies, Escape Room, Bub's Burgers and more!
* Letter O - Outdoor Open House at a Sunflower Oil farm!
* Letter P - Polar Pops and Pizza Picnic in the Park and a game of Putt Putt
* Letter Q - Quiet Night at Home with Quesadillas and a Fun Quiz/Questionnaire
* Letter R - Romantic Rooftop(ish) Rendezvous in the Ritzy Rotating Restaurant
* Letter S - Supper at Sonic, Selfies around town, Significant Spots and Special Gifts!
* Letter T - Tiny House Tours and Food Trucks
* Letter U - Unique service project Unplanned (By Us, anyway)
* Letter V - Vintage Voyage!
* Letter W - Wonderful Waterfront date: Walking the beaches and kayaking in a clear kayak
* Letter X - Xtra loud music at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert!
* Letter Y - Yuletide fun at the Biltmore Estate!
* Letter Z - Zipping up the year!

We counted this project a great success, and here is our list of reasons why we loved it! We hope you can find the inspiration to do something similar in your own life!