Cheap Date Ideas for Couples on a Budget

Try a New Food Truck

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Hit Up a Garage Sale

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Write Each Other Love Letters

[{"selector":"#anim-32d1cfb7-a040-45d4-8a5d-0bfd1383fb2a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.488281022380349%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] If your relationship is at a point where you're exchanging L-bombs, lean into the romance vibes and write each other heartfelt love letters. And if it's not, write each other heartfelt like letters, even if it just means explaining what caught your eye in their Tinder profile If your relationship is at a point where you're exchanging L-bombs, lean into the romance vibes and write each other heartfelt love letters. And if it's not, write each other heartfelt like letters, even if it just means explaining what caught your eye in their Tinder profile

Have a Book Club Session

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Buy a Lottery Ticket

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Meditate Together

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Visit An Animal Shelter

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Do A Puzzle Together

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Look Through Old Yearbooks

[{"selector":"#anim-d560ef56-5260-417c-a74b-9664cca2f0db [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] You already spent plenty of your parents' hard-earned money on these hardbound keepsakes and, once enough time has passed, they're actually really funny and adorable to reminisce over. Meet up with your most funny/embarrassing/brag-worthy yearbooks and take a trip down memory lane together You already spent plenty of your parents' hard-earned money on these hardbound keepsakes and, once enough time has passed, they're actually really funny and adorable to reminisce over. Meet up with your most funny/embarrassing/brag-worthy yearbooks and take a trip down memory lane together

Fly A Kite

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Build a Blanket Fort

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