The pottery painting is a great idea! My Fiance and I had a great time. And now he has a coffee mug and I have a hamburger bank to remember!

Pac a lunch and take a tour! If you live in an area like i do, there are a ton of historic sights to see. Or while you are there you can wine and dine. It's free to go, shut the radio off in the car, stir up some good conversations...Than sight-see and shop!

Check out our local colleges. There are quite a few where we live and they all have art gallery buildings. And all of them are free.

On summer nights we like to take a walk or go on a bike ride and stop at a local mom and pop ice cream shop. But, our favorite free date is to go to a locally owned bookstore and browse the shelves. We always have great conversations about the books we find.

We love board games!!! we have had so much fun grabbing a 12 pack,(maybe some take out or cook in) picking out a board game and turning on the music! (or having a funny classic movie on in the back ground) its so much fun!

We've had great luck purchasing certificates 2 fancy restaurants on www.restaurant.com We buy them when they're 80% off so 4 ex, a $25 off cert cost us $2. We've eaten at pricey spots with top o the line creative dishes for @$20 plus tip. The place we went last night had a jazz trio & a bright, airy feel to the place. Gave us both a nice pick-me-up after hard workdays.

We have a couple 2nd run movie theaters close by. Tickets are only $2-$3 a person, so it's worth it to wait the extra month for something we want to see. Oh and there's also the dollar menu at McD's! lol Just kidding of course--I never eat fast food ;-)

$ We organise a dessert & board game night at least once a week with either my husbands family or grandparents. One of us bakes a nice dessert, and we have coffees and nibblies during the game. $$$ We love to have Thai as 1 meat dish plus rice for two is under $20 we usually follow this by walking around late-open asian supermarkets and buying nteresting new foods. $$ We love to cook, so one of us will do a 3-course meal. Sometimes we have a couple over to share the fun $ Beach or swimming pool, but bring drinks, snacks, books, massage oil, and do things like collect shells, sunbake together, walks to get hot chips or icecream $$$ When we have an upcoming friend/family birthday we go shopping for the present together - my husband loves shopping when we have a goal (even if it includes a new dress for me ;)) and it's doing something that has to be done together.

If you live near a University, hit up some of their plays or music deparment performances. The tickets are usually around $10/piece and the shows are good quality. You get a classy evening and you don't have to pay the downtown theatre prices.

We go to the local improv groug for $5 each. They also have a "frequent flyer" card, go five times next visit is free. And we found a local contra dancing community group. Once a month lessons are free and before hand there is a pot luck!

Date night is a must! My DH and I go every Wed. and Sat.! One of our favorite cheap things to do is go to our local pub where they have video golf and play a few rounds of golf! Cost is about 12 dollars for two games of golf and we have fun playing on the different courses and enjoying some "friendly playful" competition!

many cities have 'first fridays' or something like that where all of the art studios and museums are open late night once a month and most of them are free plus snacks and wine! we live in a football town so on friday nights there is a street party and all day saturday there is tail-gating...no need to go to the game-just make friends with your alum and chill in the sun with a sweet view of the stadium ;) we are fortunate to have a gorgeous stadium ie: in miami this would be a suck date ;)