Well-Traveled Wife: c&e date ideas

since it's wedding week, we are celebrating all things love/marriage/wedding as we lead up to our one year anniversary {in 3 days!!!} we are firm believers in continuing to date and fall in love over and over even in marriage, so here are some of our favorite unique date ideas. add any of your own at the bottom by commenting! XO

bike rides – around the block or out and about!
sketch out a blueprint of our dream home
cook together – each taking turns with parts of the recipe
go to the gym together – we don't always do the same workout, but i love just looking at chase from across the gym
make a list of places we have been and want to go
paint each other's potrait
have a cookie bake-off...you each make your own recipe!
spend the night at barnes & noble reading...trust me, this is addicting
find a place to mini golf
plant a garden – my dream when we have a yard! something to start together, and work on over time!
go see a play/musical at a local theatre..one of our favorite things. there can be such hidden gems locally, and they usually aren't too expensive!
paint a room in your house//apartment
go shopping for something new for each of you
speed scrabble..the best
go for a long walk
picnic on the beach or at the park
play a tennis match
make a time capsule- i really want to do this!
cuddle up on the couch for a movie with kettle corn
start reading a book together – it can be romantic!
organize photos & relive memories
sit outside and watch the sunset
make a music video together
get lost watching youtubes all night
go window shopping
watch home videos
take a cooking class together
go get breakfast for dinner
make a very specific list of things we love about each other
make a list of potential future baby names
get ahead of the game and go buy christmas/birthday gifts for family
mute the TV/movie and make up your own dialogue
go through a junk drawer and organize it
plan a dream trip, down to every detail
go to yoga...or even do it at home with a youtube!
go to the dollar movies
find a historic walking tour somewhere where you live
take your parents out for dinner together
go wedding crashing
write a leap list for before kids
take a photography class together
take a day trip to a special location nearby – for us it would be santa cruz, monterey, carmel-by-the-sea, sausalito, napa valley, etc.
find a band you both like and see if they’re playing anytime soon or nearby. if not, go searching for live music.
go to the ballet...so romantic!
write letters to our loved ones
make it a double feature at the movie theatre..you each pick one
take dancing lessons..really one of the most favorite things we have done together!
head to a baseball game together – major or minor league!
go bowling! {my secret talent}
go house hunting...even if it's just for fun
go fishing – something my husband loves trying to get me to do
rent canoes for a little ride
facetime old friends // family
roller blading – this really is so fun and actually a good work out!
get a couple massage at a local massage school
run a 5K, 10K, 1/2 marathon, marathon together
volunteer together somewhere special
make a video together
go practice your golf swing at a driving range
head to the beach {something we are lucky to have nearby!}
play a board game or cards
recreate your very first date
dance in the kitchen
go check out a flea market
try a new work out together
go camping
online shop and make wish lists for each other to keep for reference :)
watch the sunset and sunrise
play frisbee
redo your bedroom together – re-arrange furniture, put new sheets on, hang pictures, etc
when it’s raining, go soak it in outside together!
find free movies at a local park near you and take a blanket + treats
walk around the mall, and make sure to get a cinnamon pretzel :)
have a fondue night
make chocolate chip cookies from scratch together
go try batting cages
go-cart racing!
check out a local art gallery
take a boat ride
go test drive a car {for real or just for fun!}
go apple picking – one of my favorite things we've done this year!
watch your wedding video together
make a family tree
spa night! massages, manicures, pedicures
spend the night at a local bed & breakfast
go hiking
rearrange our furniture
go to an aquarium
head to a local museum
take a new fitness class together
make ice cream sundaes
go ice skating
make chocolate-dipped strawberries
find a karaoke place to unwind at
plan a progressive dinner at different restaurants...appetizers one place, salad the next, entree and a third restaurant, and somewhere else for dessert!
lay in the backyard and look up at the stars
go horseback riding
download new music and make a playlist together
cook s'mores on the stove
go hot tubbing
plan your dream 5- year anniversary trip
make treats and drop them off to people who need a pick-me-up
dress up fancy and go out to dinner downtown
write down goals and dreams you both have for your lives
go grocery shop together and plan out meals in advance
clean out and organize something in your house/apartment
make breakfast and eat it in bed
plant a tree
build a fort and watch a movie in it
go to a planetarium and be nerds
take a bubble bath together
create a scavenger hunt for each other of clues that only the 2 of you would know and understand
write poems to each other
go to a water park on a hot summer day
go to a fun pottery/painting place like color-me-mine!
make a list of books to read/ movies to watch
find a street fair or county fair
pick a food truck and hunt it down for dinner
go to a farmer's market together
spin a globe, and wherever it lands-go find a dinner place with that type of food
go out to brunch! best meal ever.
go thrift shopping and pick out one crazy item for each other
make something for our house
go star gazing
go rock climbing
stock up on favorite toppings and make your own ice cream sundae bar
make 5, 10, and 15 year plans
go to a sports bar to watch a big game
go to an antique store.
go to a comedy club.