Go Out on date nights with my husband

So over the last few months this has been going really well. I think we hit the 10 year mark and started to really make the effort again. We go out for lunches, dinners, we’ve been to comedy shows and went to the crusty demons a couple of weeks back.
If there’s a down side it’s that this is starting to get expensive! So a slight tweaking to this goal is to still have date nights, but find ways that make them a little more cheap and cheerful for a while

Well this year hasn’t been too bad – if any negative it’s probably that we haven’t planned do to as much as I would like – but we have still managed a few “dates”. Always hard work to find “us” time with a group of friends who think if you’re not together most of the time there’s something wrong!! So we have tried to pull back from spending 3 nights a week minimum with friends and increase the “us” only activities. We’re away together for 4 days over the holidays in a very couply romantic spot which I’m really looking forward to.
So long story short – maybe could still use a bit of work on this one, but not going too bad.

On the new 2008 calender we’ve started to note what we actually do together. Last weekend we went to the races for my birthday which was a great day – but only a once in a blue moon thing cos it costs us a fortune (we gamble VERY badly)! Next weekend we’re heading to a hotel for the night for our wedding anniversary – so we’re going well so far!!

We’ve only been married a year – but we’ve been together for 7 years now. We were friends first, so we never really did the dating thing, it all just kind of fell together. We do go out for meals and movies and things – but not regularly enough – and quiet often it’s a romantic meal for 14 of our closest friends as well. So this year I want the quality time not to include watching the cricket, or a friends BBQ, or shopping at Bunnings…....