I know, I know, it's been a whole week since Valentine's day, and I am just now getting to a recap.
We had a great date night in.

The menu was fettuccine alfredo, garden salad, roasted garlic bread, and peanut butter blossoms for dessert. Everything was a huge hit! (he insisted of taking a picture of the spread)

As for my gift to Alex, my friend gave me this idea that her boyfriend did for her a few years ago. He came up with a lot of date ideas, and made a date jar. I tried to keep mine from being typical or cheezy. You can let me know if I hit my mark!
So here you have it:
75 Fresh Date Ideas
For Starters
~ Jacuzzi night
~ Make a gourmet Dessert together
~ Play scrabble
~ Go to a public place to people watch
~ Have a fondue night
~ Go to the park
~ Make a fort and have a game night
~ Make cookies together
~ Pretend to be strangers in public
~ Random act of kindness
~ Wii game night
~ Find a local open mic
~ Take a stroll down memory lane ..visit places that you went when you were first dating
~ Take your nephews out ..if you don't have kids, take some beloved cousins/nephews out for the day! The best part is you can give them back after the day is done!
~ Have a photoshoot
~ Pretend to go house hunting
~ Make a video ..ask him questions and record it. Have him ask you questions and record it. Edit later, and you have something that you will look back on forever.
~ Detail your car
~ Go antiquing
~ Volunteer Day
~ Line Dancing
~ Make bucket lists
He'll Love You For It
~ Go fishing
~ Go for a hike
~ Batting cages
~ Test drive a dream car
~ Video game night
~ His choice of a home cooked meal
~ Go rock climbing
~ Laser tag
~ Shooting range
~ Go Golfing
Get Some Fresh Air
~Fly Kites
~ Paddle boarding
~ Take the dogs to the beach
~ Ride bikes
~ Feed the ducks
~ Geocaching
~ Beach day
~ See a play
~ Tide Pools
~ Rollerblading
~ Farmer's Market
~ Horseback Riding
~ Go to the Zoo
~ Watch a sunset
~ Star gazing night
Not Completely Free...
~ Drive-In movies
~ Make your own pizzas
~ Go thrifting
~ Go restaurant hopping
~ Find a local restaurant on yelp
~ Hot air balloon ride
~ Go to a local sporting event
~ Couples massage
~ Have a groupon date
~ Eat takeout by candlelight
~ Go bowling
~ Movie and ice cream
~ Take a cooking class
~ Go on a harbor cruise
~ Sneak chinese food into a movie
~ Dinner in Little Italy
~ Try a yoga class
~ Touristing in Coronado
~ Paint your own pottery
~ Mini Golfing
Especially for San Diego Natives
~ Drive to Julian for a day ..Mom's apple pie, apple cider, adorable little town, what's not to love?
~ Picnic at Point Loma lighthouse
~ Tourist day at Balboa Park
~ Kayaking at La Jolla Cove
~ Snorkeling at La Jolla Cove