I really miss the days of not being a student and being able to go out and buy a pair of jeans, go to the movies and have some after work drinks. These days those events never happen within the same day, week or month. I basically have a big list in the back of the Filofax and on the side of my desktop screen where I write down anything that I really, really crave. This stuff ranges from specific make-up products, perfumes and clothing to books and "events." I'm definitely not an impulse buy kinda person. Everything gets researched to bits, because with limited funds buying stuff that I don't love only ends up making me cry.
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L and I have been in a bit of a rut when it comes to doing stuff for this reason though. I know that there's fabulous nearly free things to do, but most things do cost an arm and a leg. We can't afford to go to dinner every week and as we're in England it's hardly long romantic walks on the promenade weather. Hopefully we'll be off to visit London Science Museum later in the month as it keeps getting recommended to me and entry is free (!). While I'm more of an art museum lover I'm sure this is something we'll both be able to enjoy together.
Have you guys got any tips for cheap date nights and days? We'll soon have an entire week off together and I really don't want to end up sat inside playing Kingdoms of Amalur all weekend! We've already made plans to visit the gym lots as that's definitely a couple's activity we both love to indulge in.
Toodles,
Nina
On top of the Science Musuem, there's the Natural History Museum which Stacey and I visited back in December (see pics here - http://asummerfullofpeaches.com/2013/01/a-december-roundup/) and there's the V&A too, which has a David Bowie exhibition starting soon - those are both free too. In terms of free / cheap dates, one of my favourite memories is when we made a fort in our living room last year - so much more fun watching a movie in the fort than just sat on the sofa...
ReplyDeleteOooh, brilliant idea! The fort thing will be a great one for when we move and have boxes stacked everywhere.
DeleteHello, first time commenting although I really love your blog.
ReplyDeleteGet yourself a copy of Secret London! It's a brilliant guidebook for Londoners with lots of ideas to see unusual things in the capital and most of them are free. You can bookmark several locations in the same area and plan a very pleasant walk. Oh and if you have a Filofax please post pictures (=^・^=)
All the better for you to comment! Thank you! :)
DeleteOooh, I'll definitely have a look into that, it sounds great. I usually only buy guide books from places that I'll probably never visit because I like to dream a little sneakily. Ooh, if people are interested in seeing my precious filo I'll definitely show some photos in an upcoming post. It's one of those most prized possessions!
I love Filos and I love to see how other people organise theirs, I have a mild stationery blog addiction :)
ReplyDeleteSecret London is great, such a brilliant idea to explore lots of random places most of us Londoners never knew existed. I tend to buy guidebooks to amazingly exotic places too just to daydream and my copy of SL was a gift but it's quite well-used already.