These days, who has the money to take a date to a fancy dinner? Or treat her with a huge soda and a tub of popcorn in the theaters? If all you have in your pocket is $40 and that money is supposed to last you a week but yet you have a hot date — or just a date. Fear not. I am the queen of cheap and sales. Believe me, I can spend $20 and get me an entire outfit AND lunch right after.
So grab your $40 bucks and prepare for a day of Romance and Geek.
1. Coupons Coupons Coupons! I can’t stress that enough. I know it’ll be a bit embarrassing whipping out your little pouch of coupons while your date is around but you can always sneak that in your bill without your date even noticing **Oh wow is that Mark Wahlberg behind you!?** . Restaurants are giving away coupons like they’re free money especially around Valentine’s day. Don’t throw away those coupon books that are mailed to you every week. It will be worth browsing through them once a year. You can find a nice restaurant that will impress your date and won’t hurt your wallet filled with dust bunnies. You can save yourself up to $20 on dinner and still afford to get your date some flowers from the grocery store. YES I said Grocery Store – what!? They have ‘em!
Price: About $30 – 35 for a nice dinner and maybe flowers. The rest of the money, go rent a movie, go to your place and watch it. Just be sure that place is not in the basement of your parent’s house please.
2. Instead of taking her to a movie, why not use the power of your expensive consoles’ ability to access Netflix? And guys please. No Goonies! Sorry Techland writer. Goonies is the last thing I want to see while on a date. It’s not really, lip-locking friendly. I don’t want to watch or hear little bratty kids as I get my groove on. There are other Geeky movies your geek lover/partner would enjoy. Like Star Wars – all of them! Plan an all-nighter Star Wars Marathon and order take out Chinese. While you’re at it (and if she’s up for it) Princess Leia in a gold bikini — I’m just sayin’. RAWRRRR!
Price: $4.99 a month for your Netflix and about $20 for Chinese take out. And I think you can splurge and break the bank a little and get her the Leia Slave Costume which FYI is not a first date thing. Only get it when you and that date have been going out for a little while. Or you’ll be coming to work the next day all red, and not because of lipstick or that red glow you get after you get some. It’ll be a hand print.
3. COOK for your date. That’s right – I said it! Nothing impresses a woman (or man) more than a date that can cook. And by cook, I mean actually making EVERYTHING from scratch. Sorry microwavable dinners or take outs you take credit for and serve on platters DO NOT count. Browse the net for some easy romantic dinners that will surely woo your date. It’s even more impressive for your date to see you do the cooking! Or better yet, cook the meal together. This is called bonding. Google it. Believe me, it’ll definitely ’score’ you some ‘candy’ points – see what I did there? Nookie Nookie.
Price: $15-20 for groceries for a nice dinner for 2. The rest can go to that option in idea # 2. RAWR.
4. Play video games together. Even though the girl doesn’t play, us girls love to impress the guys as much as the next awkward nerd. However we do it in our cute little way – and not be a dork like some guys. We like the guys to know that we can duke it out on COD MW2 and MAG and I’m telling you girls, try this and you’re golden! And if I have a penny for every time I hear a guy online who I play shooter games with saying “Aww I wish my girl/wife/partner would play too, it would be so cool”, I’d be a millionaire right now and not writing this article. Instead I’d be in Bora Bora, swimming with turtles and being served cocktails instead of dollar sodas from the vending machine.
Price: Zero to $20. Zero if you already own the game. $20 for take out. You have extra money to buy her flowers and candy if you’re one of those.
5. If you have a bit more than $40 because you’re a baller like that, go all out and watch a 3D movie! Oh yeah! There’s nothing more geeky than saying “lets watch this on 3D!”. Like that movie with all the blue kittehs. AND a nice beach front sunset dinner somewhere afterwards with beaches and restaurants… and sunsets. If you really like this date and it has a potential to go somewhere (scared you for a second there huh?), it’s all worth it.
There you go. My prime choices to ‘Score’ (Man that’s all I think about! Whatever you do too — don’t Lie!) big time with your date this Valentine’s day and impress them without deflating your bank account. Now go out and get some!
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