Affordable Date Ideas for Valentine’s Day

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If you’re a college student without a ton of cash that wants some affordable date ideas for Valentine’s Day, you have come to the right place.

1. Fondue and bubbly. Get some cheese and chocolate to melt, borrow a fondue set, and cut up pieces of fruit and cake to dip. Pop the cork (Martinelli’s or soda may be a good alternative if you’re underage) and you’ll have a Valentine’s date to remember.
2. Look for things going on around town. For example, dmadesign says that a theater in Boston is showing Casblance on V-Day
3. Check out an open mic night. Local cafes will often have open mic nights when amateur musicians and poets can perform their latest creations.
4. Plan a Clue Murder Mystery dinner. A Murder Mystery dinner is sure to add some intrigue to your Valentine’s! If you want to get really into character, you can even dress up!
5. Take a couples massage class. Learn a few massage techniques to make your Valentine melt!
6. Go ice skating. You can hold hands the entire time!
7. Group dinner date. If you and your Valentine have just started dating, a group dinner date is a great way to take the pressure off on February 14th. Have everyone bring a dish to share.
8. Go for dessert. Find a local place that serves decadent desserts or frozen yogurt and go
9. Stargaze. There’s nothing quite like winter stargazing with impressive constellations like Orion high in the sky. It will give you a chance to get close and share body heat while you’re staring up at the cosmos.
10. Go sledding. If there’s snow on the hills by your campus, grab some inner tubes or a toboggan and go sledding! Afterward you can warm up to hot chocolate. Mm!
11. Hit a karaoke club. Warm up those vocal chords and get ready to do your best Cher!