One of continuous things you hear about newly married life is being low on funds. Now whether that is true or not (I would think having kids would leave you more  strapped for cash than just being a newlywed, but I wouldn't know, now would I?).

Anyway, in an effort to save some money, I decided to challenge us to a $20 (only) date night.  And you should try it too!

The rules are this: It has to include dinner and an activity, both of which have to be $20 or less, and no special elite deals. For example, say your great uncle Terry worked at the movies and slipped you in for free. That elite deal obviously doesn't apply to everyone, so it doesn't count.  The goal is to share $20 date night ideas with others - and elite deals makes sharing impossible.

On our $20 date night: Frazier and I began with deciding on dinner and chose to be creative. Since Frazier had worked at a pizza parlor in college, he has developed a knack for creating unique and yummy pizzas. However, making a homemade pizza can obviously be easily done no matter what your skill level. One can start by purchasing either a crust that is already made, dough in a can to roll out, or mixing water into a pizza crust kit.  We decided to buy the dough that you can roll out, and we managed to buy that, the sauce, pepperonis and cheese for under $8.

The next step was our "activity." We could have cheated and say rented a movie, but we went to a minor league baseball game instead. Tickets were $6 each to the Arkansas Travelers game, and goodness, was it hot! But it wasn't bad once the sun faded down, and it was so nice to cheer on the Travs while enjoying the downtown Little Rock skyline.

We barely made it, but we managed to scrape by spending exactly $20. A lot of fun rolled into just $20 which is fairly hard to accomplish!

Anyone have any ideas for more date nights?  Send them to me at DEdwards@ABPG.com. I'd love to feature them!

Oh and stay tuned for next week...I think we may have to have a giveaway!