Well if you haven’t fed your significant other to the tigers yet, at least you’re a step ahead of some. (LOL if ya know, ya know.) I wanted to share a few romantic in home date night ideas that we’ve done over the last few weeks to help make it feel like you’re a little less “stuck” at home with your boyfriend/husband & help you keep the spark going during these tough and stressful times!
Wine Tour
I came up with this idea one night after a long day at the pharmacy. One of our favorite things to do together is drink wine and try different kinds! We use this wine subscription service which is AMAZING and it allows us try all different wines from around the world for significantly cheaper than they would normally cost. So obviously we can’t just take a trip to Napa Valley right now, so we brought the wine tour to us! We got dressed up (I highly recommend doing this for some at home date nights, you’ll feel so much better about yourself if you do your hair & makeup and put on a cute outfit!), I made a menu and surprised Kyle with a fun little wine tour!
First “stop” was the kitchen! ha! I had picked up some lobsters from the store on my way home from work, and we made lobster rolls for dinner and opened our first bottle! Now, if I was a professional sommelier I probably would’ve known that white wine pairs best with fish, but I worked with what we had! For the wine tour, you could either do tastings of different kinds of wine at each “stop”, or just have a glass of your favorite at each place! (this is what we did) . So, you get the point! Next stop, was a glass in a hot tub, followed by a glass on the couch! It was so fun to just share a glass of our fav wines throughout different areas of the house, and just spent the evening hanging out and forgetting we were stuck in the house! This was one of our favorite date nights yet!
Fancy Candle Lit Dinner
This one was ALL Kyle’s idea! I came home to the most romantic date night after a long stressful weekend of work! It was a HUGE hit! I shared this one on Instagram and had people messaging me to see if he was giving out lessons that their hubby’s could sign up for! Great job, babe! It was seriously the most romantic, thoughtful idea ever! He welcomed me home with a candle and note in the garage to call (his cell LOL) to confirm my reservation. SO SWEET.
I walked upstairs to the cutest butler I ever did see who welcomed me to a gorgeous table, candle lit and all, who offered to take my things at the door and seat me at my table! I unfortunately had just come home from work, so my khakis didn’t exactly fit the occasion so I politely asked to be excused to change and freshen up!
He had created the cutest customized menu (lot’s of inside jokes on it) with all of my favorite things! He didn’t miss a single detail! We had an amazing surf & turf meal and it felt just like we had gone on a romantic date night, but even better! Such a great idea for birthday’s, anniversaries etc!
Picnic & Sunset
It’s finally starting to get nice out, and nothing beats a gorgeous sunset! Add a charcuterie board, some wine, and snuggle up with your man and you’ve got yourself the perfect romantic date night! This is one of my favorite things to do during quarantine or not! I put on this cozy two piece athleisure set, we drove to one of the prettiest spots in Burlington (Overlook Park), where it overlooks Lake Champlain and you can see the Adirondack Mountains across the lake in New York. We lucked out and it was seriously the prettiest evening. I created a charcuterie board for a perfect picnic snack, poured some wine into our Brumate flutes, and grabbed some blankets to snuggle up with! We popped open the back of the car, turned on some music and watched the sunset! Highly recommend this perfect, romantic date night!
Game Night
Finally, nothing beats a good old fashion game night! This one might not be as romantic, but always fun! Kyle & I are both super competitive people, so we might get a little too into these, but we’ll sit down to play some games, and before you know it 3 hours have passed! For Kyle’s quarantine birthday this year, I got him the old school Nintendo: NES Classic Edition and it has been SO fun! It has all of the fun old school games pre-loaded on it, including Mario, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man etc! It’s been such a fun blast from the past- you can order it here. Note- the controllers that it comes with have a really short cord, so I ordered these wireless ones.
Other fun games that we love playing at home are: Phase 10, Skip-bo, Exploding Kittens, Battle Ship, Uno & Rack-O!
I hope you find these ideas helpful to keep the romance going while stuck inside with each other for weeks on end! We can’t wait to get out to our favorite restaurants, bars and go to a concert either, but these are definitely holding us over while waiting for those time to come!
Xoxo,
Jen