Today I’m doing something fun! I’m sharing about an amazing book, 52 Uncommon Dates, by Randy Southern and giving away a copy of the book to one randomly chosen commenter.

Now, if you’re like me and my man, then coming up with creative things to do on a date can quickly turn into a chore that’s burdensome or so time-intensive that it never gets done. That’s the last thing a date should be—a burden! Even if you think of a creative date idea or two along the way, having all the details mapped out or having incredibly fun and interesting tips/activities to make it more meaningful are hard to come by!

What I loved about this book: {because, honestly, I didn’t see anything that I didn’t like! And I’ve seen quite a few books on dating in my day. Yeah, let’s not go there—my age has nothing to do with it!}

• First of all, I love that there are 52 creative and “uncommon” dates for each week of the year or for however long it takes you to get through the long list.
• I love how inexpensive many of these date ideas are. There’s even a date called, “Garage Sale Date” that {as you might guess} involves making money instead of spending it! ha!
• I love how each date gives you specific “tools” in the toolbox to make your date more than just something to do socially or recreationally. I’ll list them below—so be patient, my peeps! I’m getting to that!
• I like how diverse each of the date ideas are. There was everything from the Garage Sale Date I mentioned above, to the “5k Date,” “Spontaneous Date,” “People-Watching Date,” “Backrub Date,” etcetera, etcetera, etcetera!

The specific “tools in the toolbox” are:

• Step-by-step instructions on how to plan the date.
• Questions for reflecting back on the date.
• Tips for incorporating Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages into each date. {So cool!}
• Ideas on how to incorporate prayer and God’s word as it relates to the topic of each date.

Even if you don’t win this book in the giveaway, buy it, my friends! It is so worth Amazon’s recently reduced price of $8.50 or $5.77 for the Kindle version. Oh, and it would make a great wedding gift as well! BTW, I get no kickbacks—other than receiving the free copy of the book to review—so there’s nothing in it for me moving forward. I’m just sayin’—it’s a must-have for every couple who wants to stay connected in a meaningful way over the years.

Rules for the giveaway –

• Only one entry per person—regardless how many times you comment. 🙂
• Entrants must have a U.S. or Canadian mailing address.
• The winner will be announced back her at this post after the link up closes at midnight on Thursday, Sept. 11th.

Now it’s your turn!

Tell us about one creative date you went on with your spouse! 

or

Tell us about a date that turned out to be a “dud” and why! 

If you’re interested in checking out my very first “vlog” {video segment} you can click here to go directly.

Congrats to Stasia! She’s our winner this time around … although I think you’re all winners in my book! 

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