Indiana Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Indy: cheap entertainment ideas?
I found discounted bowling, but what are some other cheap date ideas?
Mike and I need to spend more time together now that I'm not traveling like crazy, but I'm unemployed so we are trying to do free or cheap things around the city 
I can think of driving around and looking at lights, going to the circle for lights, walk on the canal, Christmas at the Zoo......
Move along, nothing to see here.....
Re: Indy: cheap entertainment ideas?
Hmm...
- go to Jillians or some other arcade and spend some quarters. Shane and I used to do this for a date night and its actually really fun
- The Indianapolis Museum of Art and other galleries. They have interactive exhibits and its fun to see all the art, history, etc.. one of my favorites!
- a cooking class
We watch a lot of movies at home, play a lot of rock band, and generally chilax
All of which are free!! I know its not a super sexy date night (fun yes, sexy, no 
but you guys are always welcome to come hang out with us 
I think we'd have some fun with rock band - we've only played it once and it was pretty funny!
We're not so worried about sexy as we are about spending time together. It's been a rough 6 months for me (and us), so we need to spend some time together vs. only seeing each other twice a week in passing as I flurry around.
We'd love to spend time with you guys, but ya'll are crazy busy! Let us know when you have a minute :P
Well, once we get a good snow fall, we're going to go sledding. That's always free if you already have a sled.
I do know there is a cheap theater on E. Washington St. I think it was across from the mall. It's like a dollar theater kind of thing.
When the weather gets nice you can always hang out on the Monon... but that's a few months away.
I agree that if you're looking for cheap things to do, staying in is usually the best way to do it (at least in the wintertime). You could order a pizza (or do a take and bake), sit down and watch a movie.
Dh and I like to go to Starbucks together. We order a couple drinks and we hang out with each other while sipping on it. Sometimes we'll go for a drive afterwards, sometimes we'll go shopping.
I just made a list about a month ago of things to do that are basically free - mostly indoors. Some ideas were:
play a puzzle
play a board game
cook dinner together (and go buy the ingredients/pick out a recipe together,etc)
go to borders and get a coffee and just hang out and read
pop popcorn and make hot chocolate and watch a movie at home
volunteer together
Kerasotes theatres has a 5 buck club where you can see certain new movies for just 5 bucks after they have been out a few weeks. https://www.fivebuckclub.net/ to sign up and get your cards.
If you live in the city limits and can get or already have a card, the Indianapolis Library rocks for movies and books. They have just about anything you can think of and they let you check out up to 150 CDs at a time. We like going to the central library on weekends because of the architecture.
For cheap movies at home: www.hulu.com (free) or visit Marsh or McDonalds for a $1 Redbox.
For cheap pizza, Hungry Howies is yummy and you can usually get one for close to $5 carry-out with a coupon
We have never gone, but always talk about going ice skating at the fairgrounds.