The dates you remember don't always involve tickets or reservations. Sometimes they begin with noticing what the other person would like to do.
One: A bookstore swap
Go to a bookstore. Each find a book you think the other person might enjoy and explain why you chose it. Buying the book is optional; knowing each other's interests is the story.
Two: A two-question walk
Choose a familiar route and ask two questions you have never quite made time for. Leave the phones in your pockets until the walk is done.
Three: Bake something imperfect
Pick an easy recipe, share the work, and enjoy whatever comes out of the oven. An uneven loaf might make a better memory than a perfect photograph.
Four: Remember a tiny favourite
Bring home their favourite snack or drink for no special reason. The gesture says, “I remembered.”
Five: Return to a familiar place
Visit somewhere you used to go together. Ask each other what has changed for the better since the first time. Let the little memories do the rest.
It's rarely the cost that carries the meaning. It's the attention behind the choice.