GameWorks

If your marriage is like mine, you might be a little bit competitive with each other. When you can find something that you are both good at, it is fun to compete. For our date night this week my wife and I went to a place in Schaumburg, IL called GameWorks. It was great to be able to enjoy some healthy competition and laugh, sweat, and run around together. We even increased the stakes on one of the racing game and who ever loss had to take the trash out when we got home! 

GameWorks has interactive video, ticket and prize games as well as a restaurant. The food was great and they even offer a discount when you purchase a game card with your meal. They also offer half offp games on Mondays.  My wife and I tried to get as many tickets as we could get so that we could exchange them for a prize at the end of the night. My favorite game was a basketball shooting game.

During our date, I tool the time to ask my wife some questions that help us get to know each other better. To make this more fun we played the game “This or That.” In this game you give 2 options and your partner has to decide which option they would prefer.  For example, would you prefer to go to a concert or the theater? This is a great opportunity to get some ideas for future dates! We took turns and found out more about each other.

At the end of our date we both felt great. We had a lot to talk about and felt closer to each other. GameWorks really was a lot of fun and we will probably come back! To my wife’s delight she won the racing game and I had to take the trash out when we got home!

Outdoor Mall Adventure

If you are like me, you don’t really enjoy going to the mall, I don’t like the big crowds, the stress of finding parking, and waiting in lines. Despite my reservations about malls my wife and I decided to try out an outdoor mall for our date night this past week. We went to Oak Brook Center Mall out in the suburbs of Chicago.

When we got there we discovered that the mall has already put their Christmas lights up, it was a beautiful sight! The mall might not seem like a great place to take your spouse out on a date but with a little effort you can make it a great date. It’s a great opportunity to learn about your spouse, connect and have a little fun.

We decided to play a game where you have to finish this sentence, “If you had the money, what would you do with…?” Then fill in the blank with different endings. I learned that my wife and I have different ideas about how our bedroom should be decorated. I took her to the store PB Teen and showed her some furniture that I thought would be functional and fit our bedroom. She didn’t agree with me on this one! We did end up coming to the conclusion that we would both like a king sized bed and we agreed on the bedding we would get for it. It was a lot of fun discussing our dreams for our future home!

I also had the opportunity to learn a little more about my wife’s childhood. My wife got really excited when we got to a store called L’Occitane. This store offers natural beauty skincare products and my wife knew all about them. I had no idea that she knew all of that information or was even into natural products. I found out that my wife and her mother used to go there a lot when she was growing up. This started a great conversation about my wife’s childhood and she told me some stories I’d never heard before.

Despite my reservations we had a great date at the mall. We took the time to make the date a more intimate and meaningful experience and I’m glad we did it!

PGN Fun Village

PGN Fun Village is fun place to go to and have a great time. It’s similar to Dave and Buster’s, if you’ve had the chance to go there. PNG Fun Village is located in Hickory Hills, IL, 8125 West 95th Street Hickory Hills, Illinois 60457. 

They have arcade style games, mini-golf, a driving range, inflatables and prizes! They also provide places for children to play on tubes, slides and a ball pit. If you want to make a night of it you can grab dinner there as well, drinks are only 1$ and you can get a hot dog for $1.50!

If you enjoy golfing they have a driving rage and a mini-golf course. I personally really enjoyed the mini-golf course. They have some really interesting and fun props at each hole, my favorites were the ones where it looked like you were in a cave. They have two courses and it’s only $7 dollars for one or $9 for both. When you finish with one course you can jump over to the second one for another round.

The arcade is also a lot of fun. You can get 4 tokens for a $1, 20 for $5, 45 for $10. We spent the $10 and got the 45 tokens and it lasted us a while. My wife and I enjoyed skeeball; we got a little competitive! They also have some fun driving games and my personal favorite, a basketball shooting game.

All in all, it was a pretty fun night. There weren’t too many people there so we got to play the games that we wanted and didn’t have to wait long for any of the games.  I would recommend this place for anyone that would like to play double the mini-golf and have a fun night playing arcade games!