When I was in college I opted to stay in the nicest women's res-hall while my then boyfriend (now fiancée) stayed in an apartment.  Our campus had specialty restaurants in most of the residence halls (different theme each day), and best of all you paid for them with your meal card.  My fiancée's birthday is the day before mine and since it falls in November (just before our 5 special holidays) we try to have fun on a low budget.  I used an extra meal to "swipe" him into La Creperie (a french theme).  It was so fun!  

We were dressed to the nines. There were table clothes and flowers on each table and all my friends got to see us decked out and having a proper dinner together!  They later came over and sang to us.  After the restaurant, we went out dancing.  I now miss the prepaid special meals and fun times now that we are in the real world and have to make reservations and pay an arm and a leg (and sometime our first born, as it seems.)