Don't Be Miserable, Just Miserly!
I appreciate the comments from some people on not depriving ourselves and our families for the sake of frugality. As with anything, you can go overboard, and frugality is one area where this can be done. Being "miserly" does not have to be synonymous with "miserable"!
Even when we were living on $800-$1000/month, we still found ways to have fun and we definitely occasionally "splurged." We found that, by using coupons, we could go to a few restaurants for $6 for both of us and get a pretty decent dinner. :) So, we had fun doing that about once a month. Or, we would go to our local bookstore and both get a coffee and sit and read for a few hours. It could cost under $5 and yet it was lots of fun! Our bowling alley has $0.99 nights where games and shoes are $0.99-- so we took advantage of this a lot. We could both bowl 2 games and it was $6.
Read Kim's post on their special date night which won't break your budget.
Dates and enjoyable times together-- as families and as husband and wife-- don't have to clean out your wallet. I love the book, Miserly Moms, because Jonni teaches you how to enjoy life-- for a lot less-- without missing out on "life."
Even when we were living on $800-$1000/month, we still found ways to have fun and we definitely occasionally "splurged." We found that, by using coupons, we could go to a few restaurants for $6 for both of us and get a pretty decent dinner. :) So, we had fun doing that about once a month. Or, we would go to our local bookstore and both get a coffee and sit and read for a few hours. It could cost under $5 and yet it was lots of fun! Our bowling alley has $0.99 nights where games and shoes are $0.99-- so we took advantage of this a lot. We could both bowl 2 games and it was $6.
Read Kim's post on their special date night which won't break your budget.
Dates and enjoyable times together-- as families and as husband and wife-- don't have to clean out your wallet. I love the book, Miserly Moms, because Jonni teaches you how to enjoy life-- for a lot less-- without missing out on "life."
posted by Crystal Paine at 2:01 PM
2 Comments:
Cheap dates! That is a great topic!
I know this isn't just a adult date, but my parents used top go to the grocery store and buy a box of ice cream bars and then we would go and sit and watch for the train to go by. We loved trains!
Another one my husband I like to do is picnics or BBQ's. It is fun and cheap! There was this park at the end of our road where we lived that had old apple orchards and we would ride bikes up there.
If you like books then we would go and sit at the bookstore or the library!
Hubby and I love bookstores too - esp. used books!
We always sneak into a bookstore on those rare occasions that we find ourselves out alone together! Sometimes, when we feel like being bad, we even *buy* books...
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