Comments on: A Frugal Saturday: Twelve Ways We Saved Money Yesterday

By: Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:26:19 +0000

This was a great post! If I might add, my best recipe for fun weekends (esp. in the summer) Go to garage sales and snag up all the awsome board games people played once and and now selling for $.25! My husband and I have a huge collection and there’s always something fun to do, even if the power goes out. We have played many of these games over and over and over again, so the cost per play is so small, but the fun of listening to music, drinking some homemake iced tea and playing games all afternoon is still one of my favorite (frugal) ways to spend a weekend…

By: KMull

KMull — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:20:52 +0000

Sounds like an awesome day to me…

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:14:55 +0000

I particularly enjoyed this post. I (like plonkee) was also wondering what kind of ‘flower’ would taste good in banana pancakes ;). My wife and I had a month similar to your frugal May. In April, we only spent money on doctor’s visits, rent and insurance. We documented our experience at http://tysqui.blogspot.com/2007/05/spend-free-april-is-over.html.

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:58:09 +0000

You’re an inspiration as usual Trent!!

By: Dy (www.dyphan.com)

Dy (www.dyphan.com) — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:20:35 +0000

I would really love to do some of these things, but my wife needs more “fun” things to do. She doesn’t like to spend too much time at home, so I need to find cheap things to do out of my home.

By: plonkee

plonkee — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:21:15 +0000

Sounds like a nice day, surely though you made the pancakes with ‘flour’ and not ‘flower’.

By: sfordinarygirl

sfordinarygirl — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:58:42 +0000

I forgot to mention the Smiths along with the Cure are some of my favorite 80s bands. “There’s a light that never goes out” and “this charming man” are some of my favorites.

By: sfordinarygirl

sfordinarygirl — Mon, 21 May 2007 05:56:05 +0000

Your posts are really inspiring!

I spent the weekend on a museum marathon with the BofA promotion. I saw so many amazing works of art – Pablo Picasso and the Vivienne Westwood exhibit. All without spending any money. There was an outdoor movie screening in the park I saw and didn’t spend a dime on food having brought my own snacks.

And I read an old issue of the Economist and discovered some articles relevant to work.

Good luck with the rest of May!

By: clkl

clkl — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:30:20 +0000

Our lifestyle is just like this, all the time; Not as an “ultra-frugal” experiment, rather by habit, preference, and inclination. We enjoy activities less when they cost money.

May you continue to find joy in each other’s company.

Best of luck with the house-hunt!

All the best,
CLKL

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:28:50 +0000

Looks like you had a great day! Was this something your family planned out or was it completely spontaneous? It seems like my wife and I have plan in order to have days like yours. We usually end up spending money if we don’t have a plan.

By: MVP

MVP — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:45:34 +0000

Love it! Finally, another couple who realizes they have everything they need to be happy and don’t necessarily have to have cable and a 55″ flatscreen TV, expensive concert tickets or go out for a $250 night on the town each weekend to have a great life. Cooking together, playing card, board and yard games and going for bike rides (not to mention some creative hanky panky!)are some of our favorite FREE things to do to share time together.

By: kim

kim — Sun, 20 May 2007 19:54:14 +0000

We have a Sunday night tradition in my house – pizza and a movie. We make the pizza together from scratch and pop some popcorn. We all eat together in the livingroom while watching a kid friendly movie together. I have found that our local video store almost always has coupons available for a free rental from ths children’s section. I resist all of the new releases and rent just the freebie. I have not paid for our weekly video in months! My kids look forward to Sunday night all week!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:02:57 +0000

My friends and I “partied” much of Friday and Saturday playing board games, watching a DVD for an hour, and taking walks, especially going over to the library twice to get more volumes of the “Fables” graphic novels (we were pipelining them). We did buy food and go bowling, but it was a nice weekend for “after finals” and not too hot for walking around.

By: ongrowthtrack

ongrowthtrack — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:00:50 +0000

Very interesting post indeed, we made ready to eat meals for the whole week. We also dont have a TV in out apartment as our joint deciaion, so it does not rob away out time.

By: Rich Minx

Rich Minx — Sun, 20 May 2007 16:03:47 +0000

That’s a really great list. It’s nice to be reminded that the simple pleasures don’t have to involve money at all.

By: Hitesh Parashar

Hitesh Parashar — Sun, 20 May 2007 15:14:30 +0000

Really interesting post – I shared some of these ideas with my wife – we are going to try some of these next Saturday. It is interesting how these “mundane” things make up the happiest moments of our weekends and our lives. I particularly liked your “no TV” and “no shopping” idea :-).