I recently read an article through CNNMoney.com that I liked. It was entitled,"11 Ways To Have Fun Cheaply!" With that said, all of us are frugally savvy folks, and we should not limit ourselves to boring activities when money is tight, or when we are all trying to save more dollars for our rainy day funds or retirement. Given current gas prices, food prices and inflation in general as of late, I feel we all need to think of ways to become more fiscally frugal. It will only benefit us in the long run.
"You either spend money you don't have, which is credit, or you exercise your creativity," says Steve Economides, co-author of "America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right On the Money" and the HomeEconomiser newsletter, with his wife, Annette. "We are sometimes so lazy in America, we think we can just pull out the credit card and that's going to create the happiness and the fun times we want, and the truth is, if we put a little mental energy into it, we're going to have more fun, spend less money and probably learn more. It's being resourceful."
With this mind-set, get ready to rediscover what Seattle and the local resources have to offer. You might be surprised to learn how much you can do while spending very little. I came up with my own list of 11 items.
Enrich your recreation with these frugal Seattle activities:
1. No cost community events or church events
2. Museums on free night offerings
3. Off Broadway shows and performances
4. Factory and business tours
5. U-pick farms in greater Puget Sound area
6. Pot-Luck gatherings at local parks
7. County or State Fairs w/ discount coupon offerings
8. Library for books, magazines or movies
9. Volunteering your time, not just contributing money towards something
10. Movie rentals, versus first run in the theaters
11. Container Gardening at home
The list could go on and on. I'm curios to other people's thoughts on low cost entertainment, since I tend to be a tight wad by nature. I'm going to start providing tips that I find are useful, or things that have worked for us in the past. It's all subjective, but it is nice to learn what works and what does not work for others.
4 comments:
This is a fabulous post! Having been married for 10 years and in school that entire time with kids at home, we have had to learn to be frugal. We frequently visit parks and libraries, take walks and go on nature strolls at Green Lake. And instead of renting movies, we just borrow them from the library. We have learned to put things on hold as soon as they come out on DVD so as to avoid the long hold lists.
I am excited to read about your future tips!
I once got a book from a dear friend at church with an extensive list of great free date ideas for married couples. :)
I forgot about that "Book of Shame." We covered ours in a brown paper sack, and cowardly passed it onto Daddy Shark and Lucy Van Pelt. Funny!
I go to no cost events
No museums
I am an off Broadway show
I will be glad to give you a business tour!
I pick, not sure about Puget farms though
I don't cook-no pot luck for me
Went to the Skagitt county garage sale when I first moved here. I didn't seem to have the right pronunciation on Skagitt but sure got some belly laught over it!
Where is the library?
Volunteering?- not enough of me left to volunteer when the day is done.
Blockbuster knows me by sight!
My containers have weeds this year!
LO
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