Money Saving Tip: Have a Picnic

Here's a way to save on both eating out and entertainment costs:

Picnic with your kids in your own backyard. Pack food in their school lunchboxes, spread out a blanket and enjoy your time together.

My wife did this the other day with our kids. They had a picnic on our deck (right outside the kitchen) and when I got home that night you would have thought they went to Disney World! The kids had a blast, we saved some money (versus eating out or entertaining them another way), and it wasn't really any extra work (the food was eaten literally 10 feet from our kitchen table -- it was just outside instead of inside).

Comments

[Amanda]

Great idea! People don't realize how much they can save by eating "in" - or how much money can be wasted on buying lunch during the work week or ordering take-out...