By the sounds of things more and more people are having a hard time making ends meet due to prices going up and people loosing their jobs. I feel fortunate that for us the only thing that’s changed is prices going up, but who knows what will happen the next time Paul has to vote on his new contract. Every time they change their contract it keeps getting worse and worse.
The thing I don’t understand though is people who are having a hard time finding ends meet, but yet they still will go out to eat, out to the movies, still buying stuff they don’t NEED, but WANT. That’s when I can’t feel sorry for them.
Some of you might be thinking, but how are we to save? Especially when things like Valentines day is around the corner. I HAVE to do something for my significant other.
To tell you the truth… what Paul and I usually end up doing for Valentines day is we find a babysitter for the kids (which is usually my parents.. so therefor free) and going out for a dinner. We don’t go to the nicest place around, just as long as we are together. But a cheaper way could be for once again have my parents watch the kids, but we could make a nice dinner at home together and then rent some movies from the library (which is FREE) and just spend a nice romantic night at home. Now if we lived somewhere warmer and close to the beach another thing would be to take a drive to the beach and take a nice romantic moon lit walk while listening to the waves crash.
There are so many “cheap” things you can do for Valentines day, you don’t need to go to the expensive jewelery store to show your love or keep looking online for the daily deal hoping to score there. At least for me.. just spending quality time together means the most.
What do you do for Valentines day? Do you usually go all out? Or are you like us and like to have the more laid back Valentines night?