So, money is tight. It's always tight and as the year closes down, the financial noose tightens and tightens. So what better time to go out on a date than when your bank account is fighting hard to stay in the black?? Well...we did it last night and it cost us...oh.....$5.
Matt and I do not get to go out often. Not just because of money, but because of time. We are a very busy family with little to no time to even think about going out. Recently, we found time to go out and spent $15...coming away with full tummies and a take home box with enough food for lunch for one of us. We then walked around a local outdoor market area before heading home. We were so proud of ourselves (Chuy's...local mexican restaurant....loads up their dishes with tons of food...we just share a plate, get water, and that with tip equals $15).
Last night, we beat that. We went to Benihana's for dinner and went and saw the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, in the XD theater and it cost us $5. That was the total spent on the date. How you may ask?
Well...first of all, did you know you can sign up to be a part of the Benihana birthday club and get a $30 gift certificate?? Well, you can!! Matt's birthday is in the month of November. We simply went to Benihana, ordered the steak and shared it all. This meal comes with soup and salad. I do not like their salad, but love their soup. Matt loves the salad. He ate the salad...I ate the soup. We ordered an extra fried rice for me and split the steak, shrimp appetizer, and veggies between us. We ordered water. Being his birthday, he even had ice cream delivered. We were left with paying the tip...$5. As we walked out of the restaurant we both commented on how full we were. So, off to our movie.
If you are doing your math, you will see we have already spent our total at this point. We got to see Skyfall for free...and in XD!! How did we manage this, you ask? Well....Matt is a HUGE James Bond fan. When they re-released the movies on Blu-Ray, he began buying the movies he loves the most. A couple of them came with movie cash to see Skyfall. A couple of them!! That meant...$20 to go towards the movie ($10 movie money each blu-ray). We decided to see it in XD expecting to pay a couple dollars per ticket (XD tickets are expensive). The ticket girl gave us the tickets and did not charge us anything!!
So, we ate great, fresh made food until we were full....watched a GREAT movie with a HUGE screen and BIG sound in plush, oversized seats.....all for $5!! I don't mind being a cheap date!!
Matt and I do not get to go out often. Not just because of money, but because of time. We are a very busy family with little to no time to even think about going out. Recently, we found time to go out and spent $15...coming away with full tummies and a take home box with enough food for lunch for one of us. We then walked around a local outdoor market area before heading home. We were so proud of ourselves (Chuy's...local mexican restaurant....loads up their dishes with tons of food...we just share a plate, get water, and that with tip equals $15).
Last night, we beat that. We went to Benihana's for dinner and went and saw the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, in the XD theater and it cost us $5. That was the total spent on the date. How you may ask?
Well...first of all, did you know you can sign up to be a part of the Benihana birthday club and get a $30 gift certificate?? Well, you can!! Matt's birthday is in the month of November. We simply went to Benihana, ordered the steak and shared it all. This meal comes with soup and salad. I do not like their salad, but love their soup. Matt loves the salad. He ate the salad...I ate the soup. We ordered an extra fried rice for me and split the steak, shrimp appetizer, and veggies between us. We ordered water. Being his birthday, he even had ice cream delivered. We were left with paying the tip...$5. As we walked out of the restaurant we both commented on how full we were. So, off to our movie.
If you are doing your math, you will see we have already spent our total at this point. We got to see Skyfall for free...and in XD!! How did we manage this, you ask? Well....Matt is a HUGE James Bond fan. When they re-released the movies on Blu-Ray, he began buying the movies he loves the most. A couple of them came with movie cash to see Skyfall. A couple of them!! That meant...$20 to go towards the movie ($10 movie money each blu-ray). We decided to see it in XD expecting to pay a couple dollars per ticket (XD tickets are expensive). The ticket girl gave us the tickets and did not charge us anything!!
So, we ate great, fresh made food until we were full....watched a GREAT movie with a HUGE screen and BIG sound in plush, oversized seats.....all for $5!! I don't mind being a cheap date!!
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