Weekend of Cheap? Not So Much.

My son graduated from junior high on Friday. That meant family would be in town visiting. Translation: Lots of going out. Further translation: Spending lots of money.

Friday could've gotten crazy expensive, had the kidling decided he wanted to go out to eat to celebrate. Instead, he wanted to have a family BBQ. We already had everything we needed, so... $0! Woo hoo!

After a long day of running around and sitting in the sun, I was exhausted. The kids both went to parties, so I thought I was in for a night of rest. Not so much! The ex was in town town and he had ants in his pants. He had no desire to sit idly by as the world was having fun around him! To appease this need to party, we headed over to the Alamo with my buddy John for happy hour. Being the broke chick that I am, I stuffed a coupon that came in the mail into my back pocket, half believing that it wouldn't work because we were only drinking. Three hours, nine beers, and one order of nachos later, the check arrived. The moment of truth... The coupon worked! My portion of the bill: $7.00.

My son called when the party he was at ended. We rolled on over to get him, then spontaneously decided to go see the A Team. The ex treated. (Read my previous blog to see how much I loved this movie. LMAO I can't keep a straight face even writing that!)

Saturday was another day of parties for the kids. Later on, the kids had a dance to go to. Since the kiddos were occupied, the ex wanted to get out and do something fun again. He had read about the cemetery movie and wanted to check that out for himself, so we called John and his wife Jen to see if they were interested. They said yes, and we had an adventure on our hands!

Food-wise, I packed a picnic consisting of leftovers from Friday's BBQ. Afterward, we paid Johnny Ramone's gravesite a visit. Spooky fun! Anyhow, total for the night: admission to the movie was $20 for the two of us.


This morning, I woke up, sooooo thrilled that I got to sleep in. Around noon, the phone started ringing out of control. Spontaneous outing at the Alamo! I tried and tried and tried to get out of it, but my friends wouldn't have it. My presence was demanded, and since the ex had my car (he was already there!), they even sent someone to come get me! Due to my forced participation, the group let the ex know that he was buying my all-you-can-drink champagne. Let me tell you what: We drank all the champagne. They literally ran out... Or so they say! Final tally (for me): $0.



I ended up spending $27 this weekend. As you may recall, I was already $3 in the black, so I'm down to $1. ($25 + $3 [rollover from last week] - $7 - $20 = $1) Still, $27 for a weekend FILLED with family, friends, and fun, well, that ain't bad!