April 25, 2025 • 48 mins
Let’s not diminish the greatest hits! We know that when boredom hits, it’s easy to spend just to feel something, but free, low-cost, and guilt-free fun can keep that from happening. In this episode Jen and Jill are packed with all the ways you can live life to the fullest without having to spend a lot!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Episode five oh five, How to Save Money on Entertainment.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Welcome to the Brugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to
save money, embrace simplicity, and liver your life.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Here your hosts Jen and Jill. Welcome to the Frugal
Friends podcast. My name is Jen, my name is Jill,
and today we are talking about all things entertainment. You
guys told us you will love to spend money without
gil on entertainment, and we want to tell you how
(00:38):
to get more of it with less of your dollars.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I love to be entertained. I love to laugh, I
love to have fun. Yeah, so this episode really is
for us because if it's not fun, it's not Frugal Friends.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
And we are running the gamut on entertainment. It's not
going to be just concerts and movies and you know,
finding free events on Facebook Marketplace. We will see some
of that. It will be some of it. Yeah, let's
not let's not diminish the greatest hits. But I think
we're going to talk about some things that you have
(01:11):
not heard talked about very frequently, if at all tantalizing.
But first, this episode is brought to you by at
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new series where every week we are sharing a new
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and it's short, short things.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
And then we go in depth on how we implemented
that money move during the Sunday Reset on YouTube. So
we're just going to have at you bam, bam bam.
You know, podcast, newsletter, Instagram, YouTube. We're building an enterprise.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yes, so this is very fun. I think our money
move from this week is, let's see four twenty five.
It was a cancel something, So we're in the middle
of this week canceling something to save money.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Canceling something, not someone, not someone.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
You're doing that, yes, and so On a Sunday's episode
of The Sunday Reset, we are going to talk about
what we canceled and how we did it. So head
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(02:58):
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to get the friend letter and get them in your
inbox every Monday.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
If you want more episodes like this, you can cueue
up after this our episode how to get free Books
it's episode four sixty eight, or why It's so important
to buy Local that's episode for eighty three. You can
just search those titles or click on them in the links.
They are going to help us to continue implementing this
(03:24):
framework of getting something free, low cost, a deal, or
guilt free. But stay here because we're just coming at
you with all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
All right, So we're gonna dive right into the types
of entertainment we're going to be covering. You know that
we talk about how to get you entertainment for free,
low cost deal, and guilt free. That's what we're covering.
The categories are going to be very varied and they're
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going to very on each section as well, be covering
every category in every section. So we've got watching TV
because that's entertainment, right, So we're not excluding that gaming,
stuff that's outdoors, whether that's hiking, camping, biking, live sports, concerts, festivals, theater,
(04:20):
stuff like that, reading, weekend travel. We're not going to
dive into like vacation travel, but more like staycation type travel, running, yoga,
working out, indoor stuff. And then also crafts and hobbies
so diy projects, home improvement, photography, painting, gardening, cooking, crafting,
(04:44):
stuff like that. So these are the types of entertainment,
and we would also love to see you get inspired
to expand your entertainment pursual So maybe you're mostly into
watching Netflix and going to concerts sometimes taking a walk.
We would love this episode to inspire you to try
(05:06):
something new in one of these categories, so that that
is our hope for you. But first we're going to
start with free, and there's we're leaning heavily into one
place for all things free, Entertainment Library. We love the library.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You know, it's Gen's one voter issue, one vote one
what I'm a.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
One issue voter and it is on the support and
funding of libraries. It's all I care about. And you
can cancel me for that, but I love libraries and
you're about to be just as passionate as I am
when we get through this section.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Okay, we're going to go. We're going to go quick
and fast. Here's all the things you can get at
a library. I'm going to say some, Gen's going to
say some, and we're all going to be blown away. Books,
you know it. You know libraries have books, fiction on fiction, bestsellers, classics, textbooks, audiobooks, CDs,
play aways via apps like Hoopla, Libby Overdrive.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Even like actual like places where you can like like
play aways like I don't. I don't know if they
have like Tony's and things like t O N I
E s not like Tony Awards, but they have things
you can play music and audiobooks on too.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
The rent DVD's blu raising. I don't really need those anymore.
But THO these TV shows, documentaries, I think that some
of that is even available through libbyan Hoopla.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yes, you can find TV shows, documentaries, movies on Hoopla, libbyan.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Overdrive, magazines, newspapers. If you're still subscribing to those. Check
out if your library has them instead of you paying
for them. H CD's vinyl because that has made a comeback.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
And record players. So not everywhere. Not everything we're saying
is going to be available everywhere, but it is worth checking. Ask.
So we've got board games and puzzles, maybe some classic
ones that you've played before, maybe some you've never heard
of and you don't know if you want to splurge
(07:16):
on getting it. I love the library. First, toys and
learning kits, especially for children, like stem and coding kits,
all like robotics, circuit building, stuff like that, really good stuff.
Sports and outdoor equipment, so some libraries will have bikes,
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fishing rods, telescopes, stuff like that, things that you can
use outdoors.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah, our library by the beach has a metal detector
that you could runt out. If that's just something you
want to try while you're at the beach. See if
the local library has that. Sports and outdoor You already
said that. Streaming services, so movies, TV shows, music via
(08:06):
Canopy or free gal online courses so like LinkedIn learning Coursera.
You to me, we pronounced that language learning through things
like Mango languages Rosetta Stone.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
The thing I like about the online courses in the
language learning is that when we are looking to increase
our income, we often think we have to pay to
go back to school to get a new degree. It's
typically only some soft skills and hard skills that we
need to learn. We need to learn to negotiate better,
close deals, better, expand our network better. There are we
(08:44):
only think about the hard skills. We don't think about
the soft skills. And a lot of these places like
Corsera and you to Me and LinkedIn will have soft
skill courses and these are available for free through your library.
It can help you increase your income. Yeah, we've got
three D printers and maker spaces, so there are I've
(09:08):
seen like hoop crocheting kits, knitting kits, cool all of those,
and like the three D printers, laptops and hotspots. So
our library will rent out hotspots. So if you wanted
to go stream Netflix in the park and there's no
internet service, you get yourself a hotspot from the library
(09:30):
and take it to the park, have yourself an outdoor
movie night with friends on a tiny laptop wow or
whenever you have probably something better, but you'll have access
to internet via that hotspot.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Yeah, I don't know if I see it on here,
so I'm going to add it to your point. A
lot of times, they'll also have projector screens you can rent.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I didn't put that on there.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Could do an outdoor movie night, even at your own place,
renting a projector. God.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I want to rebrand myself to just be livebrariy Jbrary.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
That is all we do is library.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Library.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
The only fun we have is library. But it's so
much fun.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's so much fun.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Oh okay, here we go. Book clubs you can participate
in through the library.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
So many types of book clubs. Nonfiction, full fiction, partial fiction.
That's cults, I think, and murder mystery. Uh you got
you've got fantasy, non fantas. We got to get through this.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
I'm so sorry an episode only about library. I wish
it were doing that. You can attend author talks and
readings hosted at libraries, crafting and DIY workshops hosted at libraries.
I know one of our libraries hosted a how to
garden in your area? Right. That's nice to be able
to look up. But if you don't have somebody specifically
(10:48):
in your area telling you how to plant. It could
be misinformation because you had to know what zone you're
in to know what types of things be planting. So
check that out. They'll have yoga and meditation classes, music
and film screaming screenings. Seed libraries literally free seeds for
gardeners to grow. If you instead of spending four or
five bucks on a packet of tomato seeds at loser
(11:11):
home depot, check your library library.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Tool library. You want to diy something, you want to
build something. You just want to put a screw in
a piece of wood for fun. You want to use
a power tool for fun. Tool library, and.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
That might not be at your actual book library. There
might be a separate library. Four tools you got to
look up for your.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Library is going to nowhere.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
To library, go to the library. Museum and attraction passes
so free or discounted entry to local museums, parks, zoos,
musical instruments. You can go to the library.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I said, guitar the ukulele at my local library. You're
just sitting there ready to be rented.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Yeah, you could learn that. Genialogy re sources access to
databases like ancestry dot com. So the library will have
paid for a certain membership so you can go farther
than you might be able to get on your own free.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I had a patient when I was an acupuncturist, and
this was what she did every day, went to the
library and studied genealogy like at the library. She loved it,
she loved looking at her Sonily she can do it
with the people she knews family, and I don't know
where she's at now, but God bless her. Yeah, and okay,
(12:30):
so I added this one. I should have talked about
this one at the when I was talking about career advancement.
But they have test prep too, so maybe I am thinking, Oh,
I wonder, I wonder if I could make it as
a lawyer. I wonder if I could make going back
for that. You know, test it out, it's got. Your
library has test prep for the LSAT so you can
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study and then see if you pass it, and then
you could have a whole.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Career, change career.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
And this is a lot of different and a lot
of different tests. Not sure if you can cut it.
The library prep at the library and see, you don't
know till you try, You don't know till.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
You ask, and you know what librarians need a master's degree,
and I've always wanted why librarians need a master's degree.
They literally are taking the little buzzer, scanning the barcode,
no servary. That's not all they do. Because look at
how many minutes we've talked about library and we're just
scratching the surface. They've got to know so much, and
(13:31):
they've got to know so much about how to resource
you for the things you want to do.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Their education is in changing your life. Okay, I want
you to know that, and I want you to go
to your library and do something.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
This has gotten so rammed up out of hand for it,
like I am matching it. My level of elevated excitement
for library is through the roof.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
If anything, please just go to the library and do
something new, to take out something new and let us
know in the comments what you did. I want to
know that.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Tell us how live I entertained you. Yes, okay, there review.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
There are oh yeah, in a review too, that's yeah,
that would be good.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
There are a few other ways to get free entertainment
besides the library, not many, but a few. So watching
TV the average, while the average American spends over three
hours a day watching TV, but we're not really concerned
with that. You do you? But they spend over fifty
dollars a month on streaming services on average, so we
(14:41):
don't want that to be you. I have heard a
stat that gen Z is getting more into free entertainment
because they're getting so much of their entertainment from social media.
Then they're just transferring that to free on like TV.
So obviously we've got YouTube, but we've got Pluto TV two, Crackle,
Peacock has a free tier. And I tell you these
(15:05):
these streaming services, they have some bangers. Okay, if you're
not watching seasons one and two of It Takes a Church,
a dating show brought to you by Christian Mingle, hosted
by the Natalie Grant free on Pluto, then I don't
know what you're doing still paying for Hulu when you've
(15:25):
got this on Pluto.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I do need this. This is something I've warned for
seasons two, whole seasons. If you know what years they
took place in, not long enough ago.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
When you watch a man play a game in the
church back lot trying to unlock a woman from a cage,
why you know, not long enough ago to.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Free entertainment is what that is. Okay. If you're also
looking for more free entertainment that is apart from library,
I don't know why you would want that. But you
can also check your cities websites. They will often list
upcoming events. You can check local businesses. A lot of
times businesses will sponsor free events locally. Check Facebook events.
(16:14):
They will give you all kinds of stuff that is
happening in whatever date you're searching for. You can search
tonight or this weekend or this month, and even event
right will have tickets to free concerts, free activities, free events, festivals,
outdoor movie nights. So that's just a ton of local
(16:38):
fun with zero price tag attached.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
And lastly, borrowing, let's borrow more things. Let's tell our
friends what we have, and they will tell us what
they have, and let's just borrow. We're borrowing kayaks, we're
borrowing paddle boards, we're borrowing roller skates. We're borrowing everything
that we can to share our resources and have fun
(17:05):
for less money.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
I did do that, furrowed roller blades and did a
little staycation with a friend and we roller bladed downtown,
got all kinds of free stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Oh what kind of free stuff because you had the
roller blades or just it was just.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Free starting, just free stuff. I think we would have
gotten it whether or not we had the roller blades.
I'm not gonna I mean, it might have helped. I'll
talk about that in our post show.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Okay, okay, all right, let's talk about low cost and
so we're going into different categories here. Let's talk about
first about gaming, because so many people game. If you
don't game, your partner probably games. And if neither of
you game, you kids probably game. And if none of
that is in your life, then I don't know what
to tell.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
You're talking about this for a minute, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Then don't listen. Skip thirty seconds. So there are free
to play games. So we've got Fortnite, apex, Leagual Legends,
stuff like that. Obviously, keep an eye on your children.
There's also free promotions and weekend trials on platforms like Steam,
PlayStation Plus or Xbox Game Pass. And you can also
(18:17):
obviously used games, so look for used in pre owned
games at game Stop to the Moon or on platforms
like eBay or Facebook Marketplace. I prefer Facebook Marketplace, but eBay.
I don't know why I'm apprehensive about eBay. I've got
a ton of stuff on eBay, but I also don't game.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I don't game either. Okay, so we're moving on walking, biking, hiking.
This is where we can be taking advantage of public
trails and parks. Most of your local or even state
parks and nature preserves are free to access, So check
your local resources for some of those hidden gems. I
would say even chat ept it because you might find
(19:01):
that there is a parker preserve near you that you
had no idea about. For instance, the preserve I live on,
nobody knows about it.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I've lived here my whole life, and I didn't know
it was there until you lived nerved there.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Yeah, and you're not.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Going to find it on a top ten list of
preserves in Saint Pete, like you're not going to find
it just googling little parks. But you are more likely
to find it if you ask chat GPT what are
the part you know good parks that aren't on the
top twenty list.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Yeah, this park has beautiful, climbable live oak trees, a
pretty well manicured walking trail through the tropical foliage, a
dock on the water, a mulberry tree that blooms in
April and May you can pick mulberries from for free
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because it's in the nature preserve. It's just amazing and
nobody knows about it, and you wouldn't unless you really
took a deep dive. So don't assume that you know
everything your area has to offer.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
And especially if you've been there for a long time,
because new things come up and if you're not abreast
to the situation, Yeah, then you'll miss it like I
often do.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So free and low cost fitness groups. Sometimes the city
will host free classes. So there's weekly classes here in
Partnership Healthy Saint Pete. It's a city funded program. They
have free yoga, free walking, free fitness classes on those
little those little workout places next to playgrounds. Yea, so
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those are free. But then they also have low cost
ones through private companies in the community. And then when
you are going to buy gear, look for it second hand,
so you are going to get like look for the
ski and snowboard consignments, the bike, the used bikes at
the bike store that also sells new all of so
(21:05):
gear trade is really good for online buying used outdoor gear.
Relay Goods dot Com has running shoes that are basically
people ran in it, tried it, didn't like it, returned
to the shoe, and those are the shoes that relay
goods dot com seal. So if you're looking for a
good quality walking or running shoe you want to save
(21:28):
some money on it, then that is a good place.
And then also local bike shares if you don't want
to own a bike. Some communities have bike share programs
and they typically are a small fee, but it's a
very affordable fee.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
And if you want to go camping, of course, camping
at state or national parks can offer you camp sites
at lower rates compared to your private campgrounds, and they
are often super beautiful, super well maintained. Of course, because
their prices are so affordable, a lot of times you
do have to book in advance, so think ahead for
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what you want to be doing this summer or in
the fall and start to book those places now. You
can also check Airbnb for camping options. So while I
just said it might be less expensive to go your
state park for more affordable options, there are times where
people who live in more wooded areas or close to
(22:28):
a national park might be renting out their property for
you just to be able to camp on their farm
or their acreage or whatever for very inexpensive. So that's
also an option to be checking out. Of course going
off season camping during spring and fall. I mean fall
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is a pretty heavy camping time too, but maybe a
little bit later in the fall if the.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Air I think once the kid's stay in school.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
That like park yep and then free camp sites like
free campsites dot net will list free camping options, especially
in national forests. Yeah, lots of opportunities to just sleep
outside if that's what you're in.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
It's one of those staycation sort of things. I don't
love it, but it is a thing that people like.
Live sports. So this is where I would challenge you
to attend more local games. I would challenge you to
attend more female led sporting games. They are still professional
(23:40):
sports and they are still high quality, and for some
reason they happen to be cheaper. I don't know why
that would be, but they are, so we should take
advantage of that.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
It's not like females are often paid less females.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
It's interesting, but a way to save money. So attending
professional women's sports games also instead of Major league if
you don't have a professional women's sports team local to you,
local college like maybe high school, but that might be
a little different. Do not attend children's sports games unless
(24:19):
you know the child, unless you know well, no, unless
it's your child.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
What I attend? No pushing back on this, Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
If you just attend, you're like, Okay, I know the kid,
and I want to go to a sports game, and
you just show up at that kid's game, like.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
My niece and nephews. I'm going to show up at
kai soccer game. I showed up at other friends kids games.
Don't think it's very fun.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Don't show up unless you're invited.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Can I ask to be invited?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You can.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Why We're gonna have to talk about this later.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Okay. So next is concerts festivals, so smaller shows are
still really good. There is a guy T L. Gentiens
in Saint Pete. He is not I don't know how
well he is known like nationally, but my god, is
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he a good drummer. He is such a good showman
and he plays here all the time, and he is
leaps and bounds less expensive than a national act, but
still such a good time every time he see hi.
Because he's a drummer and he's a show drummer, so
he is. It's visually stimulating and such good quality. So
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seeing somebody who may just because they have chosen not
to tour nationally does not mean they are not talented.
So even paying a little to see local acts, if
you are a concert lover, then it is fantastic. Also
local live music, local like the events, and yeah, at
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that point, universities that maybe you could go to a
children's theater.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
I mean, I think you could go to a high
school performance of you know, some sort of musical certainly universe.
If you've got a university near you, then they're going
to be putting on some really great concerts.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I like American Stage. It's like not a university, but
it is acting classes and just people in the community
who love theater and have been doing it for a
long time. But I would say between that and the university,
like good You're going to get some good quality there.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
If running, yoga, working out is your a form of
entertainment for you, you can definitely take advantage of free
fitness classes at many local parks, community centers, online platforms,
or free workout classes that just might be offered. I mean,
I know a lot of gyms will even offer a
couple of free passes to gyms I just recently heard of,
(27:02):
and I don't see it on here. But since we're
just talking like low cost, class pass could be an option.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
I was just thinking about that. It might be under
the deal category, but I didn't put it there either. Okay,
well I'm here now. So so class pass is something
that you can purchase I believe they call it like
points or something, or credits that you can purchase through
class pass and then redeem them for various types of
classes that are happening in your area. That could be
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like a cooking class in your area, but it also
could be local gyms. So different gyms will have different
levels of redemption. So maybe one gym that's a little
more bougie, it might be like five credits to attend
a class, but another gym that doesn't have as many
frills might be two credits. But you can decide kind
of how you want to use the credits and get
(27:56):
a little bit more of a Yeah, I guess maybe
a deal or it at a bit more low costs.
I was using class Pass back in twenty two thousand
and eight when it was a punch card.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
WHOA, I know that's old school.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
You can also use apps like my fitness Pal, Nike
Training Club, Yoga with Adrians, she's on YouTube. They all
provide free workouts for a variety of fitness levels.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Yeah, and so finally have crafts and hobbies. So look
for a secondhand craft supply store near you. There are
several near us. They exist. People, you know, they buy
craft stuff because they love it, they never use it,
so they can kind of sell it to the secondhand
craft supply store, get store credit, and you accumulate different
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craft supplies for new crafts that they may or may
not do. It is a fantastic thing for you know,
if you want to do crafts, you're not too picky
about colors, fabric, stuff like that. You want to be
more sustainable. And then events, so sometimes these are free,
but sometimes there are a small fee. Workshops at local
(29:08):
libraries are usually free, but craft stores and community centers
will have them. There is a sewing store that just
recently started doing sewing classes and I think that could
provide a return on investment. And I want to learn
how to mend clothing, not alter. That seems hard, but
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mend Well, all.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Right, let's talk about how to get deals on these
different things. So specifically, for concerts and shows, you could
set a price tracker on stub Hub.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I didn't know about this. This is how.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Interesting to notify you if a price drops into your
ideal price point. I actually think this is true for
flights as well. You can set like even just Google
notifications if a price drops, and I think that there's
other sites that will do that so that you can
know when a good time is. You can watch ticket Masters.
Sometimes they'll release additional tickets twenty four hours before a show,
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so it's going to be if you're willing to do
something just more last minute, then you could get a
deal on that. You could also snag discounted event tickets
through sites like Groupon. I love Groupon.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
We'll talk about Groupon.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Okay, yeah, city pass or last minute rush deals, so
be on the lookout for all.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
That Groupon has is notorious for, like great local deals
on stuff like this. So yes, it is a great deal.
But you have used it for international travel. I have,
and I just had a friend come back from Italy
use Groupon for their international travel deal. Great experiences. Let's
not sleep on Groupon.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Now I check Groupon first really for any of my
travel plans. You could do all inclusive like well like
with air air inclusive, I should say, you can find
and all inclusives on there for steep discounts or just hotels.
There's all sorts of deals.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Do not sleep on Groupon in twenty twenty five, and
you can also so some more like commonly used ones
bundle deals on attractions, so you can bundle multiple attractions
if you're buying a ticket to one, include some others
and make sure you can use them at a later date.
You can split memberships and subscriptions between friends if it's
allowed in the terms conditions. And then a little bit
(31:31):
back on travel, use travel rewards points to travel on
a budget, what we have been doing recently since flying
isn't really an option for us with our youngest. By choice,
we use a lot of hotel points, so we'll just
go for a little staycation within two hours of our home,
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either with our kids or without them, and literally it's
just one night or maybe two nights, usually one night,
and we always use points for that so we get
to maybe do something entertainment wise that we don't get
to do at home because it's maybe two hours away,
and we get a free hotel, and it just kind
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of broadens the scope of the location of the entertainment
we are partaking in. Especially we try to get some
free entertainment stacked on top of our free hotel and hallelujah.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
Well that's great. One of the reasons I think to
reassess our season and make sure that if we are
a credit card user, that our credit card is aligning
with that not just the credit card you've always used
or the one that you have liked the most in
the past. If now you're in a season where it's
primarily hotel stays, then it could be worth having a
(32:50):
hotel credit card. If you're in a season where you're
primarily flying, but you're primarily flying one or two places,
and there's even a specific airline that you're primarily taking,
it could be worth that, or it could just be
worth a typical just travel rewards credit card. But be
sure that you're looking into making making the most out
(33:12):
of whatever credit card you currently have. And finally, how
to spend guilt free on entertainment. Again, where we are
prioritizing keeping it local, keeping it sustainable, and aligning it
with our values. So we are continuously talking about the
waiting thirty days before you impulse, suspend right, because then
(33:34):
it's not impulsive anymore. So before you're starting a new
hobby or a new commitment. That's where we want to
circle back to that free let me try it for
free to know whether or not it's going to be
worth me spending money library.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Library is not the definitive end answer, but it is
always the first answer to everything you give me a question.
The library is not an answer to I'll wait. Also,
you want to make sure it's attached to or gets
you more of what you value. So hopefully whatever entertainment
(34:08):
you are choosing, more time with family, more time with friends,
a deeper feeling of faith, or fulfilling work, you may
not hit all of those, but hopefully you hit at
least one and then spend the extra money to buy
higher quality used items. This is specifically to outdoor gear,
(34:31):
but it can be with everything. Spend the money you
buy us so that you can buy better quality. You
want it to be more durable and can be repaired,
so that is why it is totally worth spending the
extra money to buy something higher quality if you're going
used and just.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Not going to break your body, like a good pair
of hiking shoes is going to be worth its weight
at the end of ye hike, you're gonna be glad. Yeah,
So just do the things that you love to do.
Figure out what that is, what brings you joy. Know
that you are worth being able to spend that money on.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
You are worth being entertained, truly entertained. Yes, so live
in that. Yes, we hope that we are entertaining you too.
You know, listen to podcasts, be entertained by podcast you know,
it's always entertaining. At weekly money move, that's entertaining. We
always are going to entertain with this. This one is
always for you. It's always free. The bill of the.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Week, that's right, it's time for the best minute of
your entire week.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Maybe a baby was born and his name is William.
Maybe you've paid off your mortgage. Maybe your car died
and you're happy to not have to pay that bill anymore.
That bill, but blow bills, bill clean. This is the
bill of the week.
Speaker 5 (36:05):
Hey ladies, my name is Sabrina and I've been listening
to your show for oh I don't know. A couple
of years now, and my bill of the week. Starting
in the beginning of December, I started to just use
everything that I had on hand. I think you did
a podcast about this a while ago. All of the lotions,
(36:27):
all of the cleaning supplies, all of the odd things
that have been under my sink that haven't gotten used
because oh they were travel sized and I didn't want
to use them until I was traveling, or different cleaning
products that I didn't really think did a good job.
I've just gathered all of those things up and I
(36:49):
am using every single drop until it is all gone.
And I'm not buying a single thing until I absolutely
have to. So even if it was an I cream
that I didn't like for my eyes, there's no reason
why I can't use it on my hands, or my
arms or any other part of me that has skin.
(37:09):
So and cleaning supplies, you know, anything can clean a toilet,
it doesn't really matter.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
But that's my bill of the week.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
I'm using everything that I absolutely have in my house
before I allow myself to buy anything new.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Hope you guys have a great holiday. Keep up the
good work. Yay, Sabrina. Yeah, we hope you have a
good holiday.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
As well.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
This holiday on April twenty fifth, coming up Mother's Day.
I hope you also have a great Mother's Day, Sabrina.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
Yeah, that's what you're talking about. I know. Wow. I
love this. I love it when I when we hear
a callback bill to a previous episode tip that we've given,
and so actually follows through and says how they're implementing this.
Your examples of implementation are amazing, and your examples of
(38:08):
the types of stuff you still have on hand relatable. Yes,
we are all keeping travel sized items in our drawers
for travel someday, and we don't need to be. We
don't need to be.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
We don't need to and you're right.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Also, anything can clean a toilet, except for my bar hands.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
That's not well, they could, but they just because you
can doesn't mean you should.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
I love this. I love this so much, for you,
for me, for our listeners, Sabrina, You're amazing. We hope
you had a great holiday. If you all are listening
and you want to submit a bill, if it is
about a tip that we gave to save money that
you've implemented and you want to say how you've implemented it,
or your name is Bill, and you've got a tip
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for us for cool Friends podcast dot com slash bill
leave it for us. And now it's time for the.
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Light being round. Okay, what's your personal guilt free entertainment?
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Comedy shows? I love going to comedy shows. I love
them so much too.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
You get to sit down and laugh.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Sitting ella laughing.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Both of those.
Speaker 3 (39:24):
Things is for me. When I'm not sitting and talking.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
I want to be sitting in last and nobody wants
you to stand up, Nope, they want you to sit
down right, Yeah, And I love that. Yes we Eric
and I just went this last weekend to a Fred
Armison show and I spent less than forty dollars on
the ticket, staying true to our YouTube episode during our
Sunday reset about fifty things we no longer buy because
(39:48):
we're because we're frugal, I said that I don't buy
tickets that are more than forty dollars and this one
wasn't And I really enjoy Fred Armison and he delivered
it was so good. I'm so glad.
Speaker 3 (40:00):
And also the beach. The beach will cost me some
money for parking, but we don't have like beach tags
here in Florida. Which is so great because that's what
I'm accustomed to. Although the parking is getting wild.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
It is getting and as a Saint Pete native, that
really keeps me from the beach. Yeah, because I remember
when there was a lot of free parking, like secret
free parking. Yeah, it's gone, it's all gone.
Speaker 3 (40:25):
But the beach. There's a state park that is a
beach and they have very affordable park.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
And here's the thing that parking price has not changed
in thirty years. It actually did, I know, it just did,
but it it's still still less expensive than all the
other places. But like when I was a kid, we
were like, why would you spend five dollars to go
down to Fort de Soto and park and pay to
(40:54):
get into a beach? Like why? And that was the nineties,
early two thousands, and now it's twenty twenty five and
you're like, who Fort Tosto is steel.
Speaker 3 (41:04):
Yeah, I'll drive all dight.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Around at six Yeah, they just literally changed it. But
I was there like maybe a month or two ago,
and I was like, dang, like yeah, they have not
changed this in thirty years.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
Yeah, yeah, parking is absurd, but six bucks at Fort
de Soto for all.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
Day, you get you some. If you're in the area
Fort de Soto, you get you some.
Speaker 3 (41:28):
What about you, Jen?
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Okay, So mine is running And I know, I know
you say running is free, Jen, But if you are
a runner, you say, I get it, Gen. So I
buy run Disney races guilt free. But I only do
one a year. Some people do them all I do
one per year, and I don't buy races that are
(41:51):
less than six miles. If I do a run Disney race,
it's ten or thirteen miles, so then I so I
do that. And then I have been doing a track
practice that's fifteen dollars a session and that's on Wednesdays,
and that has been helping me improve speed because I'm
(42:13):
a very slow runner, and I would like to improve
my speed, not just like I can go. I can
run for a long time, but I don't want to
be running for a long time. I'd like to run
less time. And so yeah, I feel really good about
doing the and I take Kai with me, and Kai
will do some labs and he loves it. So it's
(42:34):
just it's money. I am happy, happy, happy to spend
but most of the time, like I'm just running three
miles with my dog, and you know, for I'm not
paying any money for it. Yeah, that's what I do
most of the time, so once a year and then
track is only like thirteen weeks, so a couple times
(42:56):
a year. Paying for it is chef's kiss for me.
Speaker 3 (43:01):
So fun. We hope that you find something, like you
said Jen at the beginning, try something new, figure out
what you can be entertained by and Librairie thank you
all for listening. We are so appreciative of your kind reviews,
specifically of the book, like this one from Annaalie. She
(43:21):
wrote five stars. I have been reading and listening to
numerous personal finance books and podcasts over the years, and
I've been deep in my own personal finance journey of
debt payoff, among other things. One podcast I stumbled upon
during the time was the Frugal Friends podcast, where Jenn
and Jill tackle many finance topics in a fun and
engaging way. When I heard that they were going to
be publishing a book on values based spending, I was intrigued.
(43:44):
I was delighted to find that their book offers something
different from what many other books in the personal finance
space offer these days, a real look into what value
and values can mean beyond simple numbers and figures. I
found this holistic approach helpful because that addresses underlying issues
that can keep personal finance challenges coming back even if
(44:06):
you try to implement whatever new system the other books
are offering. This book offers many practical tools in addition
to its invitation to seek greater self knowledge. I highly
recommend this book to anyone looking for a new approach
to personal finance. Yeah bet a full review.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
Thank you so much. We so appreciate hearing that. It
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Speaker 3 (45:00):
Next time Bye.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
Frugal Friends is produced by Eric sirianni.
Speaker 3 (45:16):
Okay. I had talked about this probably a while ago,
but it's worth maybe revisiting. But this happened over a
year ago that I went away with a friend just
to Tampa. So we live in St.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Pete.
Speaker 3 (45:31):
It's across the bridge, but tried to keep it like
as inexpensive as possible, and that actually made it so
fun to try and figure out, like what all we
could do. So we took the faerry over so we
didn't have a car, we didn't have to worry about
parking or kind of driving around, So took a fairy
(45:53):
over walked used her points for the hotel because she
had something from her previous work, this status with the hotel.
It also came with like arrival snacks and tree breakfast.
Speaker 1 (46:09):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (46:11):
So then I had borrowed roller blades. She already owned
roller blades. We rollerbladed I don't know, like a mile
away to the hockey arena. So the Lightning is the
Tampa Bay Like ice hockey team and they were playing
that night. We hadn't purchased tickets because they're usually super expensive,
(46:37):
but they are so fun. I love watching hockey live.
It's so fun entertaining, but we're like, you know what,
let's just pop in and see if there's any kind
of like standing room only tickets. Sure enough, Jennifer, I
think we paid twenty bucks each for a game that
(47:02):
usually based tickets are like sixty to eighty dollars twenty
bucks for standing room only, and there's sections throughout the arena,
and most that offer standing room only tickets will have
sections and it's like great viewing. And then outside before
the game, there were a bunch of different vendors offering
(47:26):
taste taste tests, taste tests of off different tastes alcoholic, beverages, food,
And this is something that you could almost do even
if you aren't going to the game, because it's not
in any of the gated area. It's just outside of
the courtyards. And at most games that I've been to,
whether it is football, hockey, baseball, soccer, this is true
(47:50):
of sometimes the vendors are inside the gates, sometimes outside.
But anyways, before we even had the tickets, we were
rollerblading around getting wet little free SIPs, free tastes of things,
free SIPs on wheels. It did, it did make us
a little dangerous. Yeah, got our free breakfasts. I want
(48:12):
to say that there was free boat there's a boat
taxi that goes around and oh yeah, we got free
boat taxi tickets with the hotel as well. That wasn't
even because of her hook up. That was just something
that the hotel office. Yeah, so that came with free
(48:35):
boat taxi. So that was some of our transportation in
and about town. We went to this one tea shop.
They also had tea samples, like you could get practically
a full cup of tea for free. It was awesome. Yeah,
we had a good time.
Speaker 1 (48:49):
Okay, so there you go, having fun on borrowed roller
blades on borrowed budget roller blades.
Episode five oh five, How to Save Money on Entertainment.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Welcome to the Brugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to
save money, embrace simplicity, and liver your life.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Here your hosts Jen and Jill. Welcome to the Frugal
Friends podcast. My name is Jen, my name is Jill,
and today we are talking about all things entertainment. You
guys told us you will love to spend money without
gil on entertainment, and we want to tell you how
(00:38):
to get more of it with less of your dollars.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I love to be entertained. I love to laugh, I
love to have fun. Yeah, so this episode really is
for us because if it's not fun, it's not Frugal Friends.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
And we are running the gamut on entertainment. It's not
going to be just concerts and movies and you know,
finding free events on Facebook Marketplace. We will see some
of that. It will be some of it. Yeah, let's
not let's not diminish the greatest hits. But I think
we're going to talk about some things that you have
(01:11):
not heard talked about very frequently, if at all tantalizing.
But first, this episode is brought to you by at
Weekly Money Move On Instagram. This month, we started a
new series where every week we are sharing a new
money move you can do to organize or optimize your money.
(01:34):
So whether you are just getting started or you have
been doing this thing for years, you're financially independent, there
is going to be something for you. We are sharing
a new money move every Monday on Instagram at Weekly
Money Move, but also in the Friend Letter. If you
prefer a written format, head to Frugal Friends podcast dot
com and sign up. You're going to get that email
(01:56):
every Monday that tells you basically what to do that week,
and it's short, short things.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
And then we go in depth on how we implemented
that money move during the Sunday Reset on YouTube. So
we're just going to have at you bam, bam bam.
You know, podcast, newsletter, Instagram, YouTube. We're building an enterprise.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yes, so this is very fun. I think our money
move from this week is, let's see four twenty five.
It was a cancel something, So we're in the middle
of this week canceling something to save money.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Canceling something, not someone, not someone.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
You're doing that, yes, and so On a Sunday's episode
of The Sunday Reset, we are going to talk about
what we canceled and how we did it. So head
to Instagram at Weekly Money Move. Follow there to get
all those videos organized in one place for you. We're
post them on the Frugal Friends instead, but if you
want to see them all lined up, that's where you're
(02:58):
going to find it, and Frugal Friends podcast dot com
to get the friend letter and get them in your
inbox every Monday.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
If you want more episodes like this, you can cueue
up after this our episode how to get free Books
it's episode four sixty eight, or why It's so important
to buy Local that's episode for eighty three. You can
just search those titles or click on them in the links.
They are going to help us to continue implementing this
(03:24):
framework of getting something free, low cost, a deal, or
guilt free. But stay here because we're just coming at
you with all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
All right, So we're gonna dive right into the types
of entertainment we're going to be covering. You know that
we talk about how to get you entertainment for free,
low cost deal, and guilt free. That's what we're covering.
The categories are going to be very varied and they're
(03:55):
going to very on each section as well, be covering
every category in every section. So we've got watching TV
because that's entertainment, right, So we're not excluding that gaming,
stuff that's outdoors, whether that's hiking, camping, biking, live sports, concerts, festivals, theater,
(04:20):
stuff like that, reading, weekend travel. We're not going to
dive into like vacation travel, but more like staycation type travel, running, yoga,
working out, indoor stuff. And then also crafts and hobbies
so diy projects, home improvement, photography, painting, gardening, cooking, crafting,
(04:44):
stuff like that. So these are the types of entertainment,
and we would also love to see you get inspired
to expand your entertainment pursual So maybe you're mostly into
watching Netflix and going to concerts sometimes taking a walk.
We would love this episode to inspire you to try
(05:06):
something new in one of these categories, so that that
is our hope for you. But first we're going to
start with free, and there's we're leaning heavily into one
place for all things free, Entertainment Library. We love the library.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You know, it's Gen's one voter issue, one vote one
what I'm a.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
One issue voter and it is on the support and
funding of libraries. It's all I care about. And you
can cancel me for that, but I love libraries and
you're about to be just as passionate as I am
when we get through this section.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Okay, we're going to go. We're going to go quick
and fast. Here's all the things you can get at
a library. I'm going to say some, Gen's going to
say some, and we're all going to be blown away. Books,
you know it. You know libraries have books, fiction on fiction, bestsellers, classics, textbooks, audiobooks, CDs,
play aways via apps like Hoopla, Libby Overdrive.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Even like actual like places where you can like like
play aways like I don't. I don't know if they
have like Tony's and things like t O N I
E s not like Tony Awards, but they have things
you can play music and audiobooks on too.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
The rent DVD's blu raising. I don't really need those anymore.
But THO these TV shows, documentaries, I think that some
of that is even available through libbyan Hoopla.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yes, you can find TV shows, documentaries, movies on Hoopla, libbyan.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Overdrive, magazines, newspapers. If you're still subscribing to those. Check
out if your library has them instead of you paying
for them. H CD's vinyl because that has made a comeback.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
And record players. So not everywhere. Not everything we're saying
is going to be available everywhere, but it is worth checking. Ask.
So we've got board games and puzzles, maybe some classic
ones that you've played before, maybe some you've never heard
of and you don't know if you want to splurge
(07:16):
on getting it. I love the library. First, toys and
learning kits, especially for children, like stem and coding kits,
all like robotics, circuit building, stuff like that, really good stuff.
Sports and outdoor equipment, so some libraries will have bikes,
(07:38):
fishing rods, telescopes, stuff like that, things that you can
use outdoors.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah, our library by the beach has a metal detector
that you could runt out. If that's just something you
want to try while you're at the beach. See if
the local library has that. Sports and outdoor You already
said that. Streaming services, so movies, TV shows, music via
(08:06):
Canopy or free gal online courses so like LinkedIn learning Coursera.
You to me, we pronounced that language learning through things
like Mango languages Rosetta Stone.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
The thing I like about the online courses in the
language learning is that when we are looking to increase
our income, we often think we have to pay to
go back to school to get a new degree. It's
typically only some soft skills and hard skills that we
need to learn. We need to learn to negotiate better,
close deals, better, expand our network better. There are we
(08:44):
only think about the hard skills. We don't think about
the soft skills. And a lot of these places like
Corsera and you to Me and LinkedIn will have soft
skill courses and these are available for free through your library.
It can help you increase your income. Yeah, we've got
three D printers and maker spaces, so there are I've
(09:08):
seen like hoop crocheting kits, knitting kits, cool all of those,
and like the three D printers, laptops and hotspots. So
our library will rent out hotspots. So if you wanted
to go stream Netflix in the park and there's no
internet service, you get yourself a hotspot from the library
(09:30):
and take it to the park, have yourself an outdoor
movie night with friends on a tiny laptop wow or
whenever you have probably something better, but you'll have access
to internet via that hotspot.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Yeah, I don't know if I see it on here,
so I'm going to add it to your point. A
lot of times, they'll also have projector screens you can rent.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I didn't put that on there.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Could do an outdoor movie night, even at your own place,
renting a projector. God.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I want to rebrand myself to just be livebrariy Jbrary.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
That is all we do is library.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Library.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
The only fun we have is library. But it's so
much fun.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's so much fun.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Oh okay, here we go. Book clubs you can participate
in through the library.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
So many types of book clubs. Nonfiction, full fiction, partial fiction.
That's cults, I think, and murder mystery. Uh you got
you've got fantasy, non fantas. We got to get through this.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
I'm so sorry an episode only about library. I wish
it were doing that. You can attend author talks and
readings hosted at libraries, crafting and DIY workshops hosted at libraries.
I know one of our libraries hosted a how to
garden in your area? Right. That's nice to be able
to look up. But if you don't have somebody specifically
(10:48):
in your area telling you how to plant. It could
be misinformation because you had to know what zone you're
in to know what types of things be planting. So
check that out. They'll have yoga and meditation classes, music
and film screaming screenings. Seed libraries literally free seeds for
gardeners to grow. If you instead of spending four or
five bucks on a packet of tomato seeds at loser
(11:11):
home depot, check your library library.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Tool library. You want to diy something, you want to
build something. You just want to put a screw in
a piece of wood for fun. You want to use
a power tool for fun. Tool library, and.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
That might not be at your actual book library. There
might be a separate library. Four tools you got to
look up for your.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Library is going to nowhere.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
To library, go to the library. Museum and attraction passes
so free or discounted entry to local museums, parks, zoos,
musical instruments. You can go to the library.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I said, guitar the ukulele at my local library. You're
just sitting there ready to be rented.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Yeah, you could learn that. Genialogy re sources access to
databases like ancestry dot com. So the library will have
paid for a certain membership so you can go farther
than you might be able to get on your own free.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I had a patient when I was an acupuncturist, and
this was what she did every day, went to the
library and studied genealogy like at the library. She loved it,
she loved looking at her Sonily she can do it
with the people she knews family, and I don't know
where she's at now, but God bless her. Yeah, and okay,
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so I added this one. I should have talked about
this one at the when I was talking about career advancement.
But they have test prep too, so maybe I am thinking, Oh,
I wonder, I wonder if I could make it as
a lawyer. I wonder if I could make going back
for that. You know, test it out, it's got. Your
library has test prep for the LSAT so you can
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study and then see if you pass it, and then
you could have a whole.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Career, change career.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
And this is a lot of different and a lot
of different tests. Not sure if you can cut it.
The library prep at the library and see, you don't
know till you try, You don't know till.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
You ask, and you know what librarians need a master's degree,
and I've always wanted why librarians need a master's degree.
They literally are taking the little buzzer, scanning the barcode,
no servary. That's not all they do. Because look at
how many minutes we've talked about library and we're just
scratching the surface. They've got to know so much, and
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they've got to know so much about how to resource
you for the things you want to do.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Their education is in changing your life. Okay, I want
you to know that, and I want you to go
to your library and do something.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
This has gotten so rammed up out of hand for it,
like I am matching it. My level of elevated excitement
for library is through the roof.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
If anything, please just go to the library and do
something new, to take out something new and let us
know in the comments what you did. I want to
know that.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Tell us how live I entertained you. Yes, okay, there review.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
There are oh yeah, in a review too, that's yeah,
that would be good.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
There are a few other ways to get free entertainment
besides the library, not many, but a few. So watching
TV the average, while the average American spends over three
hours a day watching TV, but we're not really concerned
with that. You do you? But they spend over fifty
dollars a month on streaming services on average, so we
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don't want that to be you. I have heard a
stat that gen Z is getting more into free entertainment
because they're getting so much of their entertainment from social media.
Then they're just transferring that to free on like TV.
So obviously we've got YouTube, but we've got Pluto TV two, Crackle,
Peacock has a free tier. And I tell you these
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these streaming services, they have some bangers. Okay, if you're
not watching seasons one and two of It Takes a Church,
a dating show brought to you by Christian Mingle, hosted
by the Natalie Grant free on Pluto, then I don't
know what you're doing still paying for Hulu when you've
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got this on Pluto.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I do need this. This is something I've warned for
seasons two, whole seasons. If you know what years they
took place in, not long enough ago.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
When you watch a man play a game in the
church back lot trying to unlock a woman from a cage,
why you know, not long enough ago to.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Free entertainment is what that is. Okay. If you're also
looking for more free entertainment that is apart from library,
I don't know why you would want that. But you
can also check your cities websites. They will often list
upcoming events. You can check local businesses. A lot of
times businesses will sponsor free events locally. Check Facebook events.
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They will give you all kinds of stuff that is
happening in whatever date you're searching for. You can search
tonight or this weekend or this month, and even event
right will have tickets to free concerts, free activities, free events, festivals,
outdoor movie nights. So that's just a ton of local
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fun with zero price tag attached.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
And lastly, borrowing, let's borrow more things. Let's tell our
friends what we have, and they will tell us what
they have, and let's just borrow. We're borrowing kayaks, we're
borrowing paddle boards, we're borrowing roller skates. We're borrowing everything
that we can to share our resources and have fun
(17:05):
for less money.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
I did do that, furrowed roller blades and did a
little staycation with a friend and we roller bladed downtown,
got all kinds of free stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Oh what kind of free stuff because you had the
roller blades or just it was just.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Free starting, just free stuff. I think we would have
gotten it whether or not we had the roller blades.
I'm not gonna I mean, it might have helped. I'll
talk about that in our post show.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Okay, okay, all right, let's talk about low cost and
so we're going into different categories here. Let's talk about
first about gaming, because so many people game. If you
don't game, your partner probably games. And if neither of
you game, you kids probably game. And if none of
that is in your life, then I don't know what
to tell.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
You're talking about this for a minute, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Then don't listen. Skip thirty seconds. So there are free
to play games. So we've got Fortnite, apex, Leagual Legends,
stuff like that. Obviously, keep an eye on your children.
There's also free promotions and weekend trials on platforms like Steam,
PlayStation Plus or Xbox Game Pass. And you can also
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obviously used games, so look for used in pre owned
games at game Stop to the Moon or on platforms
like eBay or Facebook Marketplace. I prefer Facebook Marketplace, but eBay.
I don't know why I'm apprehensive about eBay. I've got
a ton of stuff on eBay, but I also don't game.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I don't game either. Okay, so we're moving on walking, biking, hiking.
This is where we can be taking advantage of public
trails and parks. Most of your local or even state
parks and nature preserves are free to access, So check
your local resources for some of those hidden gems. I
would say even chat ept it because you might find
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that there is a parker preserve near you that you
had no idea about. For instance, the preserve I live on,
nobody knows about it.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I've lived here my whole life, and I didn't know
it was there until you lived nerved there.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Yeah, and you're not.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Going to find it on a top ten list of
preserves in Saint Pete, like you're not going to find
it just googling little parks. But you are more likely
to find it if you ask chat GPT what are
the part you know good parks that aren't on the
top twenty list.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Yeah, this park has beautiful, climbable live oak trees, a
pretty well manicured walking trail through the tropical foliage, a
dock on the water, a mulberry tree that blooms in
April and May you can pick mulberries from for free
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because it's in the nature preserve. It's just amazing and
nobody knows about it, and you wouldn't unless you really
took a deep dive. So don't assume that you know
everything your area has to offer.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
And especially if you've been there for a long time,
because new things come up and if you're not abreast
to the situation, Yeah, then you'll miss it like I
often do.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So free and low cost fitness groups. Sometimes the city
will host free classes. So there's weekly classes here in
Partnership Healthy Saint Pete. It's a city funded program. They
have free yoga, free walking, free fitness classes on those
little those little workout places next to playgrounds. Yea, so
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those are free. But then they also have low cost
ones through private companies in the community. And then when
you are going to buy gear, look for it second hand,
so you are going to get like look for the
ski and snowboard consignments, the bike, the used bikes at
the bike store that also sells new all of so
(21:05):
gear trade is really good for online buying used outdoor gear.
Relay Goods dot Com has running shoes that are basically
people ran in it, tried it, didn't like it, returned
to the shoe, and those are the shoes that relay
goods dot com seal. So if you're looking for a
good quality walking or running shoe you want to save
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some money on it, then that is a good place.
And then also local bike shares if you don't want
to own a bike. Some communities have bike share programs
and they typically are a small fee, but it's a
very affordable fee.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
And if you want to go camping, of course, camping
at state or national parks can offer you camp sites
at lower rates compared to your private campgrounds, and they
are often super beautiful, super well maintained. Of course, because
their prices are so affordable, a lot of times you
do have to book in advance, so think ahead for
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what you want to be doing this summer or in
the fall and start to book those places now. You
can also check Airbnb for camping options. So while I
just said it might be less expensive to go your
state park for more affordable options, there are times where
people who live in more wooded areas or close to
(22:28):
a national park might be renting out their property for
you just to be able to camp on their farm
or their acreage or whatever for very inexpensive. So that's
also an option to be checking out. Of course going
off season camping during spring and fall. I mean fall
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is a pretty heavy camping time too, but maybe a
little bit later in the fall if the.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Air I think once the kid's stay in school.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
That like park yep and then free camp sites like
free campsites dot net will list free camping options, especially
in national forests. Yeah, lots of opportunities to just sleep
outside if that's what you're in.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
It's one of those staycation sort of things. I don't
love it, but it is a thing that people like.
Live sports. So this is where I would challenge you
to attend more local games. I would challenge you to
attend more female led sporting games. They are still professional
(23:40):
sports and they are still high quality, and for some
reason they happen to be cheaper. I don't know why
that would be, but they are, so we should take
advantage of that.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
It's not like females are often paid less females.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
It's interesting, but a way to save money. So attending
professional women's sports games also instead of Major league if
you don't have a professional women's sports team local to you,
local college like maybe high school, but that might be
a little different. Do not attend children's sports games unless
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you know the child, unless you know well, no, unless
it's your child.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
What I attend? No pushing back on this, Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
If you just attend, you're like, Okay, I know the kid,
and I want to go to a sports game, and
you just show up at that kid's game, like.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
My niece and nephews. I'm going to show up at
kai soccer game. I showed up at other friends kids games.
Don't think it's very fun.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Don't show up unless you're invited.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Can I ask to be invited?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You can.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Why We're gonna have to talk about this later.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Okay. So next is concerts festivals, so smaller shows are
still really good. There is a guy T L. Gentiens
in Saint Pete. He is not I don't know how
well he is known like nationally, but my god, is
(25:17):
he a good drummer. He is such a good showman
and he plays here all the time, and he is
leaps and bounds less expensive than a national act, but
still such a good time every time he see hi.
Because he's a drummer and he's a show drummer, so
he is. It's visually stimulating and such good quality. So
(25:38):
seeing somebody who may just because they have chosen not
to tour nationally does not mean they are not talented.
So even paying a little to see local acts, if
you are a concert lover, then it is fantastic. Also
local live music, local like the events, and yeah, at
(26:03):
that point, universities that maybe you could go to a
children's theater.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
I mean, I think you could go to a high
school performance of you know, some sort of musical certainly universe.
If you've got a university near you, then they're going
to be putting on some really great concerts.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I like American Stage. It's like not a university, but
it is acting classes and just people in the community
who love theater and have been doing it for a
long time. But I would say between that and the university,
like good You're going to get some good quality there.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
If running, yoga, working out is your a form of
entertainment for you, you can definitely take advantage of free
fitness classes at many local parks, community centers, online platforms,
or free workout classes that just might be offered. I mean,
I know a lot of gyms will even offer a
couple of free passes to gyms I just recently heard of,
(27:02):
and I don't see it on here. But since we're
just talking like low cost, class pass could be an option.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
I was just thinking about that. It might be under
the deal category, but I didn't put it there either. Okay,
well I'm here now. So so class pass is something
that you can purchase I believe they call it like
points or something, or credits that you can purchase through
class pass and then redeem them for various types of
classes that are happening in your area. That could be
(27:33):
like a cooking class in your area, but it also
could be local gyms. So different gyms will have different
levels of redemption. So maybe one gym that's a little
more bougie, it might be like five credits to attend
a class, but another gym that doesn't have as many
frills might be two credits. But you can decide kind
of how you want to use the credits and get
(27:56):
a little bit more of a Yeah, I guess maybe
a deal or it at a bit more low costs.
I was using class Pass back in twenty two thousand
and eight when it was a punch card.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
WHOA, I know that's old school.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
You can also use apps like my fitness Pal, Nike
Training Club, Yoga with Adrians, she's on YouTube. They all
provide free workouts for a variety of fitness levels.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Yeah, and so finally have crafts and hobbies. So look
for a secondhand craft supply store near you. There are
several near us. They exist. People, you know, they buy
craft stuff because they love it, they never use it,
so they can kind of sell it to the secondhand
craft supply store, get store credit, and you accumulate different
(28:43):
craft supplies for new crafts that they may or may
not do. It is a fantastic thing for you know,
if you want to do crafts, you're not too picky
about colors, fabric, stuff like that. You want to be
more sustainable. And then events, so sometimes these are free,
but sometimes there are a small fee. Workshops at local
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libraries are usually free, but craft stores and community centers
will have them. There is a sewing store that just
recently started doing sewing classes and I think that could
provide a return on investment. And I want to learn
how to mend clothing, not alter. That seems hard, but
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mend Well, all.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Right, let's talk about how to get deals on these
different things. So specifically, for concerts and shows, you could
set a price tracker on stub Hub.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I didn't know about this. This is how.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Interesting to notify you if a price drops into your
ideal price point. I actually think this is true for
flights as well. You can set like even just Google
notifications if a price drops, and I think that there's
other sites that will do that so that you can
know when a good time is. You can watch ticket Masters.
Sometimes they'll release additional tickets twenty four hours before a show,
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so it's going to be if you're willing to do
something just more last minute, then you could get a
deal on that. You could also snag discounted event tickets
through sites like Groupon. I love Groupon.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
We'll talk about Groupon.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Okay, yeah, city pass or last minute rush deals, so
be on the lookout for all.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
That Groupon has is notorious for, like great local deals
on stuff like this. So yes, it is a great deal.
But you have used it for international travel. I have,
and I just had a friend come back from Italy
use Groupon for their international travel deal. Great experiences. Let's
not sleep on Groupon.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Now I check Groupon first really for any of my
travel plans. You could do all inclusive like well like
with air air inclusive, I should say, you can find
and all inclusives on there for steep discounts or just hotels.
There's all sorts of deals.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Do not sleep on Groupon in twenty twenty five, and
you can also so some more like commonly used ones
bundle deals on attractions, so you can bundle multiple attractions
if you're buying a ticket to one, include some others
and make sure you can use them at a later date.
You can split memberships and subscriptions between friends if it's
allowed in the terms conditions. And then a little bit
(31:31):
back on travel, use travel rewards points to travel on
a budget, what we have been doing recently since flying
isn't really an option for us with our youngest. By choice,
we use a lot of hotel points, so we'll just
go for a little staycation within two hours of our home,
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either with our kids or without them, and literally it's
just one night or maybe two nights, usually one night,
and we always use points for that so we get
to maybe do something entertainment wise that we don't get
to do at home because it's maybe two hours away,
and we get a free hotel, and it just kind
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of broadens the scope of the location of the entertainment
we are partaking in. Especially we try to get some
free entertainment stacked on top of our free hotel and hallelujah.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
Well that's great. One of the reasons I think to
reassess our season and make sure that if we are
a credit card user, that our credit card is aligning
with that not just the credit card you've always used
or the one that you have liked the most in
the past. If now you're in a season where it's
primarily hotel stays, then it could be worth having a
(32:50):
hotel credit card. If you're in a season where you're
primarily flying, but you're primarily flying one or two places,
and there's even a specific airline that you're primarily taking,
it could be worth that, or it could just be
worth a typical just travel rewards credit card. But be
sure that you're looking into making making the most out
(33:12):
of whatever credit card you currently have. And finally, how
to spend guilt free on entertainment. Again, where we are
prioritizing keeping it local, keeping it sustainable, and aligning it
with our values. So we are continuously talking about the
waiting thirty days before you impulse, suspend right, because then
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it's not impulsive anymore. So before you're starting a new
hobby or a new commitment. That's where we want to
circle back to that free let me try it for
free to know whether or not it's going to be
worth me spending money library.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Library is not the definitive end answer, but it is
always the first answer to everything you give me a question.
The library is not an answer to I'll wait. Also,
you want to make sure it's attached to or gets
you more of what you value. So hopefully whatever entertainment
(34:08):
you are choosing, more time with family, more time with friends,
a deeper feeling of faith, or fulfilling work, you may
not hit all of those, but hopefully you hit at
least one and then spend the extra money to buy
higher quality used items. This is specifically to outdoor gear,
(34:31):
but it can be with everything. Spend the money you
buy us so that you can buy better quality. You
want it to be more durable and can be repaired,
so that is why it is totally worth spending the
extra money to buy something higher quality if you're going
used and just.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Not going to break your body, like a good pair
of hiking shoes is going to be worth its weight
at the end of ye hike, you're gonna be glad. Yeah,
So just do the things that you love to do.
Figure out what that is, what brings you joy. Know
that you are worth being able to spend that money on.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
You are worth being entertained, truly entertained. Yes, so live
in that. Yes, we hope that we are entertaining you too.
You know, listen to podcasts, be entertained by podcast you know,
it's always entertaining. At weekly money move, that's entertaining. We
always are going to entertain with this. This one is
always for you. It's always free. The bill of the.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Week, that's right, it's time for the best minute of
your entire week.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Maybe a baby was born and his name is William.
Maybe you've paid off your mortgage. Maybe your car died
and you're happy to not have to pay that bill anymore.
That bill, but blow bills, bill clean. This is the
bill of the week.
Speaker 5 (36:05):
Hey ladies, my name is Sabrina and I've been listening
to your show for oh I don't know. A couple
of years now, and my bill of the week. Starting
in the beginning of December, I started to just use
everything that I had on hand. I think you did
a podcast about this a while ago. All of the lotions,
(36:27):
all of the cleaning supplies, all of the odd things
that have been under my sink that haven't gotten used
because oh they were travel sized and I didn't want
to use them until I was traveling, or different cleaning
products that I didn't really think did a good job.
I've just gathered all of those things up and I
(36:49):
am using every single drop until it is all gone.
And I'm not buying a single thing until I absolutely
have to. So even if it was an I cream
that I didn't like for my eyes, there's no reason
why I can't use it on my hands, or my
arms or any other part of me that has skin.
(37:09):
So and cleaning supplies, you know, anything can clean a toilet,
it doesn't really matter.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
But that's my bill of the week.
Speaker 5 (37:18):
I'm using everything that I absolutely have in my house
before I allow myself to buy anything new.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Hope you guys have a great holiday. Keep up the
good work. Yay, Sabrina. Yeah, we hope you have a
good holiday.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
As well.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
This holiday on April twenty fifth, coming up Mother's Day.
I hope you also have a great Mother's Day, Sabrina.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
Yeah, that's what you're talking about. I know. Wow. I
love this. I love it when I when we hear
a callback bill to a previous episode tip that we've given,
and so actually follows through and says how they're implementing this.
Your examples of implementation are amazing, and your examples of
(38:08):
the types of stuff you still have on hand relatable. Yes,
we are all keeping travel sized items in our drawers
for travel someday, and we don't need to be. We
don't need to be.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
We don't need to and you're right.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
Also, anything can clean a toilet, except for my bar hands.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
That's not well, they could, but they just because you
can doesn't mean you should.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
I love this. I love this so much, for you,
for me, for our listeners, Sabrina, You're amazing. We hope
you had a great holiday. If you all are listening
and you want to submit a bill, if it is
about a tip that we gave to save money that
you've implemented and you want to say how you've implemented it,
or your name is Bill, and you've got a tip
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for us for cool Friends podcast dot com slash bill
leave it for us. And now it's time for the.
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Light being round. Okay, what's your personal guilt free entertainment?
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Comedy shows? I love going to comedy shows. I love
them so much too.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
You get to sit down and laugh.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Sitting ella laughing.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Both of those.
Speaker 3 (39:24):
Things is for me. When I'm not sitting and talking.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
I want to be sitting in last and nobody wants
you to stand up, Nope, they want you to sit
down right, Yeah, And I love that. Yes we Eric
and I just went this last weekend to a Fred
Armison show and I spent less than forty dollars on
the ticket, staying true to our YouTube episode during our
Sunday reset about fifty things we no longer buy because
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we're because we're frugal, I said that I don't buy
tickets that are more than forty dollars and this one
wasn't And I really enjoy Fred Armison and he delivered
it was so good. I'm so glad.
Speaker 3 (40:00):
And also the beach. The beach will cost me some
money for parking, but we don't have like beach tags
here in Florida. Which is so great because that's what
I'm accustomed to. Although the parking is getting wild.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
It is getting and as a Saint Pete native, that
really keeps me from the beach. Yeah, because I remember
when there was a lot of free parking, like secret
free parking. Yeah, it's gone, it's all gone.
Speaker 3 (40:25):
But the beach. There's a state park that is a
beach and they have very affordable park.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
And here's the thing that parking price has not changed
in thirty years. It actually did, I know, it just did,
but it it's still still less expensive than all the
other places. But like when I was a kid, we
were like, why would you spend five dollars to go
down to Fort de Soto and park and pay to
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get into a beach? Like why? And that was the nineties,
early two thousands, and now it's twenty twenty five and
you're like, who Fort Tosto is steel.
Speaker 3 (41:04):
Yeah, I'll drive all dight.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Around at six Yeah, they just literally changed it. But
I was there like maybe a month or two ago,
and I was like, dang, like yeah, they have not
changed this in thirty years.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
Yeah, yeah, parking is absurd, but six bucks at Fort
de Soto for all.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
Day, you get you some. If you're in the area
Fort de Soto, you get you some.
Speaker 3 (41:28):
What about you, Jen?
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Okay, So mine is running And I know, I know
you say running is free, Jen, But if you are
a runner, you say, I get it, Gen. So I
buy run Disney races guilt free. But I only do
one a year. Some people do them all I do
one per year, and I don't buy races that are
(41:51):
less than six miles. If I do a run Disney race,
it's ten or thirteen miles, so then I so I
do that. And then I have been doing a track
practice that's fifteen dollars a session and that's on Wednesdays,
and that has been helping me improve speed because I'm
(42:13):
a very slow runner, and I would like to improve
my speed, not just like I can go. I can
run for a long time, but I don't want to
be running for a long time. I'd like to run
less time. And so yeah, I feel really good about
doing the and I take Kai with me, and Kai
will do some labs and he loves it. So it's
(42:34):
just it's money. I am happy, happy, happy to spend
but most of the time, like I'm just running three
miles with my dog, and you know, for I'm not
paying any money for it. Yeah, that's what I do
most of the time, so once a year and then
track is only like thirteen weeks, so a couple times
(42:56):
a year. Paying for it is chef's kiss for me.
Speaker 3 (43:01):
So fun. We hope that you find something, like you
said Jen at the beginning, try something new, figure out
what you can be entertained by and Librairie thank you
all for listening. We are so appreciative of your kind reviews,
specifically of the book, like this one from Annaalie. She
(43:21):
wrote five stars. I have been reading and listening to
numerous personal finance books and podcasts over the years, and
I've been deep in my own personal finance journey of
debt payoff, among other things. One podcast I stumbled upon
during the time was the Frugal Friends podcast, where Jenn
and Jill tackle many finance topics in a fun and
engaging way. When I heard that they were going to
be publishing a book on values based spending, I was intrigued.
(43:44):
I was delighted to find that their book offers something
different from what many other books in the personal finance
space offer these days, a real look into what value
and values can mean beyond simple numbers and figures. I
found this holistic approach helpful because that addresses underlying issues
that can keep personal finance challenges coming back even if
(44:06):
you try to implement whatever new system the other books
are offering. This book offers many practical tools in addition
to its invitation to seek greater self knowledge. I highly
recommend this book to anyone looking for a new approach
to personal finance. Yeah bet a full review.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
Thank you so much. We so appreciate hearing that. It
makes us feel really warm and fuzzy. So if you've
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Speaker 3 (45:00):
Next time Bye.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
Frugal Friends is produced by Eric sirianni.
Speaker 3 (45:16):
Okay. I had talked about this probably a while ago,
but it's worth maybe revisiting. But this happened over a
year ago that I went away with a friend just
to Tampa. So we live in St.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Pete.
Speaker 3 (45:31):
It's across the bridge, but tried to keep it like
as inexpensive as possible, and that actually made it so
fun to try and figure out, like what all we
could do. So we took the faerry over so we
didn't have a car, we didn't have to worry about
parking or kind of driving around, So took a fairy
(45:53):
over walked used her points for the hotel because she
had something from her previous work, this status with the hotel.
It also came with like arrival snacks and tree breakfast.
Speaker 1 (46:09):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (46:11):
So then I had borrowed roller blades. She already owned
roller blades. We rollerbladed I don't know, like a mile
away to the hockey arena. So the Lightning is the
Tampa Bay Like ice hockey team and they were playing
that night. We hadn't purchased tickets because they're usually super expensive,
(46:37):
but they are so fun. I love watching hockey live.
It's so fun entertaining, but we're like, you know what,
let's just pop in and see if there's any kind
of like standing room only tickets. Sure enough, Jennifer, I
think we paid twenty bucks each for a game that
(47:02):
usually based tickets are like sixty to eighty dollars twenty
bucks for standing room only, and there's sections throughout the arena,
and most that offer standing room only tickets will have
sections and it's like great viewing. And then outside before
the game, there were a bunch of different vendors offering
(47:26):
taste taste tests, taste tests of off different tastes alcoholic, beverages, food,
And this is something that you could almost do even
if you aren't going to the game, because it's not
in any of the gated area. It's just outside of
the courtyards. And at most games that I've been to,
whether it is football, hockey, baseball, soccer, this is true
(47:50):
of sometimes the vendors are inside the gates, sometimes outside.
But anyways, before we even had the tickets, we were
rollerblading around getting wet little free SIPs, free tastes of things,
free SIPs on wheels. It did, it did make us
a little dangerous. Yeah, got our free breakfasts. I want
(48:12):
to say that there was free boat there's a boat
taxi that goes around and oh yeah, we got free
boat taxi tickets with the hotel as well. That wasn't
even because of her hook up. That was just something
that the hotel office. Yeah, so that came with free
(48:35):
boat taxi. So that was some of our transportation in
and about town. We went to this one tea shop.
They also had tea samples, like you could get practically
a full cup of tea for free. It was awesome. Yeah,
we had a good time.
Speaker 1 (48:49):
Okay, so there you go, having fun on borrowed roller
blades on borrowed budget roller blades.
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