What is your favorite inexpensive thing to do???

[dmitchn1]

Every summer my boyfriend and I sit at home thinking what can we do. We don't have a lot of money so we settle for something as cheap as possible. We usually choose to walk park trails. A lady that I work with told me she loves the thrift stores. What do you do?

[LaKecias]

Spending the day at the park or beach

[ShadeTree]

I like to go to the park, especially if it has swings.  I know I'm not a kid anymore but man do I love a good swing set!  I haven't been to a park in a long time though. I sure do miss those swings.    Sometimes I like to watch a favorite movie that I haven't seen in a while. Listen to music with some candles or incense burning. And sometimes I just play a game either on the computer or a game console. I recently hooked up my N64 and started to play a little bit. 

[CHANEYLAKEGIRL]

thrift stores, rummage sales & visiting family

[twol]

I like to go to the beach or the park.

[BaudLight]

We like to go for a drive.  Sometimes to nearby small towns to check out their flea markets.  Although, with the price of gas these days, that may be slipping out of the inexpensive category.

[Delphyne]

We are on a budget so we often do inexpensive or no-cost activities.  My husband and I like to go for walks, watch birds, read together, or watch Indie films.

If we have the ingredients, we try out new recipes.

Sometimes, we sit outside and have a small fire and watch the stars. 

 

[oldbuddy]

If I have extra time, I take my Chihuahua down to the dog park and watch her run. If I feel energetic I may even throw a ball for her.

[sarabtrayior]

Being an empty nester and having MS (no energy) I enjoy getting books electronically from my library and doing FusionCash each and every day...

[lvstephanie]

Well my favorite and cheapest thing to do is also something I like to do with my girlfriend, but I have to keep this post PG-rated, so that's as far as I will say... 

Seriously, I love to read and books are usually about the price of a movie (for new paperbacks) yet will take me much longer to go through (thereby extending my enjoyment for longer periods of time). I also enjoy role-playing games (although now that I'm working, I don't get to do that as much anymore). There used to be a group that I was with whose game master (GM) had actually created the game himself, and so he really focused on the role-playing and story telling aspects. For example, instead of rolling some dice to determine your "stats" he'd actually have us come up with a character concept, and then assign stats and skills to that character we envisioned. Sometimes he'd even adjust the rules so as to fit our concept better. Like when I made this mage character... I wanted that character to have extremely steady and dexterous hands, like a surgeon, so that he could create accurate runes, but because the character grew up with his nose in a book all the time, he was near-sighted and clumsy in any athletic endeavor. So the GM had me split my "dexterity" stat into "adroitness" (which handled anything small that I was doing with my hands) and "athleticism" which handled the actions for the rest of my body as well as anything distance related (like throwing a ball). I was also given a "near-sighted" skill that gave me a boost to seeing things up close and a penalty to seeing anything at a distance.


I also enjoy all sorts of outdoor activities. Living in MN, you're never far away from a lake to go swimming in. Then there's camping, hiking, and cross-country skiing, all of which require a minimum amount of equipment.

When gas was cheaper, I also enjoyed going on long drives to see the surrounding areas. But I haven't done that it awhile now...

[melissaotto1982]

We pack a lunch and a blamket and sometimes a kite and head to the park.

[Nancy5]

Stay home and enjoy the summer, go for a ride and thrift shops.  We live about 1 hour from Lancaster PA, and sometimes drive there, visit Amish shops, do the "tour" thing and get something to eat there.  That can take up almost an entire day.

[bowrunner]

Except in nice weather my favorite thing to do is read.  Weather permitting I enjoy gardening, especially flowers.

[AmberCampbell1987]

Sleep. Just kidding, I love going on car rides in the hills with my boyfriend!!

[swkstudent]

Go to the lake front.