Post #437027 by Tiki Shaker on Sat, Feb 28, 2009 10:12 AM

I know as for my girlfriend and myself, we have just tried to be smarter with our money. We still look for the escapism, but we now tend to do things more local, or only do day trips instead of the overnight stuff that use to be the norm. Yesterday for my birthday, we used our year passes at Disneyland instead of going off to Palm Springs for a few days like we normally do. I got my tiki fix in the Enchanted Tiki Room, had a couple of glasses of wine at the Trattoria in California adventure, purchased the new Rongo bowl (using my free money card I received instead of free entrance into Disneyland because I have a year pass) and basically enjoyed the days weather.

As for collecting, as always, I try to only by stuff if I like it, not buy it just because I don't yet have it.

Something I need to start doing is opening all of the drink recipe books I have and to start mixing my own drinks. That will be a big money saver.

I figure if I'm smart with my money the next coming months, I'll be able to go to Oasis. (I am still an Oasis virgin).