Date night

My dear wife, queen of all that is bargain, coupon, cheap, or free sent me a link about date nights under $15. i was excited until i read it. Ashley and i are always on the look out for cheap dates and places to go on our budget. We're both very busy, so when we have time, we like to make the most of it. While several of the ideas appealed, it appears the author lives in a foreign country or small town or another planet where things are MUCH cheaper. For example...

When was the last time you were able to go to a restaurant and get TWO slices of pizza for $5? It wasn't Sbarro's (where you don't even get a seat or a waiter) and it wasn't any actual restaurant i've ever seen. Double that price and we're about right. How about 2 glasses of wine for $4? i don't drink wine and i know enough to know you gotta double that too at least. Chips and salsa for $5? Even store brand won't get you there, my friend.

Also, the math was wrong on sunset watching. If you assume that the price estimates are correct, then you're looking at $12 for the date, not $15. Score! Oh wait, drug store glasses are not $2 a piece. Perhaps at the Dollar General, but i look at sunglasses every time i am in a drug store when Ashley is shopping and i haven't seen a pair for less than $10 or $15 in years.

i really want to know where people live that things are so cheap. Our grocery bill just keeps climbing and i'm sure yours has too. You can now fit $200 worth of groceries in 4 paper sacks, as my mother recently pointed out. Gas prices and a tanking economy are putting prices through the roof.

i will end though with a plug for Blockbuster. Although the author of that article put a movie rental at $5, a non-new release is only $1 now at Blockbuster. So check it out. And please, support your local cheap movie theaters, especially if you're in Richmond.