Saving $29 on Our Olive Garden Dinner

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When we head out on our date this week, we’ll be saving $29 on our Olive Garden meal. Here’s how… I posted a deal back in November where you could earn 3550 My Points when I signed up and made a purchase at Open Sky. I picked up a Gym Boss interval timer and paid just $5 out of pocket ($19.99 value). This is something that I wanted for my workouts anyway. I traded in those points (plus 100 more) {Read More}

Someone Else is Cooking Tonight: Part 4

So with the busyness of the holidays past, here’s part 4 of Someone Else is Cooking Tonight. Beside earning gift cards online through My Points, joining as eClubs for restaurants, and using coupons, taking surveys is another way to making eating out more affordable.Also I find it helpful to set up a free separate email address just for this purpose.  That way when you have time to do you surveys, you can go take a look. Here’s one of my {Read More}

Someone Else Is Cooking Tonight: Part 3

There’s something wonderful about sitting down at a meal, having it brought to your table and the dishes swept away after you’re done. We haven’t completely cut eating out from our budget.  Date night is one night that Matt and I go out to eat.  Then we both get a lunch out each week.  More lunches come out of our monthly personal allowance. I’m always looking for ways to make our date night more affordable.  It’s a weekly practice that {Read More}

Someone Else Is Cooking Tonight: Part 2

Through the Someone Else is Cooking Tonight series, I hope to show you different ways that we take a break from our kitchen and continue to stay in our budget.  In Part 1, I talked about earning restaurant gift cards through My Points. Another way that we save money on dining out is by joining restaurant e-clubs.  It’s a way to get coupons for birthdays and anniversaries, and everything in between. One tip for signing up for e-clubs.  Don’t sign {Read More}

Someone Else is Cooking Tonight: Part 1

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There’s something wonderful about sitting down at a meal, having it brought to your table and the dishes swept away after you’re done. We haven’t completely cut eating out from our budget.  Date night is one night that Matt and I go out to eat.  Then we both get a lunch out each week.  More lunches come out of our monthly personal allowance. I’m always looking for ways to make our date night more affordable.  It’s a weekly practice that {Read More}