Eat out less for memorable meals

Eating out is a common budget-buster.  A meal at a restaurant can cost easily several times what a meal prepared at home would cost.  And don’t get me started on the 1,000%-plus markup on sodas! If dining out is killing your budget, then a simple way to begin bringing the problem under control is to … Read more

Restaurant dining for the price of a tip

(Note: This is a very old post.  I posted this in 2004, before Mighty Bargain Hunter had moved to the WordPress platform.  So now, a blast from the past, gently rebooted …) Restaurant dining for the price of a tip! I hope that the title caught your attention. Conventional frugal practice does wonders with the … Read more

Restaurants, tips, and gift cards

A couple of weeks ago we had dinner with a friend visiting from Hawaii.  We had a $100 Visa gift card in hand to put a big dent into the bill. We were confused when the card came back declined.  At first we checked the balance on the card because we thought that they had … Read more

Our big spending weakness

One big advantage of tracking the categories of personal spending is that you can see where the weak spots are — categories that have grown a little too big for their britches and are ripe for cutting down to size. As I pile through a year’s worth of financial statements in time for taxes, in … Read more

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