Baseball Tickets
Minor League Baseball Tickets, Buy 1 Get 1 Free
If you regularly purchase Kraft Singles, then hold onto your packaging. On Tuesdays through the rest of August, you can buy one ticket to your local Minor League Baseball game and get one free when you bring your Kraft Singles packaging. If you have never been to a Minor League game, it is great frugal fun and getting B1G1 free tickets is even better!
Thanks to my sister-in-law, Emily for passing this offer onto me!
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Minor League Baseball Tickets, Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Festival of Frugality 180: The Gifts Edition
Two days ago was my birthday and I noticed that my attitude has changed recently towards my gifts. I do appreciate receiving them, however I don’t place as much importance on them as I used to.
This last birthday I found that taking a day off from work was a better gift than letting everyone at work know it was my birthday. I learned that if a family member forgets to get me something, it isn’t a big deal any longer and them remembering with a happy birthday is a gift as well. Ultimately, I have found that the quantity of birthday wishes and gifts are inferior to the quality of time and the few heartfelt birthday wishes. I like this change and it only took 36 years to understand.
I’ve written a couple of posts on gift giving : 7 Ways to Give Gifts for Less Money and My Cheap Minor League Baseball Tickets but the best gifts are those that have been submitted for this weeks Festival of frugality 180; there are 50 chosen from the over 70 submitted.
You can submit yours for next week (hosted by Personal Finance Analyst)
Hosts Choice:
{These are the posts that pulled me in with interest}
Darren wrote about My Chest Fridge Conversion - “A little bit of wiring is required to set up the digital temperature controller. It’s basically a temperature sensor that can switch a 240v power supply on or off“
Katheryn submitted Buying a Car for $500 (Not a Typo) - “To prove that you can find a reliable ride for just hundreds of dollars, Hedgecock bought a 1974 Pontiac LeMans via his site for just $899 and then drove it cross-country from his hometown of San Diego all the way to Miami“
J. Money wrote on The Price of Faith: Muslim & Jewish Financial Challenges - “I am thoroughly impressed after reading some of these stories. While the Christian portion of the article was pretty interesting, I’m going to stick to the Muslim & Jewish differences here as they stood out the most to me.“
Kelly submitted her post I’m Not Always Frugal - “I feel like I should feel guilty, for spending money on myself when we don’t have a lot of extra money to spare. I don’t though. I wonder what that means.“
Housing:
How to Compare Mortgage Refinance Offers
Help a Reader: Keep the House or Save for Retirement?
Urban Homesteading- Raising Backyard Chickens on the Rise
The Budgets are the Basics:
Budgeting – The Key to Finding Extra Money You Didn’t Realize You Have
Working Out A Family Budget Will Help You Save Money
Squeezing More Savings Out of Your Budget
Making Money:
How to Get a Job with the Federal Government
23 ways for teens to make money and maybe adults too!
Best High Interest Savings Accounts In Online Banking
Finding the Free:
Free Summer Activities for our Four Year Old
Creating a Cookbook for a Wedding Present
Be A Survivor: How To: FREE Or Almost FREE Entertainment
Looking Forward:
How to Save Money on Your Wedding
My Kid Starts College In September & My Savings Are Gone. Now What?
Saving Money is at the Heart:
How achieving an ideal BMI will save us money
5 Ways to Make Saving Money a Lifestyle
Do It Yourself and Save – Boat Ownership
How I Saved $85 Dollars On $110 in Gift Certificates
Help A Shopaholic Manage A Shopping Addiction
Looking for Deals:
Frugal shopping
Time Banking: The Next Generation of Bartering
Netbook Computers: The Frugal Laptop Alternative That Won’t Break The Bank
Late Night Energy Examination
Groceries and Coupons:
Saving on Groceries by Doubling Up Coupons
Going Once, Twice, Sold! Save BIG Money at Grocery Auctions
The Truth about Online Dillard’s Coupons
The Other Things We Miss:
In Defense of Frugality
Memories From A Frugal European Upbringing
397 Ways To Save Money - Squawkfox Book Review
How an Inflation Threat Could Make the 1970s Look Like Happy Days
How to Find Affordable Health Insurance Online
UNBROKE: What You Need to Know about Money
My Cheap Minor League Baseball Tickets
This week I took a friend to her first minor league baseball game. The Iowa Cubs [farm team for Chicago Cubs] came to play the Colorado Springs Sky Sox [farm team for Colorado Rockies] and I had the joy of watching someone experience minor league baseball for the first time.
I chose this game for a few reasons:
a. It was a birthday gift - one that didn’t cost a lot but shared my time
b. It was for teams that we had an interest in - a local team against a home-state team
c. There was a great promotion going on - this was lucky for us but not uncommon for farm teams
The promotion for this specific game was a 2 dollar Tuesday - 2 dollar parking, 2 dollar tickets, and 2 dollar Core and Core Light beer. The tickets for the area that we sat in saved us $18 right away, plus the little bit for parking. Overall we spent 18 dollars total which included my large glass of Alaska Amber ale, large popcorn and large pepsi for 4 hours of fun, food, and a little time away from home.
I wish we could have brought in food with us because that would have kept the cost down even further to only $6 - but I understand the need to support the local minor league team. I do have to say that the prices of food and drink are equal to or slightly better than the movie theater.
Overall the cost spent for the game and the gas to Colorado springs (1/4 tank)was well worth it and beat out the cost of going to a movie theater, if I didn’t have movie gift cards.
