A Frugal Weekend

Friday night I went to a Brewer's game, for free, of course! A friend's law firm had a tailgate party. Lots of great food, and drinks, and the weather was great. After the game we went downtown and shared some sparkling wine on the rooftop of cafe Benelux-a great view of the third ward.


We had some great collaborative meals over the weekend. Lots of good food at a reasonable price. While shopping at Metro Market, especially on weekends, I take advantage of all the free samples. This weekend had free salad, wine tastings, cheese tastings, some great whole grain bread. Tonight, Monday, I'm going to a free screening at the Oriental. Not sure how I'm score a free meal out of this-may have to dip into a Groupon or find somebody I know to buy me some popcorn. :)

A Frugal Summerfest

I had 2 free tickets to Summerfest and the weather was beautiful, so we decided to go to Summerfest. We parked free outside the Public Market in a loading zone spot that opened up at 6pm-perfect timing. On our walk in we sold one ticket for $7, since Roger can get in free. We pocketed $4, which helped because Roger dropped his first beer! :( We walked over to information where we picked up our free small Journal/Sentinel replica and also got $20 off our subscription-didn't know they did that at Summerfest. At the Frontier Airlines we spun the wheel and I got a chocolate chip cookie and Roger got a $5 debit card. Unfortunately (for us) the person in front of us got $248 in a voucher. We both got coupons for $20 off our next flight. We found relief from the walking on the 2nd floor of the Waterstreet Brewery restaurant-maybe the old people scare the kids off? We sat up there for a while enjoying the breeze and resting our feet and drinking a beer and eating a soft pretzel before venturing off. On the way past the Miller stage we caught  "Here Come the Mummies"-a great Latin-infused, Ska, Funk band that was real high energy. We left and used a Groupon at Karma on the Eastside, where we sat outside and shared a Greek burger and some sangria. A fairly reasonable evening indeed. Tonight I'm going to a free Brewer's game. A friend's law firm is having a free buffet and drinks at the tailgate party and tickets to the game. I just have to watch my beer spending once I get in the stadium. :)

Here Come the Mummies