Maintain Your Social Life Without Going Over Budget
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009This was originally written and posted on Purpl4 Trail but some things are just too good to mess with. So, hang on as Purple Train entertains us once again.
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Since the trend has become save not spend our money, many of us aren’t going out as often as we’d like to. But that doesn’t mean we have to fore go a social life completely! Instead get innovative and find creative ways to stay in with your friends. You can start by creating a dinner club.
A dinner club is a great way to keep in touch and get a meal out! Get a group of friends together that enjoy some great food and wine. Rotate houses monthly. The person hosting is responsible for a modest dinner and the guests are responsible for dessert and drinks. Establish some ground rules like the meal can’t cost over x amount per person and the wine can’t exceed x amount per bottle to keep everyone on the same page (and from going overboard!) You can bring the kids along and let them play or consider hiring one babysitter for all the kids as the adults enjoy a meal together. You can split the cost of the sitter with everyone who brings their children.
To much mix it up, try creating various themes like “Italian feast” and make Italian food, bring Italian wine and maybe a little gelato for dessert! Or a ” comfort food” theme where you serve mac n’ cheese, and some hot fudge sundays.
As for some activity ideas, you can play board games, watch family friendly movies or play some old favorites like charades or pictionary! Check out PurpleTrail’s printable games for some great group entertainment ideas!
Fabulous and Single? A dinner club is still a fantastic way to keep your social life going without spending your paychecks on $12 cocktails. Each time your group meets, invite everyone to bring a friend, that way you are constantly meeting new people.
If you don’t want to make it a dinner club, make it a dessert club or wine club instead. Any kind of club that everyone is interested in putting a little effort into will be fun.
Keep everyone on the same page by using PurpleTrail online invites. It’s easy to communicate and coordinate a bring along list with PurpleTrail. Bon Appetite!

This week I want to focus on planning out homeschooling. I am a planner at heart, I love to make lists and goals and schedules. Luckily I have just enough of a lazy streak that it does not bother me if not everything falls into order. Just having the plans to look back on is enough for me. Some people need to have detailed plans that they can work off of, some are better suited when they are spontanious. Most fall somwhere in the middle. Having a plan, even if it is just to have a second cup of coffee before getting the kids up, can be beneficial to almost everyone.




