Question

Social situations and networking: when people want to do for coffee, lunch, dinner, what are your tips/suggestions to stay frugal?  

Answer 1

Meet at your house, make your own coffee and have snacks

Comments

@fitted339 hosting and welcoming people into you home is a lost art these days. You will stand out much more than a visit to Starbucks!  

Answer 2

Eat before going out. If you're the one planning- know where the happy hours and nightly specials are. Don't spend money on anything you don't want to- if the beer menu sucks, drink water.  

Answer 3

Coffee before regular meals for sure. Even at a cafe, you can order the cheapest thing and not stand out.  

Answer 4

Get a work out in together instead. A run is always free or take a guest to your gym.  

Answer 5

Go to Costco together on Saturdays.  

Answer 6

We have a couple where the husbands are going to school together. So, we have dinner at each other’s houses and the boys go to school and we hang out and drink wine at home. So, my suggestion is to start a dinner party rotation where you take turns cooking for each other.  

Answer 7

Walking is always good, and we do dinner at peoples home instead of out.  

Answer 8

Apps instead of a full meal, and if you can get happy hour prices, even better!  

Answer 9

Pizza and board games night! You can make a pizza dough for less than $5 for 10 people. Toppings are another $15-$20. That’s less than $3/person