What’s the cost of having fun?
Let me ask you a question – if you won a mil-
lion dollars, what would you do with it? You’ll
probably tell me that you’ll buy a house (if
you don’t already have one) or perhaps you’ll
pay off your mortgage and you’ll possibly be
able to clear all your debt.
Of course, you’ll have to have a party to cele-
brate, and you might give a share of your
winnings to family and friends.
A million dollars won’t go too far these days
depending on how much debt you have to
get rid of and what you want to buy. But
And I’ll bet that you’re all thinking that just be-
whatever you decide to do – I’m sure the
cause I’m a Budget Bitch, I don’t believe in fun.
main focus will be to have fun. (at least while
But I do – enormous loads of it - and it doesn’t
the money lasts)
have to cost a lot of money either.


Now, imagine for a moment that you didn’t
For those of you that cannot imagine how to have
win and you don’t have a million dollars. For
fun without blowing the budget – let me
most of us, that isn’t terribly hard to imagine
help with just a few ideas…
– we’re as close to having a million dollars in

the bank as we are to the moon. (Although,
• A picnic in the park doesn’t cost much – just
did you know that in our working lifetimes we
some sandwiches and drinks, with perhaps a Fris-
earn an average of $4million each?)
bee or a bat and ball for amusement.
• A visit to the library – there’re heaps of great
So if we don’t have all that money in ready things to do there. I’m not going to tell you what
cash, how do we have fun? Sitting here, at they are – go find out for yourself!
my desk, I shudder to think what the answers
• If you can’t afford the cheap cinema prices on
will be.
Tuesdays, hire a DVD and snuggle up on the

couch.

• Kite –flying is great on a windy day. You can
make them yourself and save even more money.
• Board games are a great investment and a lot
of fun.
• Rent toys instead of buying them, or join a toy
library.
• Go To The Beach - One of the most wonder-
fully entertaining places in the world is absolutely
free.
• Plan a meal, invite your friends over and ask
them to not only bring some of the ingredients, but
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