Spend-free Weekends

As soon as I saw this idea I thought, "Duh!" but does anyone do this regularly. My family spends way too much on the weekends especially now with the economy all messed up thanks to our last president. When we go to Target or Fatmart we tell ourselves that we are only going to get what's on the list but there's always more in the trunk going home than we intended. This idea seemed like a cool way to try to reduce that.

This past weekend we had a "no spend weekend" we still went places, we just didn't go to the store. It was fun. Not only did we not buy anything, we spent more time outside than we normally do. The kids loved it. Of course on Monday I had to run into Target to get something that I absolutely needed, but I was in such a hurry that it was the only thing I left with. Try this. It works.

Original idea at Moobag.com: http://www.moobag.com/ideas/living/The+No-spend+Weekend/520