Blissful 4th of July to our US readers! What do frugal folks do to have pleasurable independence day? Why, they run by way of the streets waving the flag of the frugal weirdo in precise reality. Though, come to think about it, that’s more likely to be no flag in the slightest degree since we’re all too frugal to purchase a precise frugal weirdo flag…
Nonetheless I digress, frugal weirdos merely do free stuff like concern for his or her lives whereas watching their neighbors and associates set off ill-advised (to not stage out costly) dwelling firecrackers. Frugal weirdos may additionally profit from their metropolis’s free of price fireworks current, getting smoking affords on post-4th scorching canines and watermelons, internet web internet hosting cook-outs, and defending their canine’s ears whereas the world ends (from a canine’s perspective).
Or they could bake a carrot cake–not due to carrot cake is especially patriotic or has one factor to do with the vacation in any strategy, however due to they’re pregnant and have a depraved anticipating carrot cake. I’m merely saying–these are all mere hypotheticals.
And in case you’re a intelligent breed of frugal weirdo, you can presumably presumably carry out magic with some twigs and glitter glue and create a smashing July 4th all-in-one hand basket/hat/serving platter combo. Being an un-crafty explicit particular person, my crafts are too horrendous to even make it to the “Pinterest fails” tips. Additional an identical to the “how might you should have most likely adopted these instructions for one issue so cute and ended up with one issue so hideous?” tips. I accurately go away the crafting to others.
Nonetheless on an additional uplifting observe, Mr. Frugalwoods and I are headed out this morning to hike Mt. Eisenhower and Mt. Pierce all through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Hey! Mountaineering! One completely different fantastic frugal method to spend the eve of July 4th! These two 4,000-footers all through the Presidential Vary are solely a ridge stroll away from one another, so we’ll merely peak bag (aka summit aka climb aka hike up) each. I’ll report as soon as extra subsequent week with footage.
Frugal Hound, for her half, is blissful to not be a part of us on this epic trek. Not quite a few a hiker, that one. Additional of a snoozer. She’ll switch the day in blissful slumber, interrupted solely by our very candy neighbors who’re kindly taking her out for a stroll. She did request to positioned on her flag visor in commentary of the day and we agreed, since, you acknowledge, it’s an very important day and all. We really are softies with reference to that canine.
I hope you all have a ravishing, stress-free weekend and that you simply simply merely take a second to repeat on the blessings in your life and the immense freedoms we profit from on this nation. And since that is Frugalwoods in any case–have in mind, you don’t ought to spend to have the flexibility to have pleasurable! It doesn’t matter what the shopper selling and promoting machine would have you ever ever ever take into consideration, holidays are not a requirement or an excuse to drop cash. Keep the explosions all through the sky, not in your pockets!
