Sunday, October 5, 2008

Day 4: Staying busy

When trying to save money, weekends are the worst. Shopping is no longer an option, movies are right out (the baby helps with that) and you can't even go get breakfast tacos in the morning. You have to - GASP! - make your own!! So, before we succumbed to complete and utter boredom, I took matters into my own hand and planned free events for each weekend.

Luckily we live in the burbs, and near enough to a bigger city that there is always something artsy fartsy and free happening around town. This weekend? The Hairy Man Festival of course! In the town where we live, there is a legend of a Hairy Man who lived in the woods, a sort of Sasquatch without the height. This festival is to celebrate his hairiness.

You may be saying to yourself, yea, its free (2 canned goods) to get in but once you are there, what about the extras?! Well, that did suck, I admit. They had all sorts of things that begged to be bought. Funnel cakes, alpaca teddy bears, handstitched onesies, freeze dried fruits and even rides. It wasn't too hard to just run through and oogle the goods, but then, our kid hasn't learned to say "I want" yet.

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